First Militia Newsletter October 2011

Association of the United States ArmyFirst Militia Chapter

We are excited that General Bullard,former Adjutant General for the State of Florida, has agreed to be our guestspeaker on the evening of 10 November.Born December 9, 1917, General Bullardenlisted in the Florida National Guard in1939 and entered active military servicein November 1940, serving for five yearsincluding two and a half years overseasof combat in the European Theater of Operations.General Bullard served in II Corps underGeneral Patton during the Africacampaign. He also served at Anzio duringthe Italy campaign, where he assumedcommand of an artillery battery. OnAugust 13, 1975, General Bullard wasappointed Adjutant General for the Stateof Florida and served in that capacityuntil December 31, 1981.You don’t want to miss this rareopportunity to hear from General Bullard.Please see the flyer posted in thisnewsletter for more information.

Retired Adjutant General, MajorGeneral (Ret) Kennedy C. Bullard toSpeak at November GeneralMembership Meeting and Dinner

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We are honored that one of our members,Colonel William J. Beiswenger Jr., was awardedthe Major General Anthony J. Drexel BiddleAward at the National Meeting in WashingtonD.C. recently. COL Beiswenger currently servesas Director, Joint Directorate of Intelligence andDomestic Operations, Florida National Guard.He has been actively involved with AUSA formany years, serving in a variety of positions, toinclude Third Region (Southeast) President andState President for Florida.Colonel Beiswenger received the award for hisoutstanding contributions to the Association of the United States Army and its Third Region. AtNovember’s General Membership Meeting andDinner, Colonel Beiswenger will briefly discusshighlights from the National Meeting.

COL Bill Beiswenger, Jr. receives the Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Award.Pictured from left to right LTG (Ret) Roger Thompson, COL Bill Beiswengerand GEN (Ret) Gordon R. Sullivan.

COL Bill Beiswenger Presented Top Award at AUSA National Meeting

First Militia chapter presented four $1,000scholarships during its August generalmembership meeting and dinner. Havingintroduced two new award categories inaddition to the customary “GeneralMembership” category, awards included:Enlisted/Non-commissioned Officer category:YasminBlackman, daughter of SGM (Ret)Daniel Blackman; Combat Veteran category:Taylor Duren, son of COL J.M. “Mickey”Duren and Nora Scheland, granddaughter of BG (Ret) Eugene Lanzillo; and GeneralMembership category; Zachary Brown, son of Suzanne Brown. Three of the four recipientsattended the dinner and were presentedchecks by chapter president COL (Ret) DonWorkman. Recipient Nora Schelandwasunavailable, as she had already reported toBryn MawrCollege, Pennsylvania to beginher studies.In addition to meeting establishedqualification criteria, each applicantsubmitted an essay on a military topic of theirchoice. During the presentation, LTC RobKeating, Vice President for Scholarships andAwards, recited excerpts from each recipient’sessay, all of which centered on what we knowas the Seven Army Values and focus onSoldier and Family care. We once againcongratulate these most deserving youngpatriots.We extend the chapter’s gratitude toScholarship Evaluation Committee ChairCOL Christopher Miller and members COLDavid Rodgers and MAJ Betsy Evans forvolunteering their time and talents to evaluatethe applicants.

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Pictured (L to R) are Chapter President COL (Ret) Don Workman andscholarship recipients Zachary Brown, Yasmin Blackman, and Taylor Duren(Not pictured is recipient Nora Scheland).

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BG

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Richard

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CappsChairman,

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WOW!! Can you believe it is Novemberalready !! This year is almost gone. It is thattime of year we recognize our veterans and getready for the year end holidays. That brings usto our November General MembershipMeeting, on the 10

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, 2011. The Boardencourages all our members and guests toattend as the Chapter has planned an excitingagenda, such as the Chapter’s successes thisyear and goals for 2012, M1carbine 30 cal.rifle raffle drawing (bring in your extratickets and any money you have collected)but most importantly we are very fortunate tohave as our guest speaker MG (RET) KennedyC. Bullard, the former Adjutant General of Florida (1975-1981)and WW II combat veteran will share hismemoirs of 2 and half years of combat timewhich includes the invasion of NorthAfrica and the Beaches of Anzio. Thisalmost 94 year old soldier will keep youon the edge of your seats.In closing the Board would like tocongratulate COL Bill Beiswengerfor his awards received at theAUSA National Conference for hismany years of outstanding service.May your holidays be joyous andprosperous with family and friends.

CHAPTER OFFICERS

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Workman,

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Matt

Johnson,