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~ Paid Advertising Supplement ~ PRSRT STD U S POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #376 DECATUR, AL 35602 REDSTONE-HUNTSVILLE CHAPTER ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S. ARMY POST OFFICE BOX 7054 HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35807 4 15 December 2016 REDSTONE - HUNTSVILLE CHAPTER Winner AUSA "Best Chapter of the Year" 7 consecutive years, 11 times overall Winner "Best Chapter Newsletter" The Association’s Annual Meeting held in Washington D.C. October 3-5 is the largest professional development forum focused on land power. The Redstone- Huntsville Chapter had one of the largest chapter contingents in attendance and was represented at all major functions. Once again the Redstone-Huntsville Chapter was honored by the National Association as the Best Chapter in the Large Chapter Cat- egory for 2016. This marks the 12th time in 13 years the chapter has received this prestigious honor. It is a recognition of the efforts of the chapter as we continue our mission of helping America connect with its Army. Chapter members, directors, and officers provide programs for Soldiers, Families, Department of the Army Civilians, and Veterans throughout the year. Key events on Monday, Day 1, were the Opening Ceremony, Corporate Mem- ber Luncheon, ROTC Luncheon, and the President’s Reception: GEN Perna, Com- manding General Army Materiel Command, and CSM Sims, CSM Army Materiel Command, joined Chapter President COL(R) John T. Wright on stage for the presen- tation of the Best Chapter Banner. GEN Perna was also the keynote speaker for the ROTC Luncheon attended by cadets from across the country. Mayor Troy Trulock of Madison was the chapter’s guest at the Corporate Member Luncheon. On Tuesday attendees had the opportunity to hear from Army Chief Staff GEN Milley during the Eisenhower Luncheon. Guests of the chapter included COL Nguyen of US Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strate- gic Command. Tuesday evening we joined with the Fort Leonard Wood - Central Missouri chapter to host our Open House Hospitality Night. Over 400 people at- tended the evening to include senior leaders from Team Redstone and Fort Leonard Wood bringing together Army materiel providers and the Manuever Support Center of Excellence. Joining in the festivities were the Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army from Alabama and Missouri and the Mayors of Huntsville and Madison. Special recognition was given to the TRADOC Drill Sergeant and Platoon Sergeant of the Year from Fort Leonard Wood, and the Third Region Volunteer Family of the Year and Civilian of the Year from the Redstone-Huntsville Chapter. While Wednesday may have been the final day it was packed with activities begin- ning with the Third Region Breakfast hosted by Kris McBride Third Region Presi- dent. Chapter guests included MG Simpson of Army Contracting Command, MG Farmen of US Army Security Assistance Command, and COL Michaelis of 2nd Recruiting Brigade. Mr. Danny Featherston was recognized as the Region DA Ci- vilian of the Year and MAJ Mroszczyk received the Region Award on behalf of his family as the Region Family of the Year. During the Department of the Army Civil- ian Luncheon the chapter received awards for Greatest Civilian Membership and Mr. Featherston was recognized by the National committee. The final event of the day was the culmination of the Annual Meeting – The George C. Marshall Award Dinner – honoring the 2016 recipient General (Retired) Gordon R. Sullivan, former Chief of Staff of the Army and immediate past Association President and CEO. Several chapter members stayed a few extra days in Washington to support Team Redstone’s Army Ten-Miler Teams on Sunday October 9th with the Hooah Tents. As in previous years we were happy to join with the Wiregrass Chapter to provide th Champions Launching Pad for the teams from Redstone Arsenal and Fort Rucker. Special thanks to Bryan Dyer, Annual Meeting Chairperson, Jo Seay for hospital- ity, Gabrielle Patton for lodging reservations support, Barry Blackmon for trans- 2016 Annual Meeting Highlights Redstone-Huntsville Chapter receives the 2016 Best Chapter award at the Annual Meeting. (L-R) GEN Ham, President & CEO AUSA; John Wright, Chapter President; GEN Perna, CG Army Materiel Command; CSM Sims, CSM Army Army Materiel Command. See Meeting on page 5

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REDSTONE -HUNTSVILLEC H A P T E R

Winner AUSA "Best Chapter of the Year" 7 consecutive years, 11 times overall Winner "Best Chapter Newsletter"

The Association’s Annual Meeting held in Washington D.C. October 3-5 is the largest professional development forum focused on land power. The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter had one of the largest chapter contingents in attendance and was represented at all major functions. Once again the Redstone-Huntsville Chapter was honored by the National Association as the Best Chapter in the Large Chapter Cat-egory for 2016. This marks the 12th time in 13 years the chapter has received this prestigious honor. It is a recognition of the efforts of the chapter as we continue our mission of helping America connect with its Army. Chapter members, directors, and officers provide programs for Soldiers, Families, Department of the Army Civilians, and Veterans throughout the year.

