Jan/Feb 2008 - KWVA - Korean War Veterans Association

SUMMARY MINUTES, CALLED BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING (Continued)
BUSINESS
Committee determined that the charges in the complaint were sustained.
The Board of Directors accepted the report of the E&G
Committee and after due consideration of the report, all evidence
presented, and all discussion, disposed of this matter as follows:
Mr. Naomi is immediately placed on one (1) year conditional
probation. If Mr. Naomi releases any untruthful information about
the National KWVA, Inc., as sustained by the E&G Committee, a
vote for the expulsion by the Board of Directors, using Business
without a Meeting, is authorized, and in this case, the vote must
be by a simple majority only.
4. Charles C. Smith
The E&G Committee presented a report today concerning a
complaint it received and subsequently investigated. The E&G
Committee determined that the charges in the complaint were sustained.
The Board of Directors accepted the report of the E&G
Committee and after due consideration of the report, all evidence
presented, and all discussion, disposed of this matter as follows:
Mr. Smith is immediately placed on one (1) year conditional
probation. If Mr. Smith releases any untruthful information about
the National KWVA, Inc., as sustained by the E&G Committee, a
vote for the expulsion by the Board of Directors, using Business
without a Meeting, is authorized, and in this case, the vote must
be by a simple majority only.
5. Robert A. Fuoco
The E&G Committee presented a report today concerning a
complaint it received and subsequently investigated. The E&G
Committee determined that the charges in the complaint were sustained.
The Board of Directors accepted the report of the E&G
Committee and after due consideration of the report, all evidence
presented, and all discussion, disposed of this matter as follows:
Mr. Fuoco is immediately expelled from the organization.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 0945 hours.
Remaining Board members who desired to visit the National
Office in Camp Beauregard assembled at 1020 hours and proceeded
with the tour. Board members continued to depart
throughout January 15 and 16.
Respectfully Submitted:
Frank E Cohee, Jr. LR11015
National Secretary
New recruiting flyer available
There is a new recruiting Mail-Out/Hand-Out flyer available
in glorious living color through the KWVA website. It
is designed to be printed on an 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper.
The flyer includes a complete membership application.
You can upload it as a PDF file or in an MS Publisher
version. To access the flyer, visit www.kwva.org and click
on New Recruiting Mail-Out/Hand-Out Flyer available.
Let the recruiting begin.
Navy Admiral Assumes
JPAC Command
HICKAM AFB, HAWAII – Army Brig. Gen. Michael C.
Flowers relinquished command of the Joint POW/MIA
Accounting Command Friday, Jan. 4, at 9:30 a.m. during a ceremony
officiated by Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander of U.S.
Pacific Command. Rear Adm. Donna Crisp assumed command.
The ceremony marked the end of a 30-year career for Flowers,
who received his commission in 1977 as an aviation officer
through the University of Kansas ROTC. During his service,
Flowers served in combat during Operations Urgent Fury, Desert
Storm and Desert Shield. He also took part in peace-keeping operations
in Haiti and Kosovo.
Flowers is the second commander in JPAC’s history. During
his two-year assignment, JPAC conducted over 150 recovery missions
and identified nearly 200 missing service members, to
include the first-ever World War I identification and the first identification
using nuclear DNA.
Rear Admiral Donna L. Crisp will assume JPAC command.
Crisp, a graduate of California State University at Long Beach,
was commissioned in 1974. She is the former Director for
Manpower and Personnel for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C.
This assignment to Hawaii is the fourth for Crisp during her
more than 30 years of service. She was most recently stationed on
Oahu with Pacific Fleet between 2002 and 2004.
Rear Adm. Crisp is a Master Training Specialist and Secretary
of Defense Reengineering Excellence award recipient. Her personal
decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal
with one oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit with three gold stars, the
Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars, the Navy
Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, and various
other unit and service medals
Just A Little Humor
Know where you are and who your
enemy is
A WWII veteran friend of mine once related the following
to me: He was in the Air Force, stationed on one of the islands
in the South Pacific. He said that when darkness fell on that
island, all the animals and birds become quiet—so quiet, in
fact, that one could hear the proverbial pin drop.
One night, while on guard duty around three a.m., he heard
what sounded like birds calling to each other. He immediately
informed the officer in charge, who got a patrol together and
went in search of the “birds.”
Sure enough, they captured some very young Japanese soldiers
in new uniforms, trying to infiltrate. They were replacements,
not informed or aware of the habits of the environs.
Bill Marshall, 22928 Gaukler Street, Saint Clair Shores, MI
48080-2555, (810) 778-5570, 40 INFD SIG CORPS
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The Graybeards January-February 2008