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Volume XXXI, Issue 03 MARCH 2016
President’s Report MAJ Charles Lew, USAF (Ret) 817-989-1978
Greetings and Salutations! Last month we had a great meeting and
great participation thanks to you, our Board, and Dr. Dean who
spoke about Islam and Sharia Law. Dean is an Assistant Professor of
Missions and Islamic Studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary. Dr. Dean was born and raised in South Africa where he
completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree and was a first lieutenant
and platoon leader in the South African Army. He completed a Master
of Divinity degree in international church planting at Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary and Doctor of Theology through the
University of South Africa. The main take away is fear not, learn,
invite. We should not be afraid of Muslims. To engage them and be
hospitable are the main ingredients to sharing and coming to an
understanding. To be discerning when engaging Muslims, it is
important to understand their religion of which there are two
divisions: Sunni Islam, comprising 85% of all Muslims, and Shia
Islam. In Sunni Islam there are four schools of understanding which
together provide a comprehensive and complete account of Sharia
Law. In Shia Islam the Ayatollahs (direct descendants of Muhammed)
give the ongoing understanding, which is predominant in Iran. In
Sunni Islam the four schools are the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii, and
Hanbali, the latter of which has the most conservative and literal
of interpretations of the Qu’ran. Osama Bin Laden believed in
Hanbali. Dr. Dean said that in 1000 Muslims there may be 5 that are
radicals. His presentation is available upon request. As Dwight D.
Eisenhower once said, “In preparing for battle I have always found
that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” At the
Tarrant Area Food Bank, many club members helped to pack food boxes
for needy families in the area. Thanks to all who participated! On
another note, Voters chose three concepts from the twelve concept
designs submitted for our coin project at the last meeting. These
concepts have been submitted to the vendor/coin expert for the next
steps of coin artwork and producibility. These concepts are posted
on the connect.moaa.org website. Last year we lost 60 members
mainly to non-payment of dues or death. The main operating costs of
our club come from printing and mailing of the newsletter, which is
almost entirely consumed from the dues of $25. So please remember
to mail in your dues before the end of the month.
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Finally we have an urgent need for two people, or two couples to
help with co-editorship of the PARADE newsletter, as our treasurer
who doubles as editor needs to offload this workload starting in
March. Having co-editors will allow for planned/unexpected
absences. Heartfelt thanks to CAPT Rich Curbello for an outstanding
job as editor! Interested in helping, please call 817-989-1978.
Warm Regards and Blessings at Easter, Charles Lew
Guest Speaker(s) for our Dinner Meeting:
Title: “Surviving Spouse”
Speaker(s): Gail Joyce
Birthday’s in the Month of March:
LtCol James Anderson USAF 3/21 LtCol James Boyd USAF 3/16 LtCol
Theresa Chenoweth USAF 3/31 Capt. Parker Consaul USN 3/3 LtCol
Donald Gatchel USAF 3/9 Maj Gary Howe USAF 3/17 CPT S Walter
Manning USA 3/3 Col Patrick McGee USAF 3/14 MG Chester McKeen Jr
USA 3/18 CW2 Wallace Posey USA 3/6 LtCol Calvin Prince USAFR 3/18
LTC Raymond Speicher USA 3/12 COL Rodney Spotts USA 3/14
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Member Profile: Capt. Richard L. Curbello, CEC, USN (Ret) LSOC
Treasurer: 2013 - Present
Capt. Curbello’s naval career spanned over 41 years in many
assignments from the enlisted, warrant officer, and commissioned
officer ranks. Capt. Curbello retired from active naval service in
November 2007. In May of 1966 he enlisted in the Navy and after
boot camp and “A” and “C” schools he joined the fleet and deployed
to Vietnam for his first of 3 tours in November 1967. From seaman
recruit (E1) he worked his way up to Construction Electrician
Senior Chief (E8) and was next selected for Warrant Officer. In
1988 as a CWO4 Rich accepted a LDO commission as a LT(jg) in the
Civil Engineer Corps ultimately being promoted to Captain (06) in
2004. Rich’s assignments as a Seabee enlisted & officer were
many from rifleman, fire team leader, squad leader, platoon
commander, 1st brigade CBR and communications officer, NMCB22
company commander, 30 NCR assistant operations officer for
Operation Restore Hope, 9NCR regimental training & intel
officer, contingency engineer J4 EUCOM Germany to the NATO Forces
Bosnia & supporting NEO operations. He did the NATO
reconnaissance for the Dayton Accord to validate the Gorazde Track
completion for the Joint Staff, NMCB22 executive officer, NMCB28
commanding officer, during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation
Enduring Freedom he was the Deputy Commander of Task Force
“Charlie”, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Engineer Group (MEG) and
subsequently the position of Chief of Staff for the 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force Engineer Group (1 MEG) until his return back
home. After a successful tour as Commanding Officer of NMCB28, his
final duty assignment was Assistant Chief of Staff (N9) for the 1st
Naval Construction Division located at the Naval Amphibious Base,
Little Creek, VA. Rich’s family and ancestors have answered the
call to arms from the War for Texas Independence, Civil War (Blue
and Gary), WW1, WW2, & Vietnam. He continued the family call to
arms from Vietnam to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi
Freedom. As he was completing his first deployment to Vietnam his
dad’s reserve Seabee battalion was activated for duty in Vietnam.
