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Check the MOAA Web Base to find out when an MOAA representative is coming to your area by logging on to www.moaa.org/locator/eventsearch.asp. Double-check time and location before attending.

Key
B = Benefits Information event
C = Chapter visit
T = TOPS lecture

November

T 1 Sabblich Center, room 130, Keesler AFB, Miss., 9 a.m., Col. Dick Crampton, USA-Ret.

T 1 Officers club, Crow’s Nest, NAS Patuxent River, Md., 1 p.m., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

B 2 NAS Patuxent River, Md., former Army Capt. Phil Dyer

B 3 Fort Belvoir, Va., former Army Capt. Phil Dyer

T 3 Building 45, room 203, Langley AFB, Va., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

C 4 Lawton, Okla., Southwest Oklahoma Chapter, 6:30 p.m., Vice Adm. Norbert R. Ryan Jr., USN-Ret.

C 4 Wilmington, Del., MOAA Delaware Chapter, Col. Bob Norton, USA-Ret.

C 5 Ardmore, Okla., Southwest Oklahoma Chapter, 11 a.m., Vice Adm. Norbert R. Ryan Jr., USN-Ret.

B 5 Fort Myer, Va., former Army Capt. Phil Dyer

T 5 Building U-93, Norfolk NAS, Va., 9 a.m., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

C 6 Wallingford, Conn., Connecticut Council of Chapters, Col. Jim Pauls, USAF-Ret.

C 13 Fort Bliss, Texas, El Paso Chapter, 5:30 p.m., Vice Adm. Norbert R. Ryan Jr., USN-Ret.

T 16 Henderson Hall, Va., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

C 17 Alexandria, Va., Mount Vernon Chapter, Col. Warren Lacy, USA-Ret.

17 Denver, Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S. Convention, presentation of the John D. Chase Award, Vice Adm. Norbert R. Ryan Jr., USN-Ret.

C 18 Fort Dix, N.J., New Jersey Lakes and Pines Chapter, Col. Chris Giaimo, USAF-Ret., and Col. Jim Pauls, USAF-Ret.

T 18 MCB Quantico, Va., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

C 19-20 North Carolina, North Carolina State Council of Chapters, Col. Jim Pauls, USAF-Ret.

T 23 Room 5A 1070, Pentagon, D.C., 8:30 a.m., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

C 30 Worcester, Mass., Worcester County Chapter, Capt. Bud Schneeweis, USCG-Ret.

T 30 Base theater, Robins AFB, Ga., 9 a.m., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

December

T 1 Officers club, MCLB Albany, Ga., 9 a.m., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

T 2 Building 4, classroom 30, Fort Benning, Ga., 9 a.m., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

T 3 Post theater, Fort McPherson, Ga., 9 a.m., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

T 6 Officers club, Crow’s Nest, NAS Patuxent River, Md., 1 p.m., Col. Jerry Crews, USA-Ret.

B 7 NAS Patuxent River, Md., former Army Capt. Phil Dyer

B  8 Fort Belvoir, Va., former Army Capt. Phil Dyer

C 9 Green Bay, Wis., Green Bay Chapter, Col. Chris Giaimo, USAF-Ret.

C 11 College Park, Md., Montgomery County Chapter and Maryland Council of Chapters, 6 p.m., Vice Adm. Norbert R. Ryan Jr., USN-Ret.

C 12 Milwaukee, Greater Milwaukee Chapter, Col. Chris Giaimo, USAF-Ret.

 

Annual Meetings
Board Meeting, Alexandria, Va., April 4–5, 2005

Board Meeting, Alexandria, Va., July 11–12, 2005

Regional Chapter Presidents’ Symposium, Wilmington, Del., Sept. 8–10, 2005

Board Meeting and Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Nov. 17–19, 2005