moaacalendar

Visit the MOAA Web Base at www.moaa.org/ careerlectures to find out when a MOAA Transi- tion Center representative is coming to your area. Double-check time and location before attending.

February

Alabama, Fairhope, Baldwin County Chapter, Feb. 18, speaker TBD

California, San Luis Obispo, Central California Coast Chapter, Feb. 12, Col. Brian Anderson, USAF (Ret), Council and Chapter Aff airs

District of Columbia, Joint Base Ana- costia-Bolling, bldg. 13, executive transition assistance program (ETAP), Feb. 22, 10 a.m., Col. Terri Coles, USA (Ret), Transition Center (TC)

Florida, Orlando, University of Central Florida, retiree appreciation day, Feb. 20, 8 a.m., Lt. Col. Shane Ostrom, USAF (Ret), TC

Maryland, Bethesda, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, bldg. 62, ETAP, Feb. 1, 8:15 a.m., Col. Terri Coles, USA (Ret), TC

North Carolina, Wrightsville Beach, Southeastern North Carolina Chapter, Feb. 2, Lt. Col. Shane Ostrom, USAF (Ret), TC

Virginia, Fort Belvoir, Barden Center, room 105, fi nance class, Feb. 3, 9 a.m., Lt. Col. Shane Ostrom, USAF (Ret), TC

Virginia, Fort Belvoir, Barden Center, room 105, Evaluating Employee Benefi ts, Feb. 17, 10 a.m., Lt. Col. Shane Ostrom, USAF (Ret), TC

Virginia, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, bldg. 29, classroom 105, ETAP, Feb. 22, 8:50 a.m., Col. John Sims, USA (Ret), TC

Virginia, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, bldg. 29, classroom 104, fi nance class, Feb. 23, 10 a.m., Lt. Col. Shane Ostrom, USAF (Ret), TC

Virginia, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, bldg. 404, classroom, Marketing Yourself for a Second Career, Feb. 23, 1 p.m., Capt. Pat Cole, USN (Ret), TC

March

Virginia, Fort Belvoir, Barden Center, room 105, fi nance class, March 2, 9 a.m., Lt. Col. Shane Ostrom, USAF (Ret), TC

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facesofmoaa Kudos

Do you know a MOAA member who is making an impact? To nominate a candidate for “Faces of MOAA,” see the MOAA Directory, page 6.

They come to MOAA with various interests and experiences, and together they make the association strong. Read on to learn more about your fellow MOAA members.

Col. Albert E. Lassiter, USAF (Ret), Life Member (joined 1989): Lassiter entered the Air Force in 1964 and was commis- sioned via Offi cer Training School. His service included 32 years

of active, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard assignments at senior and command levels. Junior Achievement recently presented Lassiter with its 15- year Volunteer Award. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Tougaloo College in Mississippi and a master’s degree from the University of Southern California.

Lt. Col. Ray Russell Jr., USAF (Ret), Life Member (joined 1990): Russell has led members of MOAA’s New Jersey Lakes and Pines Chapter, as well as local community military leaders, to

contact their representatives in support of MOAA’s legislative objectives. He has been a regular speaker at the annual Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst retiree appreciation day. For his eff orts, in 2015, he was the inaugural recipient of MOAA’s Col. Steve Strobridge Award.

Tammie Smiley, Life Member (joined 2005): Smiley holds a bachelor’s degree in information systems and a master’s degree in computer resources and information systems. For the past 20

years, she has been a modeling and simulation engineer. She is a published au- thor for both Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Con- ference and NATO proceedings. Smiley is the wife of Lt. Col. Walter J. Smiley Jr., USA. She serves on MOAA’s Currently Serving Spouse Advisory Council.

Col. Frank J. Snyder, USA, Life Member (joined 1997): Snyder’s military service has included tactical and strategic com- munications, cyberspace planning, teaching at the U.S. Military

Academy at West Point, N.Y., two operational tours during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, and commanding at both the battalion and brigade levels. He holds a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering and three master’s degrees. Snyder is an active volunteer and serves on the Educational Assistance, Strate- gic Planning, and Governance committees of MOAA’s board of directors. MO

PHOTO: SECOND FROM TOP, KRIS ANN HEGLE