Then CECN Curbello requested transfer to his dad’s battalion and
redeployed to Vietnam with his dad for his 2nd tour. He again made
a 3rd deployment to Vietnam with Seabee battalion NMCB121. One of
the most cherished moments for him was being the retiring officer
for his dad’s retirement from the Navy as a Utilitiesman Senior
Chief (E8) after completing 26 years of service starting with WW2
and ending with Vietnam. His dad started his naval service right
after Pearl Harbor and his first combat action was at Guadalcanal
during WW2. After retiring from the Naval Service in November 2007
Rich became the engineering director for the Public Works
Department, NAVSTA, Ingleside, Texas until BRAC closed the Naval
Station. At that time Rich took a position with the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as a facility operations and security
specialist for the Dallas Regional Office. In 2010 he assumed the
added responsibility as the Oversight Manager for security in
support of bank closings for the FDIC’s Division of Resolutions and
Receivership. Rich wrote the national contract for bank closing
security and led the technical evaluation team for source selection
of the contract covering all 50 states and U.S. Territories. His
collateral responsibility is preparing the annual budget for
submission and monitoring budget variances for the region covering
TX, NM, CO, OK, LA, MS, AR, and TN. Rich is an avid hunter and
instructor teaching Olympic style marksmanship to 10 - 18 year old
boys and girls. His students have made their mark in marksmanship.
Their accomplishments range from being the 2014 women’s and youth
Texas Outdoor Small Bore Champion, 1 competed in the 2013 National
Small Bore Championship, 1 competed in the 2015 Junior Olympics’
and 6 are NRA Distinguished Experts. In 2016, 4 of his students
again competed in the Texas Outdoor Small Bore Championship and all
placed in the top 20 out of the many competitors.
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Chaplain’s Corner Father (Lt Col) Jerome Ward, USAF (Ret)
817-237-7087
A Honk from the Padre
A couple of weeks ago I volunteered to pray the weekend masses
at St. Mary’s, Windthorst and St. Boniface, Scotland. It’s always a
joy for me to go there because I’ve been going to these churches
since I was a young airman at Sheppard. So how did this happen?
The Catholic Chaplain at Sheppard announced that the Knights of
Columbus were sponsoring a supper for single airmen in Wichita
Falls. So when the time came for it to happen a group of us decided
to go to the supper which was held at the Sacred Heart Church in
downtown Wichita Falls. The meal was wonderful and during the meal
I met a Mr. Antonio Wolf who had a large dairy farm. Mr. Wolf
invited me to come to his home for a Sunday meal. I motored out
there one Sunday afternoon and I have been friends with the family
ever since. As I was sitting with the gospel of Luke during the
week in preparation for the homily, I realized that it wasn’t an
easy gospel to wrap my arms around. I wondered why I felt that way.
I will try and get in touch with my thoughts and feelings about
this gospel story. It starts out with the people speaking well of
Jesus and they were amazed at his teaching. They seemed to think it
was a good idea to preach the gospel to the poor, to proclaim
freedom to the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to
release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of favor to the Lord.
All of a sudden we see the spirit of the people change. They begin
to question Jesus. Are you the son of Joseph the carpenter? They
remind Jesus that he is in his hometown of Nazareth where he was
raised and brought up. Jesus reminds the people that no prophet is
accepted in his hometown.
