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July 2018
Special Points
of Interest
Inside this Issue
Army Strong—First Militia Strong
Volume 37
From The President
General Membership Dinner Meeting
Young Professionals Luncheon
100th Anniversary Warrant Officers and
Recruiting Event
Individual Membership
FMC Professional Development
Individual Membership
AUSA Golf Tournament
Happy Birthday US Army
How To Join FMC/AUSA
Upcoming Events
GMM & Dinner information
Corporate Sponsors
Brigadier General Mike Canzoneri AUSA First
Militia President addressing the audience at the
243rd Army Birthday 14 June 2018.
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT: Hello First Militia Chapter! First hope everyone is having a great summer. Would like to thank all those at the GMM in May and sup-porting our guest speaker GEN(R) Hamm. Our chapter continues to grow and we have a core group that is the driver in our events and actions. I would love to see higher attendance at GMM meetings and attempting to en-gage our members to do things that help our Army and grow our Chapter. We have a fantastic base, resources, and growing core of young Soldiers, ci-vilian members, corporate partners who have the ability to accomplishes many things for the chapter and for our future. AUSA is an integral part of our Army and supports the Soldier, our families, and our countries organic industrial base. I want to thank each and every one of you for being mem-bers. I am honored to be a member alongside you. I look forward to seeing you at the August GMM and hope to hear more from at the meeting.
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General Membership
Meeting and other information
On 10 May 2018, First Militia
Chapter hosted the AUSA Na-
tional President General (R) Carter Ham. The
night started with socializing prior to the dinner
of Chicken Marsala and Steak catered by Car-
rabbas of St. Augustine. Chapter officers pre-
sented their reports on the progress of the chap-
ter reaching its objectives. Corporate sponsors
were identified and introduced. COL Temple
introduced General (R) Ham for his presenta-
tion. General Ham covered a wide range of top-
ics regarding AUSA and the Army. His high-
lights include growth in the Army, the need for
a stable Army budget, how the Army is chang-
ing, how the current leadership (General Milley
and Secretary Esper among others) are the most
cohesive group of Army leaders he has seen. He
General Ham and COL Temple
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spoke of the Army priorities re-
lating to readiness for decisive
action and what General Milley
is doing to achieve that readi-
ness. He addressed the need to
shift resources to modernize
the force rebuilding overmatch
capabilities. General Ham indicated that Gen-
eral Milley understands the total force concept
is necessary, and how balance is required with-
out breaking connections with civilian careers
and Soldiers families. He closed out his re-
marks stating that AUSA membership national-
ly is over 126K with growth in all related cate-
gories, that membership provides influence,
reach, recognition, support, and connects the
Army to the people and their representatives.
General Ham was presented with a plaque
highlighting the First Muster and Florida Army
National Guard Patch.
General Ham
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Young Professional's Luncheon
AUSA hosted a Young Professionals
Luncheon at Camp Blanding Joint
Training Center June 28th 2018
with thirty Soldiers attending. MAJ
Benjamin Ruffner an AUSA mem-
ber served as the guest speaker, focusing on the
topic of logistics. The luncheon started at 1100
with opening comments from CPT Kimberly
Quinn, followed by MAJ Ruffner's presentation
entitled "What Got You Here, Won't Get You
There”, and lunch catered by PDQ. The main
theme of MAJ Ruffner's presentation focused on
the 3 Ms in Commitment: Mental Agility, Mile-
stones, and Mentoring. Col Elam closed out the
event by giving words of wisdom and wishing
MAJ Ruffner luck in his new endeavor. 1LT Kemp
closed the event by giving thanks and providing
information to the attendees on how to become an
AUSA member.
YP Luncheon MAJ Ruffner
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100th Anniversary of the Warrant Officer &
Recruiting Event:
AUSA sponsored the 100th Anniversary of the
Army Warrant Officer & Recruiting Event on 5
July 2018 at St. Francis Barracks in St. Augus-
tine, FL. The event started with a WO 5K run,
a presentation by the First Militia Chapter
President BG Mike Canzoneri, lunch and a
cake cutting and recognition of retired warrant
officers. The event recognized the contribu-
tions of warrant officers in the Army and Flori-
da Army National Guