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AVIATION BOATSWAIN’S MATES ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 47 NOV 15, 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
2015-2016 ABMA OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAGE 2
2015 -2016 ABMA STAFF PAGE 3
ABMA REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS PAGES 3-4
CHAPTER PRESIDENT CONTACT INFORMATION PAGES 5-6
FROM THE ABMA PRESIDENT PAGE 7
FROM THE ABMA SECRETARY/PAO PAGE 8
DEADLINES PAGE 8
JACKSONVILLE CHAPTER-JACKSONVILLE, FL PAGE 9
MID-SOUTH CHAPTER-MILLINGTON, TN PAGE 9
SOUTHERNMOST CHAPTER-KEY WEST, FL. PAGE 10
ROTA CHAPTER-ROTA SPAIN PAGES 10-11
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON(CVN-73) PAGES 11-12
ABMA MEMBERSHIP FORM PAGE 13
THE EVENING PRAYER PAGE 14
PAST PRESIDENT PRESIDENTLCDR Jaime Roman LT Brian LewisWork Email: [email protected] Work Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Home Email: [email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARYABH1 Ashton Hemphill LCDR (RET) Doug ThorntonWork Email: [email protected] Home Email: [email protected]
TREASURER FINANCIAL ASSISTANTABEC (RET) Stoney Burke ABHC (RET) Michelle PetersenHome Email: [email protected] Home Email: [email protected]
BOARD OF DIRECTORLIFE MEMBER EMERITUSCDR (RET) Preston Jones Home Email: [email protected]
BOARD OF DIRECTOR BOARD OF DIRECTOR LIFE MEMBER LIFE MEMBERCAPT. (RET) Tony McFarlane LCDR (RET) Doug ThorntonHome Email: [email protected] Home Email: [email protected]
BOARD OF DIRECTOR BOARD OF DIRECTOR3 YEAR MEMBER 3 YEAR MEMBERCWO4 James Kay CWO4 Latonya WallaceHome Email: [email protected] Work Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Home Email: [email protected]
BOARD OF DIRECTOR BOARD OF DIRECTOR2 YEAR MEMBER 2 YEAR MEMBERCDR Charlie Ardinger Jr. LCDR Ivan BorjaWork Email: [email protected] Work Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Home Email: [email protected]
BOARD OF DIRECTOR BOARD OF DIRECTOR1 YEAR MEMBER 1 YEAR MEMBERABFCS (AW/SW) Roberto VenegasWork Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
BOARD OF DIRECTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORAB OF THE YEAR EAST COAST AB OF THE YEAR WEST COASTABH1(AW/SW) Daquann L. Woodall ABH1 (AW/SW) Oscar RuelasWork Email: [email protected] Work Email: [email protected] y.mil Home Email: [email protected] Home Email: [email protected]
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2015-2016 ABMA OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PUBLIC AFFAIRS CHAPLAINLCDR (RET) Doug Thornton LCDR Erick StroudHome Email: [email protected] Work Email: [email protected]
Home Email: erick. [email protected] MEMBERSHIP COORDINATORABEC (RET) Stoney Burke HALL OF HONORS CURATORHome Email: [email protected] ABCM (RET) Eugene Roy
Work Email: [email protected] COORDINATORABHC (RET) Michelle Petersen MERCHANDISE COORDINATORHome Email: [email protected] ABHC (RET) Michelle Petersen
Home Email: [email protected] CHAIRMANCW04 (RET) Terry New WEBSITE ADMINHome Email: [email protected] ABECS (RET) Phillip Sprinkle
Home Email: [email protected] RAISING CHAIRMANCDR (RET) Chuck Shirley
2016 PROFESSIONAL WORKING GROUP CHAIRMAN (SAN DIEGO CA)LCDR Ivan BorjaWork Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
NORTH EAST COAST (LAKEHURST, N.J.) NORTH EAST COAST (TURNERSVILLE, N.J.)
ABEC (Ret) Stoney Burke ABFC (Ret) Joe Boyle26 Geneva Rd. 1014 Hancock Dr.Lakehurst, N.J. 08733-3033 Turnersville, N.J. 08012E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: None AvailablePhone: Home: (732) 941-4756 Phone: (856) 227-8674 EAST FLORIDA (JACKSONVILLE, FL.)