Key events on Monday, Day 1, were the Opening Ceremony, Corporate Mem-ber Luncheon, ROTC Luncheon, and the President’s Reception: GEN Perna, Com-manding General Army Materiel Command, and CSM Sims, CSM Army Materiel Command, joined Chapter President COL(R) John T. Wright on stage for the presen-tation of the Best Chapter Banner. GEN Perna was also the keynote speaker for the ROTC Luncheon attended by cadets from across the country. Mayor Troy Trulock of Madison was the chapter’s guest at the Corporate Member Luncheon.

On Tuesday attendees had the opportunity to hear from Army Chief Staff GEN Milley during the Eisenhower Luncheon. Guests of the chapter included COL Nguyen of US Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strate-gic Command. Tuesday evening we joined with the Fort Leonard Wood - Central Missouri chapter to host our Open House Hospitality Night. Over 400 people at-tended the evening to include senior leaders from Team Redstone and Fort Leonard Wood bringing together Army materiel providers and the Manuever Support Center of Excellence. Joining in the festivities were the Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army from Alabama and Missouri and the Mayors of Huntsville and Madison. Special recognition was given to the TRADOC Drill Sergeant and Platoon Sergeant of the Year from Fort Leonard Wood, and the Third Region Volunteer Family of the Year and Civilian of the Year from the Redstone-Huntsville Chapter.

While Wednesday may have been the final day it was packed with activities begin-ning with the Third Region Breakfast hosted by Kris McBride Third Region Presi-dent. Chapter guests included MG Simpson of Army Contracting Command, MG Farmen of US Army Security Assistance Command, and COL Michaelis of 2nd Recruiting Brigade. Mr. Danny Featherston was recognized as the Region DA Ci-vilian of the Year and MAJ Mroszczyk received the Region Award on behalf of his family as the Region Family of the Year. During the Department of the Army Civil-ian Luncheon the chapter received awards for Greatest Civilian Membership and Mr. Featherston was recognized by the National committee. The final event of the day was the culmination of the Annual Meeting – The George C. Marshall Award Dinner

– honoring the 2016 recipient General (Retired) Gordon R. Sullivan, former Chief of Staff of the Army and immediate past Association President and CEO.

Several chapter members stayed a few extra days in Washington to support Team Redstone’s Army Ten-Miler Teams on Sunday October 9th with the Hooah Tents. As in previous years we were happy to join with the Wiregrass Chapter to provide the Champions Launching Pad for the teams from Redstone Arsenal and Fort Rucker.Special thanks to Bryan Dyer, Annual Meeting Chairperson, Jo Seay for hospital-ity, Gabrielle Patton for lodging reservations support, Barry Blackmon for trans-

2016 Annual Meeting Highlights

Redstone-Huntsville Chapter receives the 2016 Best Chapter award at the Annual Meeting. (L-R) GEN Ham, President & CEO AUSA; John Wright, Chapter President; GEN Perna, CG Army Materiel Command; CSM Sims, CSM Army Army Materiel Command.

See Meeting on page 5

2 AUSA Salute December 2016

This Fall was very full of activi-ties for your Redstone-Huntsville chapter as we supported Soldiers, Army Families, and Department of the Army Civilians across North Alabama. Our chapter programs are driven by the needs of our chapter membership. Many of them are the result of an identified need within our area of responsibility; all of our professional development, network-ing, and service opportunities have the primary purpose of Connecting America with her Army.

Our country and democracy re-main strong as witnessed by the re-cent, local, state, and national elec-tions. The health of your association is strong as well, but just as in our de-mocracy, we need everyone’s support to continue our primary purpose of service as a Voice for the Army – Sup-port for the Soldier.

During the Association’s Annual Meeting, General (Retired) Carter Ham, Association President called upon all members to achieve a mem-bership level of 100,000 by the end of 2017. This mile-stone is easily achievable if each of us take the opportu-

nity to reach out to colleagues, family members, and interested community members. Strengthening our voice at the national level is important as we work with others to maintain the support for our Soldiers – Ac-tive, Guard, and Reserve, Retirees and Veterans, Family Members, and Department of the Army Civilians. Locally, we have initiated a “Drive for Five” membership campaign whereby we want to reach 5,000 in-dividual members. We are half-way to this goal and we can achieve this if each chapter member recruits one additional member.

An increase in membership across the central/northern counties of Alabama and southern counties of middle Tennessee enables us to de-liver local and relevant support to National Guard and Army Reserve Units, serve as influencers in support of Army Recruiting, mentor young

people participating in JROTC/ROTC, support Veter-ans, and Connect us to our Army.

Consider joining today or gifting a membership to a family member who is a Soldier or DA Civilian. This is

a great opportunity for new members and those con-sidering a life membership to take advantage of the re-duced 2016 membership rates which will increase Janu-ary 1st 2017.

