Page 1 Officers: President: LCDR Bob Haley 1st VP: CPT Gregory Bertolini 2nd VP: COL Clark Speicher Secretary: COL Dana Roecker Treasurer: LTC Joe Maurer Directors: COL Fred Wieners COL Bill Gray COL Herb Skogland COL Harry Winberg CDR Rob Piper MAJ Ed Herr CPT Tony Kimball CPT Bill Swarts COL F. Richard Gifford CW4 Bill Hamelin www.grucmoaa.org Spring 2013 Newsleer—Welcome! Having survived another year, the chapter looks forward to the challeng- es which will arise in 2013. We are always open to your sugges5ons on how to get involved with military and veteran ini5a5ves which my cross your desks during the year. All we ask is to reach out to any chapter officer or board member with the details. In 2012 several new ini5a5ves were undertaken, and exis5ng ini5a5ves renewed: 1. In May, $1,200 in scholarships were awarded to deserving JROTC ca- dets at our three supported units. We may look to increase the three $200 scholarships this year. The $400 John P. Rhude scholarship will con5nue for another four years and the Mildred Swarts $200 scholarship for another two years. Let a chapter officer or board member know if you would like to a:end any of the three schools (Proctor, Notre Dame, or RFA) scholarship ceremonies that will take place this May. It's always rewarding to see the caliber of cadets that receive these awards. 2. In August, $1,500 was allocated to our three JROTC units to support their weekend leadership training on the Ge:ysburg ba:lefield. The cadets were under the tutelage of our past president Fred Weiners and had a great learning experience. We hope to con5nue this support in the fall. 3. Our support of the NYANG out of the U5ca Armory con5nues and this year was increased to the Gold Level ($750). Soldiers of the 2-108th IN and 107th MP, were home for the holidays last year and $700.00 of our giE cards from 2011 were issued to the needy families. See page 8 for the FUA thank you note. Next year GRUC may increase sponsorship to the Pla5num Level at $1,000. 4. Tony Kimball, Ginny Craiglow, Paule:e Lemieux and Herb Skogland con5nue to read to the schoolchildren at Gansevoort School. Any member wishing to help out in this ini5a5ve is more than welcomed. Just let Tony know. It's a rewarding experience to see the interest and excitement on the children's faces when going one-on-one or reading to a class of students. 5. Last May we assisted the Veterans Outreach Center in U5ca in bringing three Tuskegee Airmen to a weekend event in U5ca. Our chapter looks for- ward to suppor5ng veteran programs/events if the need arises in the com- ing year. Con5nued on page 2 In This Issue Page President’s Welcome...1-3 Adopt A Platoon……........3 Treasurer’s Report.……...3 NJROTC News……...…...4-5 Unit Relocated………….….6 Ge:ysburg Update…….…6 GRUC Event Calendar…..6 CoC Announcements…...7 2013 Storming The Hill...7 HOGS Thank You…….…...8 FUA Thank You……..……..8 Board of Directors:
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Officers: President:
LCDR Bob Haley
1st VP:
CPT Gregory Bertolini
2nd VP:
COL Clark Speicher
Secretary:
COL Dana Roecker
Treasurer:
LTC Joe Maurer
Directors: COL Fred Wieners
COL Bill Gray
COL Herb Skogland
COL Harry Winberg
CDR Rob Piper
MAJ Ed Herr
CPT Tony Kimball
CPT Bill Swarts
COL F. Richard Gifford
CW4 Bill Hamelin
www.grucmoaa.org
Spring 2013 Newsle�er—Welcome! Having survived another year, the chapter looks forward to the challeng-
es which will arise in 2013.
We are always open to your sugges5ons on how to get involved with
military and veteran ini5a5ves which my cross your desks during the year.
All we ask is to reach out to any chapter officer or board member with the
details.
In 2012 several new ini5a5ves were undertaken, and exis5ng ini5a5ves
renewed:
1. In May, $1,200 in scholarships were awarded to deserving JROTC ca-
dets at our three supported units. We may look to increase the three $200
scholarships this year. The $400 John P. Rhude scholarship will con5nue for
another four years and the Mildred Swarts $200 scholarship for another
two years. Let a chapter officer or board member know if you would like to
a:end any of the three schools (Proctor, Notre Dame, or RFA) scholarship
ceremonies that will take place this May. It's always rewarding to see the
caliber of cadets that receive these awards.