ABEC (Ret) Michael Rotes 8947 Ricardo Ln Jacksonville, FL. 32216 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (904) 642-2846
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2015-2016 ABMA STAFF
ABMA REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS
GULF COAST (PENSACOLA, FL.) SOUTH EAST COAST (MIAMI, FL.)ABCM (Ret) Jim Myatt ABHCS (AW/SW) Lester Cruz "Yogi"2124 Sunbury Dr. 9536 Princeton Square Blvd South Apt # 805Pensacola, FL. 32526 Jacksonville, Florida 32256E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: Work: lester.cruz@ navy.mil Phone: (850) 944-5205 Home: [email protected]
Phone: 904-697-8244
MIDWEST ( PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI.) MIDSOUTH (MILLINGTON, TN)ABCM (Ret) Pete Cianci ABHC (AW/SW) Rhoan Brown11597 14th. Ave. 5720 Integrity Dr.Pleasant Prairie, WI. 53158 Millington, TN 38055-4040E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]: (262) 694-9145 Phone: Work (901) 874-3708
Cell (757) 479-3521MIDNORTH (RAPID CITY, S.D,)ABCM (Ret) Randy Weiss NORTH WEST COAST (PORT ORCHARD, WA)5700 Cleghorn Canyon Rd. LT (Ret) Mike YaskinRapid City, S.D. 57702-9418 9494 Gravelly Ln. SWE-mail: [email protected] Port Orchard, WA. 98366Phone: (605) 673-4486 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (360) 405-5118SOUTH WEST COAST (SAN DIEGO, CA)ABH1 David C. Dysart EUROPEAN REGION (ROTA SPAIN)Air Dept./V-5 Div. LT James DignanUSS Makin Island (LHD-8) PSC 819 Box 7FPO AP 96672-1601 FPO AE 09645-007E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: Work: [email protected]: Work (619) 556-4141
Cellular (619) 920-5058 Phone: COMM: 011-34-956-82-2407 DSN: 314-727-2407
FAR EAST (JAPAN)
No Information Available
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ABMA REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS CONTINUED
AB’S OF THE NORTHWEST JACKSONVILLE CHAPTERBREMERTON, WASHINGTON JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
PRESIDENT PRESIDENTLT (Ret) Mike Yaskin CWO3 (Ret) Ralph Layton9494 Gravelly Ln. SW 1331 River Rd. W.Port Orchard, WA. 98366 Green Cove Springs, Fl. 32043-8769E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]: (360) 405-5118 Phone: (904) 529-9200
VICE-PRESIDENT (PSNS) FAR EAST COAST CHAPTERCWO4 (Ret) Jim Mitchell JAPAN E-mail: [email protected] No information Available
VICE-PRESIDENT (WHIDBEY) SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTERLCDR Reynaldo Stanley MIAMI, FLORIDAE-mail: [email protected] No information AvailableE-mail: [email protected]
MID-SOUTH CHAPTERVICE-PRESIDENT (EVERETT) MILLINGTON, TENNESSEELTJG Kimberlee GarciaWork Email: [email protected] PRESIDENTHome Email: [email protected] ABHC (AW/SW) Rhoan Brown
5720 Integrity Dr. TIDEWATER CHAPTER Millington, TN 38054NORFOLK, VIRGINIA E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: Work: (901) 874-3708PRESIDENT Cellular: (757) 470-3521ABFCS Roberto VenegasPCU Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) PAX RIVER CHAPTERE-mail: [email protected] PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLANDHome Email: [email protected]: Work: (757) 534-3274 PRESIDENT Cellular: (757) 633-6384 LTJG Brian Coughlin
NAS Patuxent River, MD N-32E-mail: [email protected]: Work: (301) 342-4790
Cellular: (240) 328-5031
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CHAPTER PRESIDENT CONTACT INFORMATION
SAN DIEGO CHAPTER MOTHER CHAPTERSAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA TOMS RIVER, NEW JERSEY
PRESIDENT PRESIDENTLCDR Ivan Borja ABEC (RET) Stoney Burke571 Kiley Rd. 26 Geneva Rd.San Diego, CA. 91910 Lakehurst, N.J. 08733-3033E-mail: Work: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Home: [email protected] Phone: Home: (732) 941-4756Phone: Work: (619) 545-1556
Cellular: (904) 894-4314
SOUTHERNMOST CHAPTER ROTA CHAPTERKEY WEST, FLORIDA ROTA, SPAIN