2016 Individual Membership Rates – bettervalue for money

• 2 Years - $30 (after 1 Jan 2017 $40)• 5 Years - $50 (after 1 Jan 2017 $75)• Life Membership - $300 (after 1 Jan 2017 $400)• 2 Years - $10 (E1-E4, JROTC/ROTC Cadets only)

(no change)

A very special thanks to our volunteers. Their sup-port is tremendous; with them we our stronger. Con-sider becoming an active volunteer; contact Kurt Wei-denthal, our VP for Chapter Support. Ask him howyou can support activities like:

• Retiree & Veterans Programs• Army Family Programs• Annual Meeting/Army Ten-Miler• Young Professionals• AUSA Global Force Symposium• DA Civilian of the Year Recognition• First Sergeant John Ordway Leadership Award • JROTC School Ambassador Program

Salute is the quarterly newsletter of the Redstone-Huntsville Association of the United States Army. Salute is published by Tennessee Valley Media, a private fi rm. The publisher is not responsible for incorrect information.

Copyright 2016 by Tennessee Valley Media Co, Inc and Huntsville Chapter Association of the United States Army. All rights reserved. Nothing contained within may be reprinted wholly or in part without the written consent of the publisher and AUSA.

President's Message

We look forward to seeing everyone at these events in the coming months. In addition to the upcoming AUSA Global Force Symposium we offer many other opportunities for professional development and networking. Also come out to our expanded DA Civilian of the Year Recognition Awards where are adding recogni-tion of deserving DoD Civilians from Missile Defense Agency, DAU, and MSIC, as well as an outstanding NAF employee of the year from the US Army Garri-son Redstone Arsenal. Visit www.ausaredstone.org or follow us on Facebook and Twitter to learn more.

2016 Events/Activities4 December - Military Appreciation Performance of “Ava’s One Wish”12 December – West Alabama area Sub-Chapter Holiday Gathering 13 December – Army National Guard 380th Birthday Celebration15 December – AUSA Redstone-Huntsville Chapter Holiday Reception – members

and invited guests17 December – AUSA Night at the Galaxy of Lights

2017 Dates to Remember23 February – DAU Acquisition Update9-11 March – AUSA Third Region Meeting13-15 March – AUSA Global Force Symposium & Exhibition13 March – AUSA Young Professionals Event14 March – Rocket City Bash15 March – ROTC & STEM Day with ROTC Luncheon4 April – Department of the Army Civilian of the Year Recognition Dinner &

General Membership Meeting10 April - Missiles Heritage Golf Outing11 April - AUSA Missiles Symposium21 April - U.S. Army Reserve 109th Birthday Celebration29 May - Memorial Day Activities16 June – Army Birthday Celebration & General Membership Meeting25 June – 1 July – Armed Forces Celebration Week including the Iron Mike Golf

Outing

Upcoming Events: Mark your calendar

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Satellite Chapter President's Message

Anniston “Gallant Pelham” Satellite Chapter President, COL (R) Greg Potts was asked to be the guest speaker at the Anniston Army Depot Veterans Benefit & Suicide Prevention Event held Septem-ber 16th at the Anniston City Meeting Center. Although not a medical profes-sional, Potts related from his own experi-

ence the importance of living a balanced life, ‘ a healthy mind & spirit in a healthy body’. He emphasized that just as life in the military and Federal Service was a ‘team sport’, and you relied upon your battle buddies, and medical and spiritual resources, so was it in life after service and represented by the 50 or so organi-

zations and vendors at the event. He closed the session by distrib-uting copies of the AUSA Fam-ily Health Directorate Healthy Living refrigerator magnet of nu-trition, sleep, prevention, stress and exercise as benchmarks and guides to a healthy living.

The annual Anniston “Gallant Pelham” Satellite Chapter Golf Scramble teed off on Friday Sep-tember 30th under the leadership of Satellite Chapter VP for Spe-cial Projects David Sanders; it was the most successful annual golf scramble yet held at the An-niston Country Club. The regis-

tration and support team led by Rikki Graben and assisted by Gayle Mitchell, Cheryl Potts and Potts Marketing Group Videographer Jamie Smith, ensured that the day started smoothly, flowed well, and was captured in photos for poster-ity. David was able to secure eleven gold

sponsors this year, plus a first - ever Presenting Sponsor, General Dynam-ics Land Systems (GDLS) - Anniston, who contributed a generous sum. Net proceeds from the event will be used for Christmas Care packages for deployed Soldiers & civilians, and to support the State Veterans Homes in conjunction with the Chemical Corps Regimental As-sociation - MG Watson Chapter.

Anniston “Gallant Pelham” Satellite Chapter President’s Update

Our presenting sponsor, General Dy-namics Land Systems (GDLS)

The beautiful Anniston Country Club provided the perfect backdrop for a day of fellowship in support of AUSA.

