A SPECTACULAR DAY FOR NEW OFFICER INSTALLATION
“This is not about MOAA, although I’m proud of its remarkable legislative record of success,” said General Michael P.C. Carns, USAF-Ret, Chairman, MOAA Board of Directors, as he began his formal presentation to Monterey County Chapter members, spouses and guests. “It’s no recitation of MOAA, but a look at what’s ahead for our country.”
The view from the Rancho Canada Golf and Country Club in Carmel Valley was absolutely stunning with the huge picture windows framing the greens of a gorgeous golf course and surrounding foothills sprinkled with coastal oak trees. The sun was bright and it was a lovely warm day, a perfect time for fine fellowship, a delightful gourmet luncheon, the chapter’s installation of officers, and a very interesting and informative presentation on world affairs.
Early arrivals included BG Gerald Griffin, USA (RET), currently a local physician and surgeon but in the reasonably recent past commander of a military hospital complex in Iraq; CAPT Gordon Nakagawa, USN (RET) and his lovely wife, Jean, who introduced special guest CDR Fred McGuffin, a chaplain at the U.S. Navy Postgraduate School who has just been reassigned to the Navy’s Personnel Command in Tennessee; and, COL Warren Enos, AUS (RET), President, California Council of Chapters (CAL-MOAA).
LTC Richard Barratt, USA (RET), at the moment 1st Vice President but soon to be installed as the chapter’s president for 2008, extended his welcome and announced that as the meeting was taking place CDR Herbert Hansen, USN (RET), the chapter’s president, was in surgery for a heart bypass procedure, and he offered the prayers and best wishes of the membership. continue reading
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