- 40th AW Rate Anniversary starts Friday night, September 5: Hannah appears to have changed her mind and is heading eastward. Please plan on joining us, but you might need an umbrella. Attendance by spouses and significant others is not only welcomed but encouraged! Check out the flight schedule for events.
The VP-30 presentation and tour is now CANX due to Hurricane Hannah. Latest scuttlebutt is the base will be open which should not screw up our NAS Jax Yacht Club event and the "group grope" photos with the aircraft.
At the tentative get together at the Jax Yacht Club (if the base stays open), we'll be including career counseling resume review for any active/reserve duty AWs getting ready to transition; the downloading of all photos taken during the weekend; scanning of any crew/shop/det/class photos and cruise books. Additionally, we'll have a birthday cake cutting (assuming we can find an open grocery store). Would appreciate anyone that has photos of the AW Memorial AWs. We'll also be passing out a limited number of giveaways (shirts, hats) provided by Cool Military owned by former AW1 Ed Hawkins.
PLEASE PASS THE WORD!! Contact Rob Bixby for the latest schedule as we deal with the hurricane.
BASE PASS: Let us know if you'll need a base pass so that we coordinate entry. We need the minimum information:
Driver's Information: First & Last Name (driver only), SSN Required - last six digits only, Driver's Lic #, Home Address, City, State, Zip Code
Vehicle Information: Leave blank if renting a vehicle, security will verify signed rental contract; otherwise, Make, Model, Color, Year, Plate Number, and the State the vehicle is licensed in51 Confirmed Attendees: Donnie "Ackro" Ackerman, Wayne "Spanky" Alderman, Billy "Mom" Andrews, Bill Barris, Joe Beliveau, Rob Bixby, Rodney Bornemann, Rodney Branton, Carl "Skip" Brown, Scott Carmean, Alain "Carp" Carpenter, John Castillo, Jim Cook, Randy Cook, Daryl Currie, Paul Deep, Dave "Devo" DeVarney, Bob "Rocket Bob" Donaldson, Dan "Super Duck" Drake, Bobby Dye, Steve Fishbein, Jim Franken, Dan Harris, Doug Havens, Larry Jordan, Ryan "Kobe" Kobeski, Steve Krokus, Lance Lewis, Erik Lininger, Joe Mauffray, Clyde "Mac" McClung, Joe Midgett, Jim Moreau, Frank Morris, Jerry Reddekopp, Bruce Reynolds, Ed Robertson, Bran Russell, Eugene "Geno" Schlais, Mike Stevens, Jim Stuthers, Steve Sweeney, Ty Taylor, Ben Teague, Fred Van Leewuen, Dick Wagner, Terry Walker, Tim Walker, Mike Walter, Bob Wardell, Joe Wisniewski
20 Interested Attendees: Stu Babins, Frank Fails, Scott Fitzpatrick, Peter Gomes, Chris Guillaume, Roy Holcomb, Ken Howell, Kevin "KP" Kerns, Tim Lair, Jeff Leonard, Jamie Meade, Randal Miner, Jim "JP" Morin, Gary Oates, Greg Phillips, Tom Sanders, Gary Schreffler, Carter Swanson, William "Bill" Tuggle, Mark White - TAPS:
- On June 13th, we lost AW Plankholder AWC (Ret.) Jerry W. Huff. Jerry served in P-2 and P-3 squadrons on the East and West coast. He also served at TSCs in Guam, Puerto Rico, Souda Bay, Crete, and Diego Garcia. His ashes were scattered in the Mountains of Eastern Oregon. Farewell and Following Seas, Jerry, we've got the watch. We've created a web page in the TAPS section for any photos and tributes that you wish to send in on Jerry. Send to Devo. Jerry's brother, AW1 (Ret.) Kim Huff, informed us of the sad news. Feel free to contact Kim if you wish to personally extend your sympathy.
- On August 2nd, we lost AWCS Sid Smith due to heart disease. Sid worked for me when I was in VP-11 and it was my honor to serve with a young man with an incredible future. I was glad to see his success and I'm saddened by our loss! Farewell and Following Seas, Sid, we've got the watch. We've created a web page in the TAPS section for any photos and tributes that you wish to send in on Smitty. Send to Devo. Additionally, you can sign in at the online memorial book which will be active through Sept. 8. Be careful with you posts, the censor did not like mine and it never got posted.
- It's Official!: The much anticipated consolidation of the naval aircrewman community into the AW rating with begin on October 1st per NAVADMIN 153/08. While some may be cheering on this marriage, we're sure that some folks are looking with a certain amount of uneasiness with the upcoming change. We wholeheartedly look forward to welcoming our fellow Naval Aircrewmen into the AW community. Welcome Aboard!
Let's shoot for 800 by the end of 2008!
Welcome aboard to:- Vincent "Vinnie" Elston (Sept 4)
- Sean "Schmak" Mohr (Sept 2)
- Pat "Hollywood" Lalor, Daniel "Yetti" Anderson: Note that Yetti is the son of AW1 Mike "Zapper or Andy" Anderson---the tradition continues (Aug 23)
- Plankholder Larry "WOFO" Jordan, Lee "Leroy" Stennett (Aug 15)
- Martin "Uncle Marty" Nielsen (Aug 14)
- Plankholder Charles "Wags" Wagner, Troy "Trouble LD" Long (Aug 13)
- Plankholder Larry Cravey (Aug 12)
- Plankholder Stu Babins, Steve Sweeney, Bruce Wood (Aug 9)
Directory updates:- Robert "Uncle Bob" Walker (Sept 4)
- Neal "JR" Lawson (Sept 2)
- Mike Conway, Doug Walmsley (Aug 23)
- Mike Mahoney (Aug 19)
- Sean Lipstreu, Phillip Brandenburg, Steve Sweeney (Aug 12)
- Gary Sumner (Aug 9)
Contact AW1 (Ret.) Rob Bixby at FAWA_Admin@comcast.net
Last Updated: September 2rd, 2008