Rikki Graben (L), Gayle Mitchell(R), and Greg Potts (Back) mugging for the camera

AUSA State President Dave Seay (R), and Red-stone-Huntsville Chapter VP for Satellite Affairs Bob English (L) prepare to hit the links.

Presenting Sponsor GDLS - Anniston Site Manager Lee Waldron (R) accepts the thanks and congratulations from AUSA “Gallant Pelham” Satellite Chap-ter President Greg Potts (L)

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Calling all current, former, and future members of the Association of the United States Army who reside in west-central Al-abama. Do you support Soldiers? Are you interested in serving as the Voice for the Army – Support for Soldiers but you want to do things within your local community? The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter is now forming a Sub-Chapter in the west-central Alabama region.

The first formation meeting was held October 20th at the Logan’s Roadhouse in Tuscaloosa at 1511 Skyland Blvd. Many thanks to Logan’s for hosting our initial meeting. Approximately 30 current and fu-ture AUSA members gathered at the invita-tion of Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Nico-las Britto a long-time AUSA member who retired in Tuscaloosa. Chapter President John Wright and Alabama State President Dave Seay spoke to the assembled about AUSA and the various activities/programs that we execute in support of the Army and Veterans.

Alabama State President, Dave Seay, and Redstone-Huntsville Chapter President John Wright and Chapter VP for Satellite Chapter Activities Bob English have drafted an action plan with Nicolas Britto to bring AUSA to the area.

Look for information regarding a Holiday Get-Together on December 12th.If you are interested about how you can get involved with the Sub-chapter

contact Nicolas Britto at [email protected] .

Western Alabama Sub-Chapter #3103-004 Update

Chapter flag and Best Chapter Banner on display at the West Alabama AUSA information meeting October 20.

LTC(R) Nicolas Britto (R) thanks AUSA Alabama State President Dave Seay for his remarks during the formation meeting of the West Alabama Sub-chapter.

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portation, and Scott Gill for HOOAH Tent operations. Our support to the Soldiers and the Army Ten-Miler Teams would not have been possible without our sponsors: S3 – Title Sponsor; Gold Sponsors – Phoenix Industries, SCS-Worx, Alion Science & Technology; Sil-ver Sponsors - Banneker, Camber, Gen-eral Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Tyonek. Our HOOAH Tent Sponsors were L3, Huntsville/Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Jackson Center, and the Von Braun Center.

MeetingContinued from page 1

GEN Perna, CG Army Materiel Com-mand, speaks to Cadets at the ROTC Luncheon, October 3, 2016.

Chapter President John Wright receives Superior Chapter and other streamers from Kris McBride, Third Region Presi-dent during the Region Breakfast.

Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Mur-phy (L) presents Mr. Danny Featherston, Redstone-Huntsville Chapter and Third Re-gion DA Civilian of the Year, with an AUSA National Certificate during the DA Civilian Luncheon October 5 in Washington DC.

Chief of Staff of the Army GEN Mark Milley lays out the current state of affairs for the U.S. Army and the high-lights the future threats facing the na-tion during the Eisenhower Luncheon.

Chapter President John Wright (C) re-ceives the Greatest Civilian Membership Increase streamer from Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy (L) and AUSA VP for Education LTG(R) Guy Swan.

GEN(R) Sullivan receives the George C. Marshall Award from AUSA on October 5.

GEN(R) Carter Ham, President and CEO of the Association of the US Army, welcomes everyone to the Marshall Award Dinner.

GEN(R) Gordon Sullivan is introduced at the George Catlett Marshall Award Dinner.

SMA Dan Dailey introduces the 2016 Non-commissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year during the Dwight David Eisenhower Luncheon.

MAJ Mroszczcyk (C) receives the Third Region Volunteer Family of the Year award from Third Region President Kris McBride (R) and MG Morrison, CG US Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM).

The U.S. Army’s Third Infantry Regiment “Old Guard” presents the colors at the opening session of the Annual Meeting.

Commander, 2nd Recruiting Brigade, COL Michaelis, speaks to Third Region chapters on the topic of working to-gether to support Army Recruiting.

Chapter President John Wright receives the Third Region DA Civilian of the Year award on behalf of Mr. Danny Feather-ston from Third Region President Kris McBride during the Region Breakfast October 5th.

The Association’s Annual Meeting is the largest professional development forum focused on land power.

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CSM(R) John Perry, Chapter VP for Army National Guard and Army ReserveAffairs, coordinated the 80th Training Command’s Military Family Readiness andResiliency Resource Fair in support of the command. CSM (R) Perry coordinatedwith Redstone Arsenal for the venue, feeding of the noon meal, attendance by sup-port organizations, and coordination with USAG Redstone Arsenal. The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter paid the facilities charge and provided for the cost of the noonmeal. In coordination with Chapter VP Army Family Programs, Jim Rountree, a cakewas provided. We also conducted a membership drive during the event and recruit-ed at least 12 new members from across the command. The command includes unitmembers from across the country who were in attendance. MG Roper, CommandingGeneral 80th Training Command, spoke to all in attendance about the importanceof balance and family. Chapter president John Wright presented him with a chaptercoin thanking him for his service.