2. In August, $1,500 was allocated to our three JROTC units to support
their weekend leadership training on the Ge:ysburg ba:lefield. The cadets
were under the tutelage of our past president Fred Weiners and had a great
learning experience. We hope to con5nue this support in the fall.
3. Our support of the NYANG out of the U5ca Armory con5nues and this
year was increased to the Gold Level ($750). Soldiers of the 2-108th IN and
107th MP, were home for the holidays last year and $700.00 of our giE
cards from 2011 were issued to the needy families. See page 8 for the FUA
thank you note. Next year GRUC may increase sponsorship to the Pla5num
Level at $1,000.
4. Tony Kimball, Ginny Craiglow, Paule:e Lemieux and Herb Skogland
con5nue to read to the schoolchildren at Gansevoort School. Any member
wishing to help out in this ini5a5ve is more than welcomed. Just let Tony
know. It's a rewarding experience to see the interest and excitement on the
children's faces when going one-on-one or reading to a class of students.
5. Last May we assisted the Veterans Outreach Center in U5ca in bringing
three Tuskegee Airmen to a weekend event in U5ca. Our chapter looks for-
ward to suppor5ng veteran programs/events if the need arises in the com-
ing year.
Con5nued on page 2
In This Issue Page President’s Welcome...1-3
Adopt A Platoon……........3
Treasurer’s Report.……...3
NJROTC News……...…...4-5
Unit Relocated………….….6
Ge:ysburg Update…….…6
GRUC Event Calendar…..6
CoC Announcements…...7
2013 Storming The Hill...7
HOGS Thank You…….…...8
FUA Thank You……..……..8
Board of Directors:
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6. Support for the House of Good Shepherd in New HarJord con5nues. Last December many Christmas giEs and
$230.00 was donated for the young people at the home. Thanks to all those who answered the call to assist. See
page 8 for the HOGS Thank You le:er.
7. A new ini5a5ve last year was the placing of wreaths on the graves of veterans at both the Rome Cemetery and
the Evergreen Cemetery in Lee. The event was executed in conjunc5on with the na5onal wreath laying events at Ar-
lington and over 800 other cemeteries and memorials in the U.S. by Wreaths Across America. Thanks goes out to
Greg Bertolini, Joe and Margarite Maurer, Richard and Peggy Rubrecht, and Jim and Brenda Mar5nez for their un-
selfish help in making the two ceremonies a success. The two colorful ceremonies were widely covered by the local
newspaper and television sta5ons which brought noted recogni5on to our chapter. Over 230 sponsored wreaths
were placed at the two cemeteries. Thanks also go out to all our members who sponsored some of these wreaths.
Businesses in the area were also generous in their sponsorship of these wreaths with the Stewart's Shops, Price
Chopper and Goodrich Corpora5on contribu5ng up $500 each. This event also benefi:ed GRUCMOAA by increasing
our chapter's treasury by $1,000.
FiEy-five wreaths have been sponsored for the December 14, 2013 event. We look forward to honoring many
more deceased veterans from all the past wars for their unselfish sacrifices in keeping our country free. New ceme-
teries may be added this year, and more help from chapter members will be needed. Our goal is to place over 500
wreaths at three or four cemeteries in the local area. If you are interested in becoming a key player in these events
contact chapter president Bob Haley at 315-336-4220 or [email protected]. Let's try to increase the chapter's
treasury by $2,500 which will aid in suppor5ng more of our veterans and current military ini5a5ves.
8. Two other ini5a5ves underway this year are: "Adopt A Platoon", and Disabled American Veterans (DAV) driving
veterans to the Syracuse VA Hospital. The platoon, deployed from Fort Drum, is currently in southern provinces of
Afghanistan. Support is star5ng this spring and members are encouraged to take part by contac5ng Bill Hamelin who
has agreed to head this ini5a5ve. Bill has all the details on this program. Both Bill Hamelin, [email protected]
and Jim Mar5nez, [email protected] are ac5ve in the DAV program, so if you’re interested in taking part, con-
tact them to make your desires known.
