Bulletin Board Updates for November 2009

7 November 2010

COL Milton L. SAWYERS and COL Troy A. CLAY had a Change of Commandant Ceremony on 22 Oct 10 at 0900, on the field adjacent to the O'Club at Ft Jackson.

GRANTS for SCHOOLS -- Here is a link to some good information on school grants.

LTC. Alan “Big Al” George SEBERT 74, passed away peaceful on Sunday, 24 Oct. 2010.

SFC Martin K. COON, Sr. died 3 September 2010 of a heart attack.

SGM Meredith F. COTE, died 15 October at the VA Medical Center in Syracuse.

DISTINGUISHED MEMBER of the REGIMENT awards at Fort Hood on 28 October 2010 to LTC Bill HILL and LTC Bill BAYLISS who now proudly wear the medallion of our regiment.

Jeff PENICK has negotiated a real deal for RAFINO members at The El Cortez in Las Vegas. See the following flyer for details. 

Nancy ROBSON Had a very enexpected heart attack and is back home. She will have another stent put in Thursday 11 Nov.

MAJ Jay DESHAZO of the 1st TSC G8 at Fort Bragg passed away on 25 Oct 10. Initial reports indicate possible heart failure as the cause of death.

Bobbie RAMEY, wife of COL Hubert (Hubie) died 12 October 2010. She was ready to go be with her Lord and Savior. Funeral arrangements will follow when finalized.

LTC Mary Ann ANDERSEN is a new member. She lives in Griffin, GA and is a systems analyst.

NEW MEMBER LTC MICHAEL GRAY was commissioned in '77 and started in CPT Bill ANDERSON'S 15th Finance Company, 1CD, with Majors Gary ROSS and Robby ROBSON; worked in LTC Larry HACKER'S III Corps F&A Office '78 - '80. Established the RM office in Rheinberg, Germany in '81. Ran LTC Dixon FLYNN'S disbursing office at USAFACEUR in Heidelberg from '82 - '84. MSG Stan GILLESPIE and I had an exciting trip back to Heidelberg from inspecting our branch in Sinop, Turkey, after some East Germans hijacked an Aeroflot airliner and forced it down at the NATO airfield there. I took an internal review assignment next in the 420th Engineer Brigade in Texas, during which I was able to earn a CPA certificate, and commanded the HHC during a brief, critical period. I traded an RA commission for a USAR commission in '88 and went back to graduate school at the University of Texas. I spent a couple of weeks each year at the Finance School as a reserve faculty member, where I saw lots of Fort Hood and Heidelberg veterans, and deployed to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, for some combat zone audit work in '91. As a civilian, I supervised management audits of state agencies and universities for five years, then started a CPA firm in my home town. From about '95 to 2003, I did a few weeks of military audit work each year at DoD IG and the Office of the Joint Chiefs, and never saw Finance Corps people again. For the last 17 years, I've enjoyed running my own private practice, in which I employ four professionals, including an investments specialist. Jacque and I finally "started a family" in '97 with the birth of our first/only son, Jackson William. JW is now four merit badges and a service project away from earning the Eagle Scout rank.