Upcoming events include the Army National Guard Birthday Celebration in De-cember and the Army Reserve Birthday Celebration in April 2017.

Reserve Component Update

COL(R) John Wright Chapter President (L) and CSM(R) John Perry Chapter VP for Army National Guard and Reserve Affairs (R), thank MG Roper, Commanding Gen-eral 80th Training Command for his support to the event.

Attendees of the first 80th Training Command Family Resources Day listen to speakers.

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Our YP Sub-Chapter President hosted a Welcoming Social for Josh Wege, Chair-man of the Board for the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST). Josh arrived in town for two days in September to promote the October 22 Exhi-bition Softball games. All of the activities surrounding this marketing campaign trip and the actual games were coordinated by the YP Sub-Chapter and their com-mittee members. The YP Sub-chapter hosted its Quarterly Networking Event at Straight to Ale micro-brewery on September 19th. The event was sponsored by

Ignite and served as the capstone to a day-long marketing and publicity barnstorm in support of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team. It served as the wrap-up for Josh Wege’s day long activities of visiting local radio and television stations. Josh also visited several area schools and addressed the students thanking them for all they do for veterans. Approximately 200 people attended the Networking Event to include BG Marion PEO Aviation, and COL Holliday, Garrison Commander Redstone Arsenal.

Young Professionals Sub-Chapter Update

Clayton Hinchman, Chief Marketing Officer of Ignite, our sponsor of the YP Net-working event thanks everyone for attending.

Young Professionals gathered at Straight to Ale for the Quarterly Networking event on September 19th.

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By SKIP VAUGHN From the Redstone Rocket

Players from both sides shared con-gratulations on the field because there were no losers in this game. After all the visitors were the Wounded Warrior Am-putee Softball Team.

They visited Huntsville for a double-header Saturday at the Metro Kiwanis Sportsplex in a showcase presented by the Association of the U.S. Army, City of Huntsville and the Huntsville Sports Commission.

The wounded warrior team lost both games but the scores really didn’t mat-ter.

“They’re an inspiration. I really admire all these guys,” Team Redstone player Tyrone Butler said. “It’s an inspiration to all – not just veterans but to everybody.”

Team Redstone won the opener 19-15. The Huntsville Protectors, a team of police and firefighters, won the second game 15-14.

“On behalf of Team Redstone, we just want to say thank you for letting us be a part of this,” Team Redstone player/

coach Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Brad Bradshaw said before presenting a plaque to the wounded warriors.

Bradshaw had an uh-oh feeling when the wounded warriors took a 10-0 lead in the first inning and a half against his team.

“It was a heck of a ballgame. I thought we were going to get blown out,” he said. “They’re very talented. It’s unfathomable the skills they have, just a great group of guys. Great event. Anything’s possible. You can overcome anything.”

Team Redstone overcame their early deficit by scoring five runs in the bot-tom of the second and five in the third for a 10-all tie. The game ended when the wounded warriors had a flyout to close their one-run seventh, stranding runners on first and third.

Erik Buatte led Team Redstone’s of-fense by going 4-for-4 with a triple, a double, three runs scored and one run batted in. Starting pitcher Michael Mc-Gilton went 3-for-3. Stephen Dix, Johna-than Frasier, Justin Carter, Larry Co-thren and winning pitcher Paul Prichard had two hits apiece. Frasier got the bats

going with his two-run, inside-the-park homer to right in the second. Tyrone Butler and William Butler both homered in the third.

After allowing 10 runs, seven earned, in the first two innings, McGilton retired the wounded warriors in order in the third and fourth. Prichard moved to the circle from third base in the fifth and al-lowed five runs, one earned, on eight hits in three innings.

The wounded warriors were led by Frank Wasson who went 4-for-4 with a double, four runs scored and three RBIs. Josh Wege went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and four RBIs. Saul Bosquez, Chris Hutton and Jon Herst had two hits apiece. Hutton hit a two-run homer. Tom Carlo took the loss.

“I’m a little disappointed but it’s softball,” Wege said. “We came out hot but I think we got complacent, just coasted a little bit. But that’s softball.

“They were a great group of guys,” he said of the Redstone

team. “What I liked about it, they didn’tgive up. They respected us as athletes.”

Wounded warriors coach Bucky Weaver would’ve liked to have scoredmore runs but was pleased with his teamof America’s warfighters who had lostlimbs in combat.

“It was a good competitive game,” Weaver said. “We hung with them. Any-time we can make it a competitive gameI’m happy.”