PRESIDENT PRESIDENTABHC Cory Schwisow ABH2 Piotrowski, Christopher J.Training Dept., P.O. Box 9031 PSC 819 Box 7NAS Key West, FL 33040 FPO AE 09645-007Email: [email protected] E-mail: Work:
[email protected]: Work: (305) 293-2026 Phone: Comm: 011-34-956-82-2950
DSN: 314-727-2950GULF COAST CHAPTERPENSACOLA, FLORIDA
PRESIDENTABH1 (AW/SW) Ashton Hemphill503 NW Syrcle Dr.Pensacola, FL. 32507E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (443) 375-8651
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CHAPTER PRESIDENT CONTACT INFORMATION CONTINUED
Greetings Fellow AB’s around the world!
It my pleasure to have been elected president of this fantastic organization! Thank you to the Tidewater Chapter for a successful Aviation Boatswains Mate Professional Working group this year, we look forward to the same success for next year’s working group held in San Diego.
Your continued support and promotion of this organization to our new Sailors is critical to ensure our future success. I would ask everyone to continue to recruit, train, and mentor your relief as well as share the benefits of the ABMA. Our website is currently being upgraded to allow a more user friendly and updated platform that is more informative and useful. This will allow us to share the progress our organization in making.
Join me in extending hearty congratulations to our newly selected Chief Warrant Officers:
CWO3 Dorian Fair
CWO3 Casey Nalley
CWO3 Robert Ruggiero
CWO4 Sang Lee
CWO4 Christopher Smith
CWO4 Windsor Solar
CWO5 James Kay
Thank you for everything you do to support the ABMA and our Nation.
Very Respectfully,
LT Brian Lewis
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FROM THE ABMA SECRETARY/PAO
FROM THE ABMA PRESIDENT
Greetings Fellow AB’s;
I hope this Newsletter is finding you and your family in the very best of health and doing quite well!
First I must say a heart-felt “Well Done” to the AB’s of the Tidewater Chapter for the superb job they did coordinating the 2015 ABMA Professional Working Group in Portsmouth, Virginia! I had a great time there and everything went very smooth. The Sailors from the host commands were very professional and did an absolutely awesome job! Looking forward to another awesome event in 2017 in the Tidewater area.
I want to congratulate the Mid-South Chapter for the awesome job they did putting the Inaugural ABMA Summer Jam together! The Summer Jamboree was the 17th-19th of July at the Navy lakes and Picnic area at the Naval Support Activity Mid-South, Millington, TN. I heard everyone had a great time there and it was a big success.
I would also like to congratulate the Jacksonville Chapter for the awesome job they did putting the Fall Jam together! The Fall Jamboree was the 15th -18th of October at Grassy Pond in Lake Park, GA. Also a lot of great comments from those that attended and another big success.
I know the AB’s of the San Diego Chapter have been extremely busy getting things ready for next year’s Professional Working Group Conference in San Diego, California. They did a superb job in 2014 and I’m sure they will do another awesome job in 2016. As it stands right now the 2016 Professional Working Group is tentatively scheduled to be at the Handlery Hotel on August 8-12, 2016. More information will be posted in the 2016 Spring Newsletter on the upcoming ABMA Professional Working Group, formerly called ABMA Symposium. I look forward to seeing everyone there in 2016.
For all ABMA Chapters: Please forward me a list of all your officers and their contact information including address, phone number and email address whenever you have your elections. You can contact me at (619) 578-1523 or email [email protected] . Also I will need a copy of your chapter’s By-Laws, if I do not already have them and if you make any changes to your By-Laws. If you’re not sure if I have the information on your chapter, please feel free to contact me. Thank you!