Jesus then reminds his people that all is not well in other
parts of the world. There was a three year famine in Israel during
the time of Elijah, there were many widows there also but Elijah
was not sent to any of them. He was sent to a widow in Zarephath
way over in another region. There were also many in Israel with
leprosy yet not one of them was cleansed, only Naaman the Syrian
who was considered an outsider. When the people heard all of this
they were outraged. They drove Jesus out of town and took him to
the brow of the hill on which the town of Nazareth was built in
order to throw Jesus down the cliff. He walked boldly through the
crowd and went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, to continue to
teach his people. As I drove into the parking lot at St. Mary’s I
thought to myself “I hope these people don’t try to throw me over
the cliff”. St. Mary’s church sits way up on a high hill and
straight down from the parking lot is the football field. So for 48
years I have tried to figure out why the people were so upset at
the Jesus message in his hometown of Nazareth. Maybe it was because
they weren’t living a Christ like way of life. Maybe they were not
counting the many blessings that the Lord had given them. Maybe
they didn’t like the fact that a Syrian was healed. Maybe they were
not reaching out to the poor, the handicapped, the oppressed and to
those in prison. In Luke’s masterful way he keeps us wondering what
was going on with the people of Nazareth. Maybe during this Lenten
season of 2016 it would be
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good for all of us to take a look at our family life, our
workplace, our schools and the places where we recreate to see how
we are living out the Christ like way of life. I hope and pray you
all had a good Lenten season. I would like to wish you all a very
Happy Holy Easter. Suggested scripture reading: Luke 4:20-30
May the Gentle Christ, the Gentle Lord bless you
Padre Jerry
From The Personal Affairs Officer(s) Mrs. Patricia E Kemper
817-633-5301 & Mrs. Janay Meek 817-299-8400
In Memory of Our Members and Spouses Who Passed Away
Nothing to Report for March 2016 From The Treasurer Capt.
Richard Curbello, CEC, USN (Ret) 817-614-6566
Your 2016 dues are now due….... If you have not paid your dues
yet, please do so now. We have only received about 61% of the dues
for this year. Your dues provide for the basic costs to operate to
Chapter in a given year. Dues if 100% Paid: $3,015 Dues Proceeds to
date: $1,840 Dues Shortfall to date: $1,175 You should notice soon
on the mailing label for the Newsletter a PD-16. It is the
treasures way to let you know we have received your 2016 dues. If
it isn’t present it will tell you we don’t have a record of your
dues payment. But be mindful it might take a little time for
updating mailing address label.
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From The Editor Capt. Richard Curbello, CEC, USN (Ret)
817-614-6566
This will be my last publishing of our LSOC Newsletter “The
Parade”. It has been a pleasure being your editor for two years. It
is time for another to take on this important position. Please give
it some consideration and give our President (Charles Lew) a hand
on keeping the flow of information about the chapter, what the
chapter is planning and what the legislative affairs are doing and
its affect the military. From The Secretary LtCol. Jim Boyd, USAF
(Ret) 682-203-0238 Legislative Update Feb 2016
MOAA’S Top 10 Legislative Goals for 2016
1. Ensure any TRICARE reform sustains top-quality care. 2.
Prevent disproportional TRICARE fee increases. 3. Sustain military
pay comparability with the private sector. 4. Block erosion of
compensation and commissary benefits. 5. Protect military
retirement/COLAs. 6. Sustain wounded-warrior programs and expand
caregiver support. 7. End disabled/survivor financial penalties. 8.
Fix Guard/Reserve retirement. 9. Improve spouse and family support.
10. Assure timely access to the VA, and eliminate the VA claims
backlog.
2016 TRICARE Rx Rates 2015 rates 2016 rates Retail (30 day
supply) Generic $8 $10 Brand name $20 $24 Non-formulary $47 $47
Mail-Order (90 day supply) Generic $0 $0 Brand name $16 $20
Non-formulary $46 $49 MTF $0 $0 In the above chart you see that
prescription medicine in going up. Also TRICARE is taking center
stage this year, with Congress promising reform. MOAA will continue
to focus on ensuring any TRICARE reform sustains top-quality care.
Any fee-adjustment formula must recognize that military
beneficiaries prepay very large premiums for their lifetime
coverage through decades of service and sacrifice. Proponents of
big TRICARE fee hikes are hoping you’ll get tired of writing your
elected officials and just accept the changes proposed by the
Pentagon. If your priority is on fixing the access and other
problems many are having with TRICARE and defeating proposals for
disproportional fee hikes then we’ll need you to be more active
than ever on these issues in 2016. We need you to use the
MOAA-recommended tear-out letters, postcards, and emails that are
provided through the national MOAA magazine. Go to the MOAA site
MOAA.ORG sign in and click on Take Action then Legislative Action
Center and you’ll find featured pending legislation coming before
congress and you can click the highlighted Take Action button and
the system will compose an e-mail message for you and send it to
your legislative representatives. All you have to do is fill in
your name and address and you can change/add comments as you see
fit.