Amputee softball team hits home run with visit

WWAST CEO Josh Wege dives for a ball in left field.

Chapter volunteers greet Madison May-or and Mrs. Trulock before the games.

YP Sub-chapter President Leo Gilliland (R) receives an autographed bat from the WWAST thanking him for his leader-ship of the planning committee.

Post game reception for the WWAST. MG Knudson (center), Mayor Trulock (fifth from the left), COL(R) Wright (third form right), CPT Leo Gilliland (2nd from right), and CSM Bradshaw (far left).

Introduction of Team Redstone Softball Team players prior to Game 1.

Aiming for single to move base runners along.

Joint photo of WWAST and Team Redstone – Brothers in Arms

Team Redstone takes a mighty swing for the fences.

Introduction of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team players during the opening ceremony.

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By SKIP VAUGHN From the Redstone Rocket

WASHINGTON – De cade of dominance.That describes Team Redstone’s reign at the Army-Ten

Miler. Since 2007 Redstone has won 10 straight titles in the government agency division and eight straight in the all comers division.

“That’s crazy. It’s hard to believe,” team member Bran-don York said.

The latest championships came in Sunday’s 32nd annu-al race near the Pentagon with more than 24,000 finishers.

Redstone won the all comers title among 184 teams and the government agency crown out of 57 teams. Its top four finishers in all comers had a cumulative time of 3:51:26, beating second place Fort Lee, Virginia (4:18:03), by 27 minutes. Its top four finishers in government agency (3:59:39) beat Fort Belvoir, Virginia (4:10:12), by 11 min-utes.

York finished in 52 minutes and 2 seconds, 14th overall and fourth among males age 30-34, to lead the team in all comers. His teammates included Rob Youngren (58:52), Daniel Sillivant (58:56), Tim Vinson (1:01:36), Daniel Carter (1:09:23), Conrad Meyer (1:17:21) and coach Skip Vaughn (2:22:01).

Shawn Roberts (55:45) led the team in government agen-cy. His teammates included Beck Mitchell (56:41), George Heeschen (1:03:07), Capt. Quinton Watkins (1:04:06), Sean Allan (1:07:03) and Col. Jeff Hager (1:13:02).

York, 31, of Madison, said this year’s conditions were

windy.“I feel like I competed well. I just tried to beat the next

guy. Whoever I saw ahead of me, I just tried to catch him,” he said. “It was a fun race. I didn’t really slow down, I maintained even pace the whole route. It was just really windy.”

Youngren, 42, of Huntsville, said “it was a pretty good race. I actually ran faster the second half than the first half. It was about what I expected because of my fitness going in, amount of training.”

Sillivant, 30, of Huntsville, ran his first Army-Ten Miler and second 10-mile race. In March he finished the Mooresville run in 59:51.

“This one was a lot better,” Sillivant said. “A lot more crowd support, a lot more runners. Biggest thing I liked was I wasn’t running by myself for the entire race.”

Vinson, 52, of Madison, mentioned the wind. “I ran three minutes slower than last year,” he said. “So I’m a little bit disappointed in that. But I’ll be back next year to run it faster.”

Roberts, 25, of Huntsville, finished his first 10-mile race. His previous longest race was 10K (6.2 miles). He ran the 800 meters for Georgia Tech from 2009-14.

“It was good till about the last half mile. I really got a pain in my calf,” Roberts said. “It was a long race, I wasn’t used to it. Last half mile I was hobbling.”

Asked which calf was hurting, he laughed and said, “Both. I couldn’t even limp. I was in pain.”

Mitchell, 29, of Harvest, bettered the 57 minutes he ran in his first 10-mile race last year. “After knowing the

course from last year I was able to run smarter,” he said, “and just keep calm during the bad (windy) conditions of today.”

Watkins, 37, of Huntsville, ran his second Army-Ten Miler and first with the team. “It was fun, had a good time,” he said. “I’m glad I could contribute to our win, to our victory.”

Allan, who turned 32 on Tuesday, ran his third Army-Ten Miler and second with the team. He was within 15 seconds of last year’s 1:06:48. “I feel it was a faster effort but given the wind,” he said, “overall it was a great day. I’m glad both teams could defend the titles.”

Team sponsors included the Redstone-Huntsville Chapter of the Association of the U.S. Army, the Garri-son, the Thrift Shop and Phoenix. Longtime coach Harry Hobbs did not make this year’s trip.

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The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter of the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) in conjunction with the Semper Fi Community Task Force (Semper Fi) and the North Alabama Veterans and Fraternal Organization Coalition (NAVFOC) AUSA served as host and escorts for 47 Wounded Veterans and their care givers during the recent Heroes Week November 9 – 13. On 10 November the Veterans enjoyed an outing on Lake Guntersville with fifteen yachts and cruiser; approximately twenty-six AUSA chapter members and their spouses supported this three hour boat tour followed by dinner at the Guntersville Yacht Club. Numerous local civic leaders attended this event. This is one of the highlights of the Heroes Week activities in the North Ala-bama area supported by the AUSA.

