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The “Las Vegas Eagle
Army Dinner” event Fri-
day, 30 August, 6pm hon-
ored Vietnam veterans by
presenting them with the
Vietnam Commemorative
Lapel Pin and the Vietnam
U.S Presidential Proclama-
tion Letter. The Dinner was
held at Diamond Mae’s
Ballroom, Arizona Charlie’s
Decatur.
Guest speakers were
Mr. Andrew Holbert from
Congresswoman Susie
Lee’s Office. Mr. Christo-
pher Hudson from the Vet
Center. Ms. Girlie O’Brien
from the U.S Census Bu-
reau. And Ms. Kelly Well-
ner from Grand Canyon
University.
Our Keynote speaker
who graciously accepted
our invitation from North
Carolina currently serves
as a consultant with the
Vietnam Commemorative
Program. CSM Jimmie W.
Spencer, a purple heart
Vietnam Veteran talked
briefly about his experi-
ence during the Vietnam
war and how our govern-
ment has established the
Vietnam Commemorative
program to honor all our
Vietnam Veterans.
CSM Spencer added
that during the Vietnam
years, our Veterans came
home to a unappreciative
country. Today our Gov-
ernment leaders and fellow
Americans are very appre-
ciative towards military
members and veterans
which is very heart warm-
ing.
CSM Spencer was honored
to be invited to an AUSA
Event that was paying trib-
ute to those who served our
country during the Vietnam
era, and took a moment to
remember those who were
prisoners of war, listed
missing in action, and to
consider their families for
their service and sacrifice.
These recognition events
for our Vietnam Veterans
and families takes him to
cities across our nation and
around the world.
CSM Jimmie W.
Spencer serves as an AUSA
Senior Fellow volunteering
his time to support Chapter
events and programs.
CHAPTER EAGLE ARMY DINNER
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sept 14th - Veterans/First Respond-
ers Appreciation Day @ Craig Ranch
Park
Oct 4th—Retiree Appreciation Day @
The Club, Nellis Air Force Base,
0900-1300
Oct 9th - Veterans’ Fair @ Dula
Community Center (441 E. Bonanza
Ave), 0900-1500
Oct 14th to 16th - 2019 AUSA
Annual Meeting and Exposition @
Washington D.C.
Nov 11th—Veteran’s Day
ASSOCIATION of the UNITED STATES ARMY
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 SUMMER 2019
M G J O H N C . F R E M O N T C H A P T E R
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Chapter President Ken Sala-zar and Congresswoman Susie Lee representative Mr. Andrew Holbart
Chapter President Ken Salazar and Vietnam Vet-eran Color Guard Commander
CSM Jimmie W. Spencer with the pinning of Vietnam War Commemorative Pin and Proclamation Letter
Chapter President Ken Salazar giving CSM Spencer an appre-ciation plaque for his support to our event
CHAPTER EAGLE ARMY
DINNER (cont.)
2
A DAY IN THE RADIO
STATION
2
CHAPTER LEADERS
WENT TO TRAINING
3
NEW ARMY RECRUITS 3
6TH RECRUITING BGD
CHANGE OF COMMAND
3
ARA/ARMY MEDICAL
RECRUITERS/AUSA
4
ARMY 244TH BIRTHDAY 4
Inside this issue:
AUSA 2019 ANNUAL
MEETING AND EXPOSI-
TION
5
CONGRATULATION LAS
VEGAS CHAPTER 5
Every Sunday morning, you will
hear a distinct tune from a radio sta-
tion and hear a voice that says “That’s
America to Me”. That voice belongs to
Mr. Chuck N. Baker, a Purple Heart
recipient and Vietnam War Veteran,
host of “That’s America to Me”. It airs
every Sunday at 7 am on 97.1 FM.
Even after the war, Mr. Baker stays
patriotic by shining a light on veterans
thru the use of radio in an effort to sup-
port veteran causes in the valley.