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From The Scholarship Chair Ms. Vickie Keehr 817-798-0174 Posted
Note(s): For your Information
We have dual flag pins available with your service flag and the
MOAA flag. Help the club out with your donation of $10 for one (1),
or $15 for Two (2) flag pins. These will be available at all
meetings and via mail order.
If we really want to “grow” talented officers, Then we need to
see that they are firmly
planted in the right soil!
LSOC Spring Scholarship Donation Drive March 16, 2016
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Pictures from the February 2016 Meeting
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Patriot PAWS Service Dogs 254 Ranch Trail Rockwall, Texas 75032
Office: 972-772- 3282 Fax: 972-772- 3284
http://patriotpaws.org/
KG TREASURES The Best Antiques & Treasures
Kelley & Georgia Roberson
Treasure Hunters
Montgomery Street Antique Mall 2601 Montgomery St. Fort Worth,
TX 76107 (at the intersection of I-30 and Montgomery St. next to
the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens.) See our booths on Aisle 7 and
Aisle 9!
Call us (808-351-9669)
E- mail us at [email protected]
Check our website: www.kgtreasures.com
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76133
Check our website: www.Polishedfamilydental.com
POLISHED FAMILY DENTAL
Phone: 817.294.1090
Email: [email protected]
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CARSWELL RETIRED OFFICERS WIVES CLUB
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each month with a Social Luncheon and
Program. Membership: All Active Duty Officer Wives, Retired Officer
Wives and GS7 and above both Active and Retired.
Supporting:
CARSWELL FIELD THRIFT SHOP
LOCATED IN BLDG. 1840 (NEXT TO THE MOVIE THEATER)
Open: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10am-2pm and the 1st Saturday
of each month from 10am-2pm Consignments accepted: 10am-1pm, when
the Thrift Shop is open. Thrift Shop Profits: Divided equally
between the Navy and Marine Corp Relief Society and the Carswell
Retired Officers Wives Club’s Charities.
The Thrift Shop always needs volunteers. Consignments or
donations are always welcome. Call or stop by to visit
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Lone Star Officers Club Board Members Elected Officers (#)
Appointed Board Members
President (#) Maj. Charles Lew 817-989-1978 Photographer Capt
Jim Lucas 817-277-0578 1st VP (#) LCDR Van Cooper 817-292-4886
Scholarship Vickie Keehr 817-798-0174 2nd VP (#) LTC Kelley
Roberson 682-224-6197 Council Delegate Col Barry Morrison
972-771-5118 Secretary (#) LtCol Jim Boyd 682-203-0238 Advertising
Col Bob Cooper 817-292-4886 Treasurer (#) Capt. Richard Curbello
817-614-6566 Membership Maj. Gary Howe 210-473-5961 Past President
Maj Gary Howe 210-473-5961 Parade Editor OPEN Legislative Affairs
LtCol Jim Boyd 682-203-0238 Public Affairs OPEN Personal Affairs
Patricia Kemper 817-633-5301
Janey Meek 817-299-8400 Auxiliary Liaison COL Dan Kile
817-656-1948
Website Maj. Gary Howe 210-473-5961 COL Dan Kile
817-656-1948
TOPS Liaison Charlotte Regan 817-731-7561
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POSTMASTER
TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL
PLEASE
DELIVER NO LATER THAN March 7, 2016
TO:
POSTMASTER
TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL
PLEASE
DELIVER NO LATER THAN March 7, 2016
March 2016 Meeting and Reservation Information
Member’s Name
Make reservations for member, spouse or guest at $30.00
(each)
_______ Texas Buffet Barb-B-Q Shoot-Out of Brisket and
Chicken
My check is enclosed for $ Signed
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Chapter Meeting Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Rolling Hills Country
Club
401 E. Lamar Blvd, Arlington, Texas
Cocktails: 6:00 PM Dinner: 6:30 PM Dress: Business Casual
Reservations: Deadline for placing or canceling reservations
will be end of day, Sat., Mar 12th
Any cancellations after this date must be paid for.
By mail: send above reservation form with check MADE OUT TO LONE
STAR OFFICERS CLUB OR LSOC.
MAIL AT LEAST A WEEK AHEAD TO ASSURE DELIVERY. No reservations
will be accepted after Feb 12th
Phone: Lt Col Kelley Roberson 682-224-6197 E-mail:
[email protected]
LSOC, Inc; P.O. Box 1642, Fort Worth, TX 76101-1642
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