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October
2015
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MOAA Annual Meeting
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| MOAA’s affiliates compete annually to
receive a four- or five-star Levels of Excellence Award, with the very
best councils and chapters receiving five-star awards, and above-average
councils and chapters receiving four-star awards. More than 140 council
and chapter leaders and their spouses, along with members of the national
staff and board of directors, gathered Oct. 31 for the 2015 Levels of Excellence
Award dinner held at the Buena Vista Resort hotel in Orlando, FL. Pictured
below right is HRCMOAA Chapter President, Bert Ortiz, accepting
the Chapter’s 2015 five star award streamer from Gen. Charles T. Robertson
Jr., USAF (Ret), chair of MOAA’s board of directors. Also pictured
at bottom is Virginia’s Council of Chapter’s President, Col Victoria
Revilla (seated center) with Chapter Presidents from around the state
that received five and four star awards. “Councils and chapters continue
to be the bedrock of our organization,” Robertson told council and chapter
leaders. “When we want something done and done right." |
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Honor Flight:
October 17, 2015
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| At Zero Dark Thirty, Saturday October
17, 2015, Old Dominion University NROTC Hampton Roads Unit Bravo Company
Norfolk State University, Old Dominion AROTC Monarch Battalion, Princess
Anne and Landstown High Schools respective Navy and Army ROTC and JROTC
students lined up to render honors to WWII and KOREAN WAR veterans.
The anticipation was high as our veterans walked to awaiting buses that
transported them to Washington, DC to visit various War Memorials.
This ceremony takes place twice a year (Fall/Spring) and is also joined
by several civic and veteran organizations.
Hampton Roads Chapter Military Officers
Association of America (MOAA) members LTJG Scott Hatzung, Daryl
Holland, Bert Ortiz, Jim Jones, Steve Hackney,
Jim
Edge and Michael Barea were present to help send off the veterans
(pictured below from left to right). |
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| Old Dominion University Military Instructor,
CPT Joseph Brown, US Army served as Officer in Charge (OIC) providing guidance
and instruction to the students participating in the departure ceremony.
Pictured L-R below: Daryl Holland, Jim Edge, Mel
Runzo. |
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| Honor Flight Historic Triangle Virginia
(HFHTVA) is a Williamsburg-based non-profit organization established in
October 2008 with one goal: Take every World War II, Korean War and
terminally ill veteran in the Hampton Roads and Richmond areas that is
able and has not visited the World War II Memorial on a charter bus day
trip to Washington, DC. Additionally, other scheduled stops include
Arlington National Cemetery and the Marine Corps War (Iwo Jima) Memorial,
Korean War, and/or Vietnam War Memorials.
There is no charge to the veterans as they
paid for it through their dedicated service to our great nation more than
sixty five years ago. HFHTVA is a hub of the National Honor Flight Network,
which was founded in 2005 and has over 130 hubs throughout the United States.
They have taken over 118,000 veterans to the memorial as of November 2013.
Pictured below, CPT Joseph Brown,
USA and CDR William “Josey” Wales, USN (Ret) provide direction to
the cadets. |
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23 October Luncheon
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| Department of Veterans Services Commissioner,
John
Newby joined us at our October luncheon at the Virginia Beach Hotel
& Resort. He discussed current veteran-related issues, current
and future plans for veteran medical facilities including long term care
facilities, and answered a number of questions from our members.
Below, CDR Bert Ortiz, USN (Ret), presents the Jefferson Cup
to Commissioner Newby. |
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