U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Rich Kemp 9/1/09
Fort Rucker WOC class assists EPA with playground
9/1/09
Warrant Officers in Kuwait Celebrate 91st Birthday of the Corps
9/1/09
Army promotes Maryland NG pilot to CW5
Photo credit RETIRED CW5 HOWARD HALUCHA 9/1/09
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USAWOA Online 11/5/2009
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U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association
BOISE,
Idaho — Passengers on Tuesday afternoon’s United Airlines flight from Denver
to Boise refrained from the typical chaos of getting off a long flight and
instead sat quietly in their seats while two somber passengers deplaned.
Helena,
Montana- The Montana Army National Guard "Big Sky" Chapter gets new
leadership: On 14 October 2009, at the Army Aviation Support Facility,
Brig. Gen. John E. Walsh, The Adjutant General of the Montana National
Guard, swears in the new leadership of the "Big Sky" USAWOA Chapter. The
new chapter officers are: (right to left) President CW3 John P. Joyce,
Vice-President WO1 Lance J. Heppner, Secretary CW4 Wade A. Van Gilder, and
Treasurer CW4 Craig W. Stewart.
On
September 19, 2009 the Uncle Sam Chapter held its quarterly meeting in
conjunction with the NYARNG warrant officer workshop. With the support of
CW5 Mario Collorafi the CCWO of New York the Uncle Sam Chapter was able to
raise a total of $ 500.00 which will be used for future community service
projects. This money was raised from a Raffle of Items donated by members. A
collection was also taken from all warrant officers in attendance for the
Wounded Warrior Fund. A total of $ 515.00 was raised for this organization.
Members
of Rhein Neckar Silver Chapter continue to support our young men and women
recovering from injuries they received during their service in Iraq and
Afghanistan. To show our support, we treated over 35 Wounded Warriors
(pictures left) to a good ole American cook out followed by an evening
cruise down the Rhein River and the illumination of the Heidelberg Castle. A
good time was had by all our brave young men and women, both at the cook out
and the cruise. Picture right, the evening was capped off by one of our
warrior winning the main prize, a handmade quilted provided by the members
of Quilted Chaos of Mannheim Germany.
Fort
Rucker soldiers, members of the 1st Warrant Officer Company Candidates Class
09-22, assisted Enterprise Preparatory Academy in building a new playground.
Shown are Warrant Officer Candidates Nathan of Enterprise; David of Phoenix,
Ariz., Aaron of Cedarville, Calif., David of Montepelier, Vt. and Adam of
Frisco, Texas. (See
Warrant
Officers stationed in Kuwait gathered in July 2009 to celebrate the 91st
Birthday of the Army Warrant Officer Corps. They participated in Officer
Professional Development which included a Warrant Officer History briefing
by USAWOA National Vice President CW4 (Ret) Kenneth "Pete" Hill. He
is second from the right in the first row (in civilian clothes) in the
picture on the left. Warrant Officers pictured right cutting the Birthday
cake were WO1 Erin Higgen (the youngest) andCW4 Robert
Bartholow (the oldest).
Chief
Warrant Officer 4 (Promotable) Dan Chapman
maneuvers an Army NG UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter conducting hoist training
during an emergency preparedness exercise at APG in June 2008. Chapman was
promoted to CW5 on May 21. (