SOCIAL EVENTS The chapter had six "First Wednesday of the Month" dinners last year which were well a:ended with 20 to 35
members a:ending each dinner held at various loca5ons in the U5ca/Rome area. The dinners featured reports from
our cadets in the JROTC units which proved to be very well received. Monthly dinners have again been lined up for
this year star5ng with the dinner at “Teddy’s” on March 6th. A:empts will be made to line up programs/speakers for
many of these dinners. Your sugges5ons on new restaurants in which to hold these dinners, and speakers to invite,
are always welcomed.
The larger a:ended events such as the "Spring Fling", the summer picnic hosted by Jim Tilly and our annual "Pearl
Harbor Day Dinner" all proved to be very successful. COL Limpert's presenta5on on his deployments to Iraq and Af-
ghanistan as an Air Force Reserve pilot may have been the highlight of the chapter's social events for the year. Pro-
ceeds from these events added close to $1,000 to the chapter's treasury.
This year's "Spring Fling" will return to The Beeches on Sunday April 21st. We are excited to have as this year's
speaker Congressman Richard Hanna. With the addi5on of all your an5cipated ques5ons, he will fill us in on the cur-
rents military dealings of Congress and how they will play out in the future. This should prove to be quite an informa-
5ve event so mark your calendars to a:end to provide a large listening audience for Rep. Hanna.
Where the summer picnic will be held this summer has yet to be determined, your sugges5ons will be greatly ap-
preciated.
The Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dinner will once again be held at The Lake Delta Inn on December 7th.
One last, but certainly not least, social event will be the annual Memorial Day Burger Burn. We thank the Kimball’s
for graciously invi5ng us for the third year in a row to their pala5al estate on Lake Delta. As always the weather is
forecasted to be sunny and warm for this event.
Con5nued on page 3
Spring 2013 (con-nued)
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Spring 2013 (con-nued)
It's been a pleasure to par5cipate in all the social events that the chapter provides and we hope to see many
more members at the events this year. The social interchange and camaraderie can not be beat. Hope to see and
meet many new members this year.
RECRUITMENT Na5onal MOAA has developed a new ini5a5ve to a:ract new members to the chapters. There are a large
number of na5onal members not currently belonging to the chapter in our local area. It will be our job to register
as many as possible into the chapter. Your help will be greatly needed to make this ini5a5ve a success. Thanks in
advance for your concern and aid in this ma:er.
Thanks to everyone for all your help in the past with all our chapter's func5ons. We look forward to another
exci5ng and successful year, Bob Haley, President GRUCMOAA
2012 Year End
Treasurer’s
Report
Joseph Maurer,
LTC (Ret) USAR
Director CW4 Bill Hamelin has been involved with ‘Adopt A Platoon’ through the Northern New York-Fort Drum
Chapter Associa5on of the United States Army and is bringing the program to the members of GRUCMOAA. Con-
tact has already been ini5ated and the Scout Platoon, HHC, 1-87 Infantry Ba:alion was assigned to GRUCMOAA.
The platoon is serving in Afghanistan, any addi5onal morale support we can provide from March to August will
be much appreciated. The unit is expected back in the states in October. The Scout Platoon Leader 1LT Markus A.
Makowski, IN has corresponded with Bill and details of the organiza5on are being exchanged. Please consider
suppor5ng this effort by reaching out to Bill at [email protected], home 315-337-1368, or mobile 315-725-
As a former commander of the 107th MP Co, it is a sad occasion that this unit was relocated. The Officers, Non-
Commissioned Officers and Soldiers will be reassigned and become a detachment of the 206th MP Co, Latham,
NY and will s5ll drill in the U5ca Armory. I know they will be fine because they’re MP’s and they’re resilient. The
underlying loss here is the billets/advancement opportuni5es no longer available. Lost is the opportunity for
high school and college students to affiliate with a local military organiza5on (fewer billets) as is the eligibility of
those same students for tui5on assistance from New York State as members of the Na5onal Guard and a:end-
ance at a SUNY school. The 107th MP Co served New York State and our Na5on for over 200 years from Central
New York. During my affilia5on, the 107th was Federalized and deployed for Opera5on Desert Storm 90-91, re-
sponded to State ac5va5on for Woodstock II 96, and Opera5on Ice 98. It is my hearJelt wish that the Officers,
NCO’s and Soldiers assigned to the Ft. Hamilton 107th MP Co come to understand and become proud of the line-
age and honors they carry forward when they assemble around the guidon of the 107th Military Police Company.