Let’s continue to bring in the junior AB’s and get them involved.
Keep your head on a swivel and stay safe! Have a very safe and enjoyable holiday season! God bless each and every one of you and may God bless America!
A Fellow AB;Doug ThorntonSecretary/Public Affairs Officer/Historian/ABMA BOD Life Member
8JACKSONVILLE CHAPTER-JACKSONVILLE, FL.
DEADLINES:
ABOY NOMINATIONS FOR 2016 UPON ANNOUNCEMENT…..JUNE 1, 2016POSTHUMOUS LEGEND 2016 NOMINATIONS………….….………JUNE 1, 2016LIVING LEGEND NOMINATIONS FOR 2016 & 2017.…………..…JUNE 1, 2016SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS FOR 2016……………………..……...JUNE 1, 2016
Greetings from Jacksonville;
On behalf of the Jacksonville Chapter we wish to congratulate LT Lewis and all newly elected officers and board members. We wish you all the best in leading this Association through 2015/2016. And a well done to the Tidewater Chapter in hosting this year’s Working Group.
The major renovations and improvements continue on schedule at Mayport and NAS JAX. The local chapter welcomes all new arrivals to the area, and appreciates the increase in active duty interest and involvement and ultimately an increase in membership recruitment.
Until next timeMake a Ready Deck
Michael J. Rotes
Greetings from Mid-South Chapter,
We would like to congratulate our newly elected national President LT Brian Lewis and all elected Officers and wish them well in the up-coming year, and to the Tidewater Chapter for an outstanding and productive working group/symposium.
We would also like to congratulate Daniel Barbiero with his selection to Chief Petty Officer.
Overall, our Chapter is doing well. We hosted our Inaugural Mid-South Summer Jam which was a success! The event had over 200 local military and civilian members over the two day event. We are now looking forward to the 2016 Summer Jam which we expect to be even bigger than the 2015 event.
Finally, we would like to welcome the newest additions to the team. ABHC James Williams, Aviation Placement Specialist and ABF1 Kaseem Fletcher, ABF E1-E6 Detailer.
We would like to thank everyone for your continued support.
S. Williams, President Mid-South Chapter
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MID-SOUTH CHAPTER-MILLINGTON, TN.
This past year NAS Key West established the Southernmost ABMA. One thing we noticed was our AB's have been bringing that high tempo flight deck work ethic down here to Key West and easily breaking out in this Command. We wanted to establish the Southernmost ABMA to be able to recognize these Sailors on a much greater scale, despite the stereotype throughout the fleet. Some of our accomplishments this year is safe handling of 1,386 aircraft, 12,811 passengers, 845,056 pounds of cargo, and safe arrestment of 26 emergency aircraft, in support of war-fighter training resulting in well over 120 sorties a day . Being on an island that is only 4 miles by 2 miles, the military and community are extremely close. We have completed two separate fundraisers within the community which generated enough funds to get our chapter moving in the right direction. Last week one of our AB's, ABH2 (AW/SW) Ronald Lewis, was recognized as NAS Key West's Junior Sailor of the Year and ABH1 (AW/SW) William Thompson was selected as NAS Key West's AB of the year.
What to look forward to in the coming months? We are regrouping after the holidays to continue to raise funds to be able to select and recognize our AB's of the year and send them to the Symposium in 2016. Some Comrels at the local schools and possibly adopting a section of highway. We are also going to participate with the Wounded Warriors project next year. We would eventually like to be able to sponsor an AB symposium here in Key West. There is plenty of ways for us to give back to the community and we will.
Very Respectfully
ABHCS (AW/SW) THOMAS, ANTHONY A SrOperations LCPO305-293-2855
¡Saludos desde España! (Greetings from Spain). It has been a very productive past summer and fall. AB's have participated in three multinational European theater exercises, provided support service to 1,610 aircraft and 21,712 passengers, and conducted four joint intermodal events, encompassing the USTRANSCOM directed Air - Sea movement of 256 DoD aircraft in theater for Operation Resolute Resolve. We hosted Naval Safety Center for an Airfield Operations visit and completed another flawless E-28 arresting gear certification.
