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	Submissions DC CPOA Chapter Officer Installation – JUL 03 Issue (Image 1, Image 2) News from the Washington DC Chapter – JAN 03 Issue (Image 1, Image 2, Image 3) DC CPOA Uniform Exchange – JUL 02 Issue DC Chapter Picnic CPOADCNEWS - Draft 2
NEWS FROM THE WASHINGTON DC CHAPTER – 12/4/02 It’s been a busy fall season for those of us in the Nation’s Capital. In observance of the 9/11 anniversary, the chapter made “remembrance ribbons” and gave them out to Headquarters staff. We also provided free copies of the “Helping America Cope” book for parents. We were very excited to see the SPARs in town for their 60th anniversary reunion in October. Coast Guard World War II women veterans came from all over the country for this event. The chapter invited a group of them to HQ for lunch and a chapter meeting. They may no longer be young, but they are sure young at heart! At least one promptly joined the CGEA! Uniform Exchange II was a big hit again, raising funds for the CPOA Memorial Fund and donated uniforms for the CGJROTC program at the MAST Academy in Miami. The 4th annual Flags Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery was an overwhelming success! Over 170 Coasties and family members turned out on a sunny Saturday morning to place flags on Coast Guard graves for Veterans Day and to hear the history of some of the individuals buried there. As service to the Headquarters community, the chapter sponsored a TRICARE brief to update staff on recent changes. We also co-hosted (along with the CWOA) a breakfast for all HQ enlisted personnel attending the Professional Development Day organized by CMC Skip Bowen. SKCM LINDA REID 202-267-6891 (pictures to be sent separately) Thanksgiving: Continuing our tradition, turkeys are being delivered to the Southwest Community House for Thanksgiving baskets for needy families. Thanks to MCPO John Rector for providing the wheels!
BMCS Allen DC CPOA Exchanges What? Why did recent visitors to the Coast Guard Headquarters Chiefs Mess in Washington, DC witness hundreds of uniform items labeled and neatly stacked on all the tables? What did this image have to do with support to a military academy 1,000 miles away? Ask these questions of members of the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Association Washington, DC Chapter (DC CPOA) and you will get some enthusiastic replies. DC CPOA member MED4 James ‘Doc’ Roberts calls it "a win-win undertaking." According to Roberts, the DC CPOA held its first Uniform Exchange 03-14 JUN 02. DC CPOA members invited Coast Guard Headquarters all hands to deliver their clean, serviceable uniform items to the Mess and browse the Mess for donated items that they could use. Dubbed the DC CPOA Uniform Exchange, the program assumed Roberts as its manager. The DC Chiefs also invited Alexandria, VA and Baltimore, MD CPOA chapters to pass the invitation to Coasties at their units. The invitation especially targeted their outlying units, which are staffed largely by junior enlisted personnel. The DC Chiefs even offered to pick up items for free. What does all this have to do with a military academy 1,000 miles away? The Uniform Exchange idea arose when the DC Chiefs learned that the Nation has only one Coast Guard JROTC and that the program needs support. Roberts contacted the Maritime and Science Technology High School (MAST Academy) in Miami, FL and learned that the students could use donated uniform items. Then Roberts thought of another idea. The Uniform Exchange provided donors a convenient method to purge their uniform lockers at home and at work. In return for this service, why not invite cash donations to benefit the CPOA National Emergency Relief Fund? Originally scheduled for only 1 week, the continual influx of uniform donations and popular demand pressed the event to a second week. The event proved so popular that the DC CPOA may hold it again in 6 or 12 months. After personally laundering at home many bags of leftover uniform shirts, Roberts joined the other DC Chiefs on 17 JUN 02 to ship about 40 shirts to MAST Academy JROTC members. The Chiefs also mailed a 44-dollar check to the CPOA National Memorial Fund. The Chiefs then returned to offices made roomier by purged uniform items. Interested in supporting the Nation’s only Coast Guard JROTC program? Contact the MAST Academy at 305-365-6278, x2212, Senior Instructor, USCG JROTC, c/o MAST Academy, 3979 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, lasseter@mast.dade.k12.fl.us, http://mast.dade.k12.fl.us/. The next Uniform Exchange is scheduled for 28 OCT – 08 NOV 02. For further information on the DC CPOA Uniform Exchange, contact MED4 James ‘Doc’ Roberts at JRoberts@comdt.uscg.mil. Top of Page
