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Chapter Achievements
From the Field: Great Plains (S.D.) Chapter tended the President’s Review and
Southside Virginia Chapter Great Plains (S.D.) Chapter members Awards Ceremony at Old Dominion
Southside Virginia Chapter members attended Military Appreciation Day at University in Norfolk, Va., where he
presented a $6,900 check to Gen. South Dakota State University (SDSU) presented the MOAA Leadership
Richard Thompson, USA-Ret., and Lt. in Brookings. Maj. Gen. Lynn Hartsell, Award to Army ROTC cadet Shawn
Gen. Arthur Gregg, USA-Ret., of the USA-Ret., battled a blizzard for more Proctor. The chapter also presented
U.S. Army Quartermaster Foundation. than 120 miles to attend the event. awards to Navy ROTC midshipmen
This is the second consecutive year the Four ROTC cadets from SDSU and from two local universities.
chapter has donated the bulk of the Dakota State University in Madison Ten local Junior ROTC cadets sup-
money it earned from MOAA’s Give received MOAA medals and certifi - ported by the chapter also received
Me 10! campaign to help the museum. cates. Local Junior ROTC units also MOAA medals and awards.
During the 2007 campaign, the were recognized. Chapter member
chapter recruited 700 new national Col. Spencer Hawley, USA-Ret., also Central Florida Chapter
MOAA members. Many of those re- received the Legion of Merit for his Members of the Central Florida
cruits attended the Quartermaster exceptional service to our country. Chapter presented the Cadet of the
Center and School or the Army Lo- In separate ceremonies, the chap- Year Award to three outstanding
gistics Management College at Fort ter presented $500 scholarships to seniors who participate in one of 26
Lee or were stationed at the base. two cadets at both universities. Junior ROTC units the chapter sup-
Members currently are planning to ports in the Greater Orlando, Fla.,
donate $500 to purchase a marker Hampton Roads (Va.) Chapter area. The program, which started in
bearing the chapter’s name that will Hampton Roads (Va.) Chapter mem- 1999, is separate from and in addition
be located at the museum’s entrance. ber Col. James Smith, USA-Ret., at- to the MOAA medals and leadership
awards chapter members present to
outstanding cadets each year.
Instructors from area Junior
ROTC units submit nominees for
the award. Each nominee then ap-
pears in dress uniform before a
panel of chapter members, which
interviews and judges the cadets.
The winner is named Cadet of the
Year and receives $2,500, and fi rst
and second runners-up receive
$2,000 and $1,500, respectively. All
three winners also receive engraved
plaques from the chapter. The pro-
gram is funded by chapter members’
donations and a grant from Lock-
Members of the Southside Virginia Chapter presented a $6,900 check heed Martin Corp. MO
to the Army Quartermaster Foundation. Posing with a Southside Virginia
Chapter banner at the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum in Fort Lee,
— Contributors are Col. Lee Lange II,
USMC-Ret., director; Col. Barry Wright,
Va., are (from left) retired Army officers Col. Bob Barrett, Gen. Richard H.
USA-Ret., deputy director, Council and
Thompson, Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, Col. Victoria Revilla, Lt. Col. Tom Storey,
Chapter Affairs; and Kris Ann Hegle. For
Col. Bill Flanagan, and Col. Eugene Manner. submission information, see page 20.
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