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SOUTHERNMOST CHAPTER-KEY WEST, FL.
ROTA CHAPTER-ROTA SPAIN
We said farewell to LT Ryan Patrick, ABHC Dexter Yarde, ABH1 Della Smith, ABH1 Steven Phankonkham, ABF1 Luis Valenzuela, ABE2 Nivek Funes, ABH2 Heather Young, ABF2 Dexter Terry, ABF2 Annais Clark, ABF2 Arron Johnson, ABF2 Fabiola Oropeza, ABF2 Emanuel Correa, ABH2 Neil Ferrer, ABH2 Aristotle Alipoon ABF3 Diedrech Sitriano and gave a "Enorme español Bienvenido" (Huge Spanish Welcome) to LT James Dignan, ABH1 Hector Correa, ABH1 April Duncan, ABH1 Evan Pinkston, ABF2 Emanuel Torresreyes, ABF2 Sabrina Mosley (2015 ABMA RPM LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT), ABF3 Terrance Alexander, ABF3 Raymond Roper, ABH2 Vincent Prosapio, ABH2 Gary Armstrong. Congratulations to ABH3 Angel Gomez for his recent promotion.
In October Rota Chapter held elections and is pleased to announce our new cabinet members: President: ABH2 Piotrowski, Vice President: ABH2 Lemus, Secretary/PAO: ABH1 Duncan, Treasurer/Merchandising: ABF2 Mosley. BZ to all the AB's! Additionally AB's have been in the community supporting an aggressive fire safety awareness campaign and collaborated with NAVSTA Rota Fire Dept for a spectacular 2015 Rota "Trunk-or-Treat" event. We are looking forward to the holiday season and would like to send well wishes to all the AB's and their Families around the world. Keep 'em Safe!
V/r,James Dignan
The aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON arrived in Norfolk on December 17th, 2015, bringing with it nearly 4,500 Sailors.
The arrival completes a historic three-carrier swap that involves our brothers- and sisters-in-arms onboard the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT and the USS RONALD REAGAN. The GEORGE WASHINGTON is expected to remain in Norfolk for several months before moving to Newport News Shipbuilding, where it will undergo a mid-life refueling and complex overhaul that will last nearly four years and cost in excess of $4 billion.
After spending seven years in Yokosuka, Japan, the GEORGE WASHINGTON sailed to San Diego this summer and swapped approximately 60% of its crew with the REAGAN. Soon after the hull swap, the WASHINGTON moved on from San Diego, sailing around South America while participating in various exercises, heading toward Norfolk. We visited Peru, Chile, and Brasil, completed UNITAS PAC and LANT, transited the Straits of Magellan, and cleansed
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USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73)
slime of pollywogs on two different occasions.
We look forward to our arrival back to the United States of America to reunite with families and friends. The ship's future was the focus of an intense debate in Washington however we expect to arrive to Newport News late in 2016.
Keep 'em safe and train 'em right,______________________________LCDR Gregory A. CurlAircraft Handling OfficerUSS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)
SURSUM AB ORDINE (UP FROM THE RANKS)
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The Evening PrayerI am convinced, Our Father, that your fondest feelings are reserved for the least pretentious and most genuine of us.
I am sure that Aviation Boatswain’s Mates are some of your favorites.
Certainly Aviation Boatswain’s Mates have yet to find the virtues of humility, or soft-spokenness or gentleness…
They do lead with their jaws….And they always seem to be more ready to fight than to switch.
They can be singled out by their red eyes, and by a grubbiness which is a mark of their trade.
But their wills match their strong backs... And their love of each other is a wondrous thing to behold.
They are the salt of the deck…And the saltiness is honest and open…
And they are uniquely Your sons & daughters. We are grateful for them…
As you love them specially, we mark them particularly tonight.Bless them every one…
And forever keep them from harm and hurt…In Christ’s name, Amen.
R. W. Bedingfield, Chaplain (USN)
Modified by Stoney Burke July 1, 2011
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Doug ThorntonABMA Secretary5765 Jade Moon CircleMilton, FL 32583
ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
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