Mr. Baker invited the Chapter
President to his radio show for an in-
terview about AUSA and our mission
to support the Army and connect with
the community. The types of various
functions such as dinner events, fund-
raisings, and networking that the
Chapter presents. They talked about
how our voice speaks loudly, to help
our soldiers who have no voice in
Congress, and our many Symposiums
that take place in the U.S. and over-
seas annually.
The interview aired last Sunday, 1
September.
A DAY IN THE RADIO STATION
CHAPTER EAGLE ARMY DINNER (cont.)
AUSA Las Vegas Chapter President Ken Salazar receiving an appreciation award from Mr. Chuck Baker, radio host of ‘That’s America To Me’, every Sunday morning, at 0700
Page 2 AUSA LAS VEGAS-MG JOHN C. FREMONT CHAPTER
Chapter Volunteers from Left; Ms. Maureen Cronan, Treasurer; Dr. Brad Carlton, J.D., and Dr. Dianna Carl-ton, J.D., VP for Community Partner Membership and Retention at the registration table.
Las Vegas Veteran Center Outreach Specialist Christo-
pher Hudson, speaking about the Vet Center missions
to help the veterans
From left; CSM Jimmie W. Spencer; LTC Tommy Thompson (forward); LTC William Mumpower; Mr. Larry Oravetz and Maj Stephen Hall
Chapter President Ken Salazar along with Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 17 and 1076 Color Guard
Ms. Girlie O’Brien from US Census talking about the
forthcoming census and the jobs available.
Ms. Kelly Wellner, University Development Counselor,
talking about the educational opportunities available
at Grand Canyon University
Our Keynote Speaker CSM Jimmie Spencer, USA (Ret);
AUSA Senior Fellow from North Carolina
Ms. Maureen Cronan and Dr. Brad Carlton, J.D., reading
out tickets for a chance to win some giveaways
We would like to say thank you to
all that have attended our dinner, Mr.
Sam Holder, Mr. Holbert, Mr Hudsun,
Ms. O’Brien, Ms. Wellner, Vietnam
Veterans Color Guard, and CSM
Spencer. Let us not forget our volun-
teers who worked tirelessly to ensure
a successful dinner.
The cycle of
every soldier’s
life, time comes he
must move for-
ward to a new sta-
tion. Such is what
the 6th Recruiting
Brigade had last
18 of July.
The 6th Recruiting Brigade con-
ducted their ‘Change of Command’
ceremony, COL. Leroy R. Barker, out-
going Commander is relinquishing
command to incoming Commander
COL. Benjamin R. Luper.
Under Major General Frank M.
Muth, commanding General of the US
Army Recruiting Command, which is
based at Fort Knox, Kentucky; the
transfer of command happened at the
Army National Guard Armory, Range
Road. North Las Vegas.
NEW ARMY RECRUITS
From left: AUSA 6th Region President Phil Stage, Incoming 6th Recruiting Brigade Commander, Col Luper and ARA Nevada Chris Schroeder
6th Recruiting Brigade “Outriders”
From left: Gen. Carter Ham, President of AUSA; Col. Phil Stage, AUSA 6th Region President; SFC Ken Salazar, AUSA Las Vegas Chapter President; Gen Salazar, AUSA Las Vegas Chapter Secretary and Lt Gen. Patricia McQuistion, at the Chapter Leader Devel-opment Training Graduation.
6th RECRUITING BRIGADE CHANGE of COMMAND
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Commanding General Frank M. Muth, Commander of U.S.
Army Recruiting Command, Outgoing Commander COL Leroy
R. Barker, Jr. and Incoming Commander COL Benjamin R.
Luper of the 6th Recruiting Brigade
The Chapter President Ken Sala-
zar and his wife had the opportunity to
join the local Recruiting Command on
Craig Road, during an oath taking
ceremony of new recruits that are vol-
unteering for Army service. The
Chapter was there to support the Re-
cruiting Command, provide answers
to proud families of the new recruits,
and to ease anxiety as their love ones
move out to Basic Training.