From: Allen, Mark [mallen@qssmeds.com] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 4:30 PM To: 'CPOA, CG' Cc: 'Michael, MKCM Bill'; 'Kruska@CGHQ, PAC Ed'; 'Creighton@CGHQ, MCPO Jeff'; 'Rector, MKCS John'; 'Roberts@CGHQ, CWO James'; 'Reid, Linda MCPO'; 'Rambo@CGHQ, CPO Jamie'; 'Keenan, MCPO Alex'; 'Martinez-Ortiz, CPO Carmela' Subject: For The Chief Magazine - DC Chptr Picnic Master Chief Scaramastro: I offer the following captions and attached images for publication in The Chief magazine. Pls let me know if you can use them. Thanks, Mark BMC Mark Allen Commandant (G-WTR) U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (e-mail) mallen@qssmeds.com (work) 301-867-0125 (home) 301-839-1164 (e-fax preferred) 603-962-5549 (fax) 301-867-0139 Photo Captions Photo Caption 1 At the 17 MAY 01 CPOA, Washington, DC Chapter Picnic, Chapter President MKCM Bill Michael advises the troops on BBQ protocol. Photo Caption 2 In the interest of not bothering his shipmates, PAC Ed Kruska demonstrates the famous "boarding house reach" at the Picnic held next to Coast Guard Headquarters. Photo Caption 3 YNCM Jeff Creighton (center) watches hungrily and wishes the diet would allow another hotdog. Photo Caption 4 MKCS John Rector demonstrates that you don't have to be the cook to be a cook at this event held for all CGHQ Chiefs and especially for departing Chiefs. Photo Caption 5 CWO ("Once a Chief, always a Chief") James Roberts gratefully accepts both the picnic invitation and a burger as a welcome respite from the rigors of editing the Reserve Policy Manual. Top of Page
CPOA D.C. Chapter News Submitted by CPO Ed Kruska, USCGR Phone: 202-267-1991; E-mail: ekruska@comdt.uscg.mil WASHINGTON, D.C. — The CPOA D.C. Chapter installed new officers at a midday ceremony at Headquarters June 4. RADM Dennis Sirois, Director of Reserve and Training, swore in four new officers: CPO Mark Allen, President; MCPO Alex Keenan, Vice President; CPO Jamie Rambo, Secretary; and CPO Carmela Martinez-Ortiz, Treasurer. A ribbon-cutting ceremony signaling the opening of the new HQ Chief’s Mess was also held in conjunction with the ceremony. The Chief’s Mess is located in the northwest corner of the HQ cafeteria. A cake-cutting followed the ribbon-cutting to celebrate "A New Era in the New Chief’s Mess." The D.C. Chapter has been heading up the "USCG Flags Across the USA" program that began at a nationwide level in January 2001. The program is a way to honor and respect those who have come before us, as local volunteers place Coast Guard flags on the graves of fellow Coast Guardsmen. So far, 57 Coast Guardsmen in 23 states and the District of Columbia have expressed an interest in the program. For more information, e-mail: uscgflags@yahoo.com Another major 2001 initiative of the D.C. Chapter is the Leadership Series, which will bring to Headquarters on July 31, 2001 Pea Island experts David Wright, David Zoby, and Elisa Carbone. These three reknowned authors of books about the U.S. Life-Saving Service’s Pea Island Station will share their insights into leadership examples today’s Coasties can learn from Pea Island’s famous heroes. For more information, e-mail: mallen@qssmeds.com Cutlines from DC CPOA Installation Ceremony Photo Caption 1 The CPOA D.C. Chapter swore in new officers at a Headquarters midday ceremony June 4. Left to right are CPO Carmela Martinez-Ortiz, Treasurer; CPO Jamie Rambo, Secretary; MCPO Alex Keenan, Vice President; CPO Mark Allen, President; and RADM Dennis Sirois, Director of Reserve and Training. Photo by CPO Ed Kruska, USCGR Photo Caption 2 New D.C. Chapter President CPO Chief Mark Allen, left, holds the Chapter a gavel presented to him by RADM Sirois. Photo by CPO Ed Kruska, USCGR Photo Caption 3 President CPO Mark Allen, left, presents a ceremonial baton to outgoing President MCPO Bill Michael. The baton, including fancywork of snake seizing and Turk’s heads, represents the Chapter’s gratitude to Michael for carrying the baton as interim President. Photo by CPO Ed Kruska, USCGR Photo Caption 4 RADM Dennis Sirois, left, helps SCPO Edna Doak cut the ribbon signaling the grand opening of the new Chief’s Mess at Headquarters. The ribbon-cutting was held in conjunction with the installation of new D.C. CPOA officers. Photo by CPO Ed Kruska, USCGR Photo Caption 5 Newly installed D.C. CPOA President CPO Mark Allen, left, cuts a cake along with D.C. Chapter member SCPO Edna Doak at the June 4 ceremony. Doak was instrumental in establishing the new Mess. The cake reads: Congratulations 2001 CPOA Officers, "A New Era in the New Chief’s Mess." Photo by CPO Ed Kruska, USCGR Top of Page
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