Another highlight of the week was the aerial tour organized and conducted by Redstone-Huntsville Chapter members. Fifteen aircraft were provided by local vet-erans and community pilots with their privately owned aircraft. The overflight also included an aerial demonstration by a World War II aircraft, the SNJ which is a mod-ernized version of the T-6 North American. The younger Wounded Veterans were delighted to participate in this event and for some this was their first flight in a small aircraft. Corporal Stephen, a double amputee, was delighted to sit in the co-pilot seat of the Pilatus, flown by Ray Meyers; this aircraft was provided by a AUSA member and local business owner Bill Stender. Food was provided to the event courtesy of AUSA’s Redstone-Huntsville Chapter.

The chapter continued its long-standing leadership and sponsorship of all Veterans Week activities providing financial support, leadership, and numerous volunteers. On

the eve of Veterans Day November 11th the community gathered at the Von BraunCenter’s North Hall for the annual Salute to Veterans Dinner during which severalmembers of the community were inducted into the Madison County Hall of Heroesand the Purple Heart Honor Roll. The morning of Veterans Day was started with agreat breakfast held at the Von Braun Center sponsored by AUSA and the City ofMadison. A group of students from Madison City Elementary Schools, whose par-ents are Veterans, sang the National Anthem. The community continued the traditionof presenting Blue Star Banners to the Luna and Taylor families; Gold Star Bannerswere presented to the families of SFC Chad Gonsalves and COL Lawrence Dahl. Aspecial treat at the breakfast was a performance by singer-songwriters Michael Curtisand Miles Garrett. At the conclusion of the breakfast senior military and communityleaders formed a receiving line to recognize the twenty-six Wounded Veterans who arethe community’s guest for Heroes Week.

Following the breakfast was the largest Veterans Day Parade yet with over 140marching elements, floats, and military vehicles along with the 389th Army Band,the Marching Maroon and White Band of Alabama A&M University, and all of thelocal high school marching bands and JROTC units. General Gus Perna, CG ArmyMateriel Command served as the Reviewing Officer, with Lieutenant General LarryWyche, Deputy CG Army Materiel Command and Senior Commander RedstoneArsenal was the Parade Grand Marshall.

Veterans Week Activities

Panorama of the crowd attending the Veterans Day Parade in downtown Huntsville near the Veterans Memorial Park.

MG Ole Knudson swears in Future Soldiers at the AUSA Military Appreciation Night at the UAH Chargers Hockey Game.

LTG(R) Kevin Campbell receives the BG Bob Drolet Veterans Service Award during the 11th Annual Heart of the Valley YMCA Veterans Prayer Breakfast, November 4th.

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The night of Veterans Day the an-nual Military Appreciation Night at the UAH Chargers Hockey was sponsored by AUSA. Prior to the game MG Ole Knudson conducted the opening puck drop; during the break between the peri-ods he conducted a swearing-in of future Soldiers. The Soldiers and recruiters of the Huntsville Recruiting Company were the guests of the chapter.

Presenting Sponsors for the 2016 Veterans Week were General Dynamics Mission Systems and Lockheed Martin. The Platinum Sponsors were Redstone-Huntsville Chapter of AUSA, The Boe-ing Company, City of Huntsville, and

City of Madison. Also thanks to our many community and Team Redstone partners who made the week very suc-cessful for all.

A special thanks to chapter members: Max Bennett who served as the overall chair and master of ceremonies for the Veterans Week, the Salute to Veterans Dinner, and the color commentator for the WAFF Ch annel 48 live broad-cast of the parade; Kinsey Lindstrom, Coordinator for the Salute to Veterans Dinner; Tammy Wright, Veterans Day Breakfast Chair; Bill Tillman coordina-tor for support of Heroes Week; Sam Scruggs, coordinator for JROTC and ROTC participation; Kurt Weidenthal, parade volunteers coordinator; and James Ross, military appreciation night coordinator.

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COL Holliday, Commander US Army Garrison Redstone Arsenal, and Mrs. Holliday speak with Vietnam War Veterans at the Vietnam War Lecture Series.

CSM(R) Jimmie Spencer presents the keynote address at the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Lecture Series held at the Jackson Center November 5th.

Michael Curtis (L), Tammy Wright (C), Miles Garrett (R) at the Veterans Day Prayer Breakfast.

AUSA supports the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Lecture Series.

Grand stand area for the Veterans Day Parade.

The crowd stands for the National An-them at the Military Appreciation Night Hockey Game.

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Our communities continue to show our pride in our young men and women whoparticipate in Junior ROTC and college level ROTC. At both levels these programsdevelop citizens who understand the importance of the Army Values of Loyalty,Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. Throughour chapter’s support of these vital programs in our local high schools, collegesand universities we can be ensured that our country’s future is in good hands.

