Lt Gen Stayce Harris, Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, HQ USAF is our keynote speaker to close out our 20th Anniversary Celebration of the US Air Force Security Forces. At left, Gen Stayce accepts the Eagle Chapter Coin following 2016 Veterans Day Ceremonies at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington VA.

Brigadier General Andrea Tullos, the Air Force Top Cop informed me that she now has a conflict but Chief Master Sergeant Tamala Hartz, our SF Career Field Manager, will be in attendance. Chief Master Sergeant (Retired) Daryl Janicki will also speak as one of the architects of the "new" combined security forces career field.

We have volunteers from the HQ USAF SF staff that will coordinate all escort requirements.  We will provide the phone number to call as well as RSVP requirements to enter the Pentagon when we get closer to the event.

Other than being at an Eagle Chapter luncheon, the easiest way to obtain raffle tickets for this weapon is to go online and order them from the Eagle Exchange. You can also send a money order to our Post Office Box.

This raffle provides the fourth event in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of our Air Force Security Forces.

By the time you read this, we will have sent an email to all raffle ticket purchasers.  If you have a raffle ticket and you do not see an email at the email address that you used to purchase your tickets, please let me know. Your email may not be working for us.

A few notes about this raffle:

1. Eagle Chapter did not buy the weapon.  Sig Sauer donated the weapon by issuing the chapter a certificate that authorizes the winner of the raffle to claim the weapon. Once we hold the raffle, we provide the certificate to the winner and they will coordinate with Sig Sauer to claim their weapon which includes two 17 round magazines.

2. Tickets can be purchased until Oct 10 at 2359PM/1159PM.

3.  We will allow an additional few days for mail to arrive at our PO box and hold the raffle on Oct 14.

4. The certificate to claim the weapon is not transferrable.  If you want your grandson, spouse or other to have the weapon, they'll need to take their chances in the raffle. 

Last spring when we kicked off our wall wash series at the Vietnam War Veterans Memorial in Washington DC, someone asked, "Lee where is the coffee?" In the Spring, we expanded our sponsorship to include free bottled water and donuts.  With that bit of prodding about the coffee, last month we provided the coffee, too.  I think by the expression of one of our volunteers above, that was a huge success!  :-)

This year, Col (Ret) Mel Grover and Ken Neal of the USAF Security Forces Museum in San Antonio TX participated with us. Below, Col Grover with his wife pointed to the names of the Airmen who died while he served in Vietnam.  In his honor, this panel was his to wash.

Back in 2004 when we started our Wall Wash at the Vietnam War Veterans Memorial in Washington DC, that was the first year that our boy scouts participated - much thanks to Eagle Member Ed Erslev.

Over the years, we've grown up with these scouts who still return to help in this labor of love.  Recently, we discovered that three of our scouts - the Staudmyer Triplets have earned Eagle Scouts.  I'm happy to pass on an article that was written to honor them in this achievement as they prepare to go off to college.          

In September 2003, in the above photo, Eagle Chairman, Lee Chambers with Tech Sergeant James Coffee (to Lee's right) with his wife, commander and unit members celebrate Jim's recognition at the AF 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Dinner.  Jim was one of two SF Airmen to be recognized as one of the Air Force's 12. The other SF Airman, Staff Sergeant Omar Ali Abed, earned his spot as an SF reservist.

Recognizing these Airmen were a win-win for us.  In the photo below where Eagle Board Member, Kathy Wojciechowski, joined SF Master Sergeant Tessa Fontaine (2d from left) and her family as they celebrated at the annual dinner.  Sergeant Fontaine would later join me in a Proud Warrior luncheon where as chairman, I would take the SF Airmen that were med-evaced to Walter Reed once a month to eat where ever they wanted.  MSgt Fontaine was a local winner at one of the agencies who joined me at one of our luncheons.  See her at the link.

I didn't know at the time that this would become an annual Eagle Chapter tradition.  The following years there would be one to two SF Airmen who would be recognized among the Air Force's 12. 

We grew our annual recognition program with the participation of the Oklahoma Heartland Chapter and the Pete Magwood Chapter (Albuquerque, NM) to include three year memberships in AFSFA, an Eagle Chapter coin, Defensor Fortis flags, and letters of appreciation.

This year, no cops. This is an extraordinarily, highly competitive award. We congratulate these Airmen for the awesome feat of being recognized as one of the Air Force's 12. Next year, we look forward to the return of the SF in starting a new streak!

You can see the honorees by clicking here. 

Our next chapter board meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 8:00PM. Eagle Chapter Board Meetings are open to members and significant others who would like to participate.

We hold our chapter board meetings on the first Wednesday of the month at 8PM via conference call.

Contact the Eagle Chapter Secretary, Chris Walker, for more information.