George F. Bone, LTC, USAR, Retired The Catalina chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held their regular monthly meeting Saturday, Jan. 18th at the MountainView Clubhouse. Col. Bill Nagy presided over the meeting. For the 32 members and guests, Sgt, Bill Doran spoke of his military career from 1969-1971. He did his…
George F. Bone, LTC, USAR, Retired The Catalina Mountain Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) had their regular monthly meeting on Saturday, Nov. 16 at the MountainView Clubhouse. Col Bill Nagy presided over the meeting. The group was fortunate to have as the guest speaker Constance Y. Huff, CW4 (Retired). CW4 Huff…
Colonel William Nagy The Catalina Mountains Satellite Chapter (CMSC) Tucson of the Military Officers Association of American (MOAA) kicked off its 2019-20 season on Oct. 19, in the Catalina Room of the Mesquite Grill in the MountainView Country Club complex. The guest speaker for the event was Senator Vince Leach (a SaddleBrooker). Senator Leach is…
Bill Nagy On the 26th of October 2019 the cremains of 37 veterans were laid to rest with full military honors. The interment was sponsored by the Missing In America Program (MIAP). The mission of MIAP, a veteran’s recovery program, is to locate, identify, and inter the unclaimed remains of American veterans. MIAP ensures a…
Colonel Bill Nagy Several members of the Catalina Mountains Satellite Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) recently participated in a charity golf tournament held at the Views Golf Course at Sun City-Oro Valley on Aug. 31. The tournament was sponsored by the American Legion Oro Valley Post 132. Proceeds went to benefit local…
Col. Bill Nagy The Catalina Mountains satellite chapter (Tucson) of the Military Officers of America (MOAA) welcomes all current, former and prospective members back for our 2019-20 season. Our first meeting of the season will be on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 11:30 a.m. in the Catalina Mountain Room of the Mesquite Grill in the MountainView Country Club…
Four members of the Catalina Mountains Satellite Chapter (CMSC) of Tucson’s Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) recently had lunch at The Preserve. After their air force duty, Captain Lape and Major Wilberg went onto careers with civilian airlines— Captain Lape with TWA and Major Wilberg with Delta Airlines. Colonel GuteKunst showed a copy of…
Several members of the Catalina Mountains Satellite (Tucson) Chapter (CMSC) of the Military Officers Association of America MOAA) attended the interment ceremony for indigent and homeless veterans at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Marana Arizona on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Seventeen cremains of Veterans who served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and…
The Catalina Mountains Satellite Chapter met April 20, 2019, at MountainView Mesquite Grill in SaddleBrooke. Our April guest speaker was Army Colonel (Retired) Joseph O’Connor, who talked about how his military career was directly affected by his attendance at Officer Candidate School (OCS). Colonel O’Connor was drafted in 1966 and attended Basic Training at Fort…
The Catalina Mountains Satellite Chapter met March 16, 2019, at MountainView Mesquite Grill in SaddleBrooke. Our March guest speaker was Petty Officer (PO) 1 (E-6) Harry Lerner, U.S. Coast Guard, who talked about his years being in the United States Coast Guard. Both his parents were swimmers so he grew up swimming, as well. At…