During the recent Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Day Parade everyJROTC program in Huntsville, Madison, and Madison County participated withover 1,000 Air Force and Army JROTC cadets marching in formation. Severaldozen cadets also assisted with the distribution of U.S. Flags around the route.Joining them were the Army ROTC cadets of the Alabama A&M UniversityBulldog Battalion who marched for the first time in many years. Parade specta-tors cheered all as they passed along the parade route through downtown Hunts-ville. Each participating program will receive a modest monetary stipend fromthe Redstone-Huntsville Chapter for their participation in the parade. A specialthanks to the cadre and parents of each program and the School Districts forsupporting their units.

One of the highlights of recent community events has been the participation ofJROTC Color Guards from the local High Schools. The cadets opened the recentAUSA Military Appreciation Nights with UAH Charger Hockey on November11th and 12th. Lee High School JROTC is slated to present the colors at the up-coming Military Appreciation Performance of “Ava’s One Wish” at the WilcoxonMunicipal Ice Complex on December 4th.

Colonel (Retired) Bob English, Chapter Vice President for Satellite Chap-ter Activities, held the most recent edition of “Pizza and a Movie – LeadershipLearning Opportunity” on October 25th co-hosted by Alabama A&M UniversityArmy ROTC Bulldog Battalion. These evenings provide the cadets and othersan opportunity for fellowship while viewing movies or television series that of-fer leadership lessons. Following the viewing the cadets have the chance to talkabout the lessons they can learn and how to put them into action.

The chapter’s newest outreach initiative for High Schools is the JROTC SchoolAmbassador Program. This effort is spearheaded by Lieutenant Colonel (Re-tired) Sam Scruggs, Chapter VP for JROTC/ROTC Activities. The idea is tomatch up a Chapter member with each JROTC program in the chapter’s footprintto build a relationship that goes beyond the annual awards recognition effort.Contact Sam if you are interested in the School Ambassador Program. We arestill in need of Ambassadors for many of the schools outside of the Huntsville-Madison metropolitan area.

JROTC/ROTC Update

By Bob English

You are probably asking, “What is a Finish Line Leader?” I heard my mentor, John C. Maxwell, teach a lesson on this a few weeks ago. First, a Finish Line Leader is a leader who reaches the goal, accomplishes the mission, or completes the task. But the Finish Line Leader also brings others with her.

If a leader crosses the finish line alone, he is not really a leader. One of my favorite quotes is, “a leader sees the way ahead and simplifies the route so everyone can get there.” A good leader is able to bring the whole team along to the finish line.

John listed eight principles for a Finish Line Leader and I will cover a few of them here. First, a leader has to find his people. By that I mean that he has to connect with them and find out where they are. Then you have to go to where they are and lead them where they need to go.

As a junior leader I thought you could just determine where your team needed to go and take off and they would follow you there. What I quickly learned is that the people on your team are in different places, have different levels of awareness, and have different levels of skills and abilities. We have to start where they are to take

them where we need to be.The second principle is qualification. That means finding out their expectations

compared to your expectations then working to get everyone’s expectations aligned.It is hard to get everyone to the goal if there are multiple expectations of what is thegoal, where is the goal, how do we get there, and how do we know when we are done.

Next is conditioning. You may have heard the saying that dreams are free but thejourney isn’t. After finding out where the team or organization is, the leader thenhas to start there and begin the process of training, development, practice, coach-ing, mentoring, etc. All of this is part of the process of conditioning the team for thejourney.

These are a few of the things to think about when you are leading a team. Remem-ber, if you get to the top by yourself you are not really a leader, just a hiker. Whenyou bring others with you, the team is better, can go higher and sustain longer. Take alook at your leadership this week and see if you are a Finish Line Leader.

Bob English is a retired Army officer, A John Maxwell Team certified coach, trainerand speaker and a member of the Board of the Redstone-Huntsville Chapter of AUSA.You can get more information about Bob at www.RobertEnglishLeadership.com.

Leader to the Core: Are you a Finish Line Leader?

JROTC units and AAMU ROTC support the Special Olympics at Milton Frank Stadium in Huntsville Alabama. This is a signature JROTC / ROTC support mis-sion for this area.

Columbia High School Army JROTC Color Guard supported the Opening Ceremony for the Wounded Warrior Am-putee Softball Team exhibition games October 22.

Lee High School JROTC Cadets visit with Wounded Warrior Amputee Soft-ball Team CEO Josh Wege and Sam Scruggs, Chapter VP for JROTC and ROTC Affairs.

Jemison JROTC Cadets examine pros-thetic leg during Wounded Warrior Am-putee Softball Team representative’s comments at Mae Jemison High School.

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Floyd E. “Tut” Fann State Veterans Home

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