Recently appointed Company Commander Capt. Reddy
introducing Chapter President Ken Salazar to families of
the newly recruited soldiers on their oath taking day
Chapter President Ken Salazar receiving certifi-cation from LTG McQuistion
Chapters President of 6th Region, from left, James Anderson (Central California), Amy Tiemeyer (Washington State), Mark Benton (San Francisco) and Ken Salazar (Las Vegas)
CHAPTER LEADERS WENT TO TRAINING
From left: Mark Benton, San Francisco Chapter; Ken Salazar and Gen Salazar, Las Vegas Chapter; Dianne Nordhaus, Idaho Chapter; Shane Blanchard, Oregon State; Angela Lindahl, Petry Chapter (Central Califor-nia); Phil Stage, 6th Region President and Isabella Lynn Colvin, Washington State Chapter.
AUSA Headquarters is extremely
supportive to volunteers that give
their time to be a part of the many
Chapters who serve as Executive
Officers. Twice a year AUSA pays for
travel, hotel and food who are Execu-
tive volunteers to train at the Arlington,
VA HQ.
Last June 19-23, National held train-
ing for Chapter leaders and July 31-
August 4 National Chapter President
Training.
From left: ARA Chris Schroeder; Army Medical Re-
cruiter SFC Gerard; AUSA Chapter Secretary Gen
Salazar; Chapter President Ken Salazar and Special
Assistant to the Dean UNLV School of Medicine JoAnn
Salamone Prevetti
Nevada’s Army Reserve Ambas-
sador CSM Christopher Schroeder,
USA (Ret) has been very busy while
he was in town. On July 18, he at-
tended the 6th Recruiting Brigade
‘Change of Command’ in the morning.
Right after the event, he went to the
Cosmopolitan Hotel for the newest
member of the PaYS program.
The next day was another full day
for the Army Reserve Ambassador, as
he went with SFC Gerard, Army
Healthcare Recruiter; Chapter Presi-
dent Ken Salazar and Chapter Secre-
tary Gen Salazar around town, to es-
tablish relationships between UNLV
ROTC, UNLV Medical School and Las
Vegas Medical Recruiting Station.
As our US Army turns 244 years old,
our Chapter celebrated the event with
the 257th Transportation Company on
Range Road. The President, Secretary,
Treasurer and SFC Tim Smith, USA
(Ret) brought along a huge cake to
share with the army reserve soldiers.
The Chapter President also talked
about how AUSA and our Chapter rep-
resent their cause in Congress.
Army Birthday
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Chapter President Ken Salazar explaining AUSA and
its mission to Educate | Inform | Connect
Chapter President Ken Salazar, cutting the cake with
the youngest and the oldest soldier from Army Re-
serves 257th Combat HET Co. during Army Birthday
celebration
Army Reserve Ambassador (ARA), Army Medical Recruiter and AUSA
Chapter President Ken Salazar with 6th Medical
Recruiting Battalion, SFC Maiava (left side) and SFC
Gerard (right side)
From Left: SFC Benites, ROTC Recruiter at UNLV; SFC
Gerard, Army Medical Recruiter; ARA Christopher
Schroeder Nevada; and LTC Neil Oscarson UNLV ROTC
Department Chair
Army Reserve Ambassador and AUSA Las Vegas
Lifetime Member CSM Christopher Schroeder with SGT
Jennifer Sanchez from USAR 1864th Transportation
Company, the newest PaYS partner hire at Cosmopoli-
tan Hotel
Army Reserve Ambassador CSM Schroeder with Las
Vegas Medical Recruiting Commander SFC Maiava
Army Reserve Ambassador CSM Schroeder with re-
cently appointed Company Commander CPT Reddy and
1SG Alaniz
The Las Vegas Medical Recruiting
Station is at 3320 Pepper Lane, Las
Vegas, NV 89120, phone number 702-
269-6327.
