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WMMOA WESTERN MONTANA MILITARY
OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
www.wmmoa.org
WMMOA OFFICERS 2019-2020
President Jack Babon 549-9835 [email protected]
1st VP Charlie Olinger 728-2331 [email protected]
Secretary Cindy Babon 549-9835 [email protected]
Treasurer Will Deschamps 544-4344 [email protected]
Personal/Survivor Affairs Tottie Parmeter 543-5002
President's Comments
SEPTEMBER EVENTS 2019
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH
SOCIAL HOUR 6 –8 P.M.
WESTSIDE BOWLING LANES
$10.00
CDR ROBERT BURNS
USN/Ret
“ROYAL NAVY PERSONNEL
EXCHANGE PROGRAM”
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH
LUNCHEON DOUBLETREE
11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
$18.00
BUFFET LUNCH SERVED
RSVP REQUIRED by SEPTEMBER 16TH
LT DAVE STACK, USA
“FOREST SERVICE AND
NATIONAL DEFENSE”
Welcome to the start of the Western Montana Military Officers Association 2019 – 2020 year of social hours and luncheons. It will prove to be another year of great presentations and events. This summer provided a 66.7% success rate for our planned summer outings! Not too bad for a cooler wetter season that we have not seen in a number of years but breathing clean cool air was a big plus! Our successful June golf tournament at the challenging Larchmont Golf Course came off without rain managed to hook two new golfers to the sport. You need to check out the pictures of the golfing event on our website, www.wmmoa.org to see Jim Hamilton’s amazing pants! July’s overwhelmingly successful Range Day and barbeque was held at the Hellgate civilian shooters range at West Riverside! Melissa and Robert Burns put on an amazing display of Navy marksmanship with the first-place win over the close second and third place Army teams followed by the Navy/Marine team. Again, check out the pictures on our website. The August Osprey baseball game was rained out for the second year in a row and the field was put out of commission from damage from a prior rainy musical event. It was impossible to reschedule as the Osprey had to play most of the remaining games away before the field was playable. Maybe next year we will schedule an earlier game.
September will start our season with two exciting
programs. The Social Hour on 13 September, 6:00
p.m., will be at Westside Bowling Lanes with Robert
Burns, CDR (CHC)/USN/Ret doing the “There I was…” (President’s comments continued)
(President’s Comments continued) presentation. He will talk about his experiences with the Royal Navy Personnel Exchange Program as a flight instructor with their training squadron. Robert has the unique distinction of being a Navy Pilot and a Navy Chaplain during his Naval career. Following that, on 20 September from 11:30-1:00, the Luncheon speaker at the Double Tree, will be David M. Stack, LT/USA. David is a USFS District Ranger (Ret) and Vice President of the National Museum of Forest Service History. His presentation is entitled “The Forest Service and National Defense”. His presentation will cover WWI through the Desert Storm Era. Other events for September in the Missoula area are the “Never Forget Service” at Rose Park in Missoula, 11 September, 7 PM where our own Larry Anderson will be speaking. If you can, please show up earlier at 6 PM to help with putting out the 7000 mini American flags prior to the main event. Then on September 24th, the Northern Rockies Heritage Center will present “Meriwether Lewis and the New Frontier” at 7 PM, Heritage Hall
(there will be refreshments) at Fort Missoula. Also, U of M History Professor John A. Eglin is organizing the Arnold Swanberg Lecture in Military History at the Dennison Theater at UM on Wednesday October 2 at 7 PM. Will Hitchcock, the Corcoran Professor of History at the University of Virginia, will deliver the presentation entitled “Eisenhower in Command”. There will be a reception beforehand (with ample food and drink!). Many of you were able to attended Professor Robert Citino’s lecture last year and this one sounds very interesting as well. Enjoy the rest of these warm day as we know what is coming next! We are looking forward to seeing you at
any or all of our events in September. Don’t forget to return your membership form to our secretary.
JACK BABON, President
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Our new season of WMMOA begins on September 13th. SOCIAL HOURS will ALL be
at the Westside Bowling Lanes 6-8 pm, LUNCHEONS are still at the Doubletree,
11:30-1 p.m. . Membership form for dues is included in this newsletter or you can find a
form on our website.
Dates to remember for 2019-2020
September 13th, 20th October 11th, 18th
November 8th, 15th December 13th, 20th
January 10th, 17th February 7th, 14th
March 13th, 20th April 10th
Banquet April 25th
Remember that we will need you to
the Monday before the every luncheon so we can
turn in a count to the Doubletree. Last year, you
did a great job and we will try to be 100% again
this year. Thank you.
Western Montana Military Officers Association (WMMOA) is a chapter of the Military Officers
Association of America (MOAA). WMMOA membership is open to retired and former commissioned
officers and warrant officers of the U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Public Health Service & NOAA, along
with their National Guard & Reserve components. Auxiliary members (widowed spouses) receive
complimentary WMMOA memberships.
□ Please send me information on how to join the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
WMMOA Chapter dues are $25 per year and due by October 1.
These dues are for the chapter only, not the national organization.
New members may join any time during the year.
Please send check & completed form to: WMMOA, Box 3762, Missoula, MT 59806
Date dues paid____ ______________
Name ________________________________________________ Spouse_________________________
Renewing members--YOU ONLY NEED TO FILL OUT ANY INFORMATION
THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR.
Address ___________________________________ City _______________________ Zip __________
MOAA Membership No. _________________________
Phone # __________________ Cell Phone #_________________*Email ________________________
Rank ____________________ No. of Years Active Service _________ Service dates ____________
Military Service (circle): Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard USPHS NOAA
Status (circle): Active Retired Reserve National Guard Former/Surviving Spouse
Combat Experience (circle): WWII Korea Vietnam Desert Storm Iraq/Afghanistan
Other______________
Name of potential WMMOA member(s)
_________________________________________________phone #____________
*Newsletters will be electronically sent unless you indicate below you need a mailed hard copy.*
Hard copy? Yes______ No ________
WMMOA will purchase your first name tag for meetings. If you would like one for your spouse or you
lose the original one, they can be purchased for $10.00. Please write your name below as you would
want it engraved on the tag, i.e. a nickname ____________________________________________
2019-2020