Ge�ysburg Ba�lefield Update Fred Wieners, COL (Ret) USAF
Fred is alive and well in PA. He would enjoy taking any GRUCMOAA members out on the Ge:ysburg ba:lefield
to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for us 150 years ago! Needless to say the best
5me to visit Ge:ysburg is in the fall aEer all of the spring school trips and summer family ou5ngs are complete. If
anyone needs sugges5ons on where to stay they can either call Fred 717-401-0085
or write an email [email protected]. Of course for our 'chapter members', Fred works for beer! Fred will be up
in Rome again teaching on Thursday mornings at the Labs in June and July. “Hope to see you then. Meanwhile, I
hope all is well with you and yours. Cheers! to everyone.”
2013 GRUC MOAA Events Schedule Date Time Event Loca-on
6-Mar-13 1700 HRS Member / guest dinner Teddy’s
3-Apr-13 1700 HRS Member / guest dinner The Savoy
21-Apr-13 1200-1500 HRS Spring Fling The Beeches
4-May-13 TBA 2013 NYS Council of Chapters
Mid-Year Conference The Radisson Hotel, U5ca, NY
27-May-13 1000-1200 HRS Memorial Day Ceremony Veteran’s Park, Rome NY
27-May-13 1200 HRS Burger Burn Kimball Manor, Lake Delta, NY
5-Jun-13 1700 HRS Member / guest dinner The Moose River Restaurant
14-Jun-13 TBA Flag Day Ceremony Peter Gansevoort Elementary School, Rome, NY
25-Aug-13 1300 HRS GRUC-MOAA Picnic TBA
4-Sep-13 1700 HRS Member / guest dinner Vescio’s Franklin Hotel
2-Oct-13 1700 HRS Member / guest dinner Raspberries of U5ca
14-16-Oct-13 Various 2013 NYS Council of Chapters
40th Conven5on
Inn on the Lake Waterfront Resort and Conference
Center, Canandaigua, NY
6-Nov-13 1700 HRS Member / guest dinner Coalyard Charlie’s
7-Dec-13 1530-2100 HRS Pearl Harbor Remembrance The Lake Delta Inn
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The Genesee Valley Chapter will be hos5ng the 2013 New York State Council of
Chapters Conven-on on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 14, 15 and 16.
The conven5on will convene at the Inn on the Lake Waterfront Resort and Conference
Center in beau5ful Canandaigua at the north end of Canandaigua Lake. For details con-
tact Joe Ballister ([email protected]), Public Rela5ons Chair or check out their web
site: www.gvcmoaa.org.
2013 MOAA Announcement
The Capital District Chapter will be hos5ng the 2013 New York State Council of Chapters Mid-Year
Mee-ng on Saturday, May 4. The mee5ng will be held at The Radisson Hotel in U5ca, NY Breakfast and a
working lunch will be served. For details contact Ed Scheiber ([email protected]).
2013 Council of Chapters Announcements
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From: FUA <[email protected]> Subject: Sponsorship To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 9:45 AM President Haley, Bob – Hard to believe that another year has gone by……Thank you! for GRUC-MOAA’s spon-
sorship for 2012. It was GREATLY appreciated. I hope that you will again consider us for 2013. I have attached a
letter and sponsorship form. The letter lists our accomplishments and the sponsorship form for 2013. If you would
be so kind as to let me know your intent as soon as possible. We will be changing our website and advertising as of
January 1 to reflect our sponsors for 2013. It is truly heartwarming to have others believe as we do, that actions are
more important than words. Thank you for your consideration. Warm regards, Margaret Friends of the Utica Armory 1700 Parkway East Armory Utica, New York 13501 315.717.8467 www.friendsoftheuticaarmory.org