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The AUSA Annual Meeting and
Exposition is held every October in
Washington DC, and is the largest
land warfare exposition and profes-
sional development forum in North
America. It is designed to showcase
the Army’s message by highlighting
the capabilities of Army organizations
with a wide range of presentations
from industries and their products and
services. In three days time frame,
AUSA accomplishes this task through-
out the entire event by providing rele-
vant and informative presentations
that highlights the state of the Army,
discussions and seminars on pertinent
military and national security subjects.
The event has 700+ industry and
military exhibits, from 80+ countries
and 130+ programs with more than
30,000 attendees from around the
world who participate. AUSA’s Annual
Meeting includes the total Army -
Regular Army, guard, reserve, civil-
ians and family members. It is one of
the three key communication plat-
forms employed by the Army to edu-
cate and inform the government, aca-
demic, civic, veteran advocates and
leadership on Army priorities and
issues impacting today’s Army.
The Las Vegas - MG John C. Fre-
mont Chapter is proud to inform our
membership that your Chapter won 18
awards for FY 2018-2019. The current
and previous President are invited to
attend the annual meeting where they
will receive the following awards:
Chapter of Excellence,
Support to USAREC,
ROTC Support,
AUSA 2019 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
Superior Chapter,
Merit Chapter,
Star Chapter,
Community Partner Growth,
Greatest % Increase in Govern-
ment Civilian Employee Membership,
Greatest % Increase in Retired Sol-
dier Membership,
Member Communications,
Take the Hill, `
Family Programs,
Army History,
Army Birthday,
Professional Development,
Soldier for Life,
Volunteer Development,
Vietnam Commemorative Partner.
The Chapter is also receiving the
‘Best Chapter’ award for category 5,
which will be presented at the 6th Re-
gion Annual Meeting. Thank you to all
Members. The new Fiscal year which
started July 1st, is already off to a good
start, of course we will need all your
support moving forward so we can
achieve another rewarding year.
Congratulation to
Our Chapter
Las Vegas - Major General John C. Fremont Chapter of the Asso-
ciation of the Unites States Army (AUSA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
educational and professional development organization that sup-
ports America's Army and informs our local communities about
the Active, National Guard, Reserve, Cadets, Army Civilians, Retir-
ees, all veterans from all services, and their Families. We continu-
ally call out to all who wish to serve thru volunteerism, Retirees,
Separated Veterans, and Concerned Citizens who are high energy
and want to give back to the Giants that walk among us.
ASSOCIATION of the UNITED STATES ARMY Las Vegas - MG John C. Fremont Chapter
MEMBER BENEFITS:
EDUCATE | INFORM | CONNECT
We’re on the Web!
Www.AUSA.ORG/CHAPTERS/LAS-VEGAS-JOHN-C-FREMONT-CHAPTER
6TH Region, Chapter # 6402
Lifetime Members: 64
Association Members: 150
Individual Members: 108
Donated National Partner Members: 26
Community Partner Membership: 4
Phone: 270-874-0188
Email: [email protected]
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Welcome to our New Members :
SPC William Smith
CSM Christopher Schroeder, USA (Ret.)
PFC Jeffrey J. Hutchison
Ms. Tanya G. Hutchison
SGT Harrison K. Millard III
BG Uri Ram
Mrs. Vamessa Ram
Mrs. Rosemarie B. Weast
Mr. Raymond E. Sampier
Ms. Barbara A. Sampier
Ms. Sharron M. Black
Thank you for Renewing :
Dr. Marcus Lynn Johnson, Ph.D., USA (Ret.)
LTC Timothy Trowel, USA (Ret.)
MSG Clifford R. Brink, Jr.
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Don’t forget to use your discounts at
Office Depot, OfficeMax, Dell and HP
for your back to school shopping.
Members may also join Sam’s Club
for $24.88 (regular price is $45).
Sam’s Club discount can be found
under the shopping tab. You will re-
ceive an activation voucher by email,
along with: $5 Sam’s Club gift card, a
second complimentary card and a
free promo code for $15 off your next
purchase ( for purchase of $150 or
more). One redemption per person.
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All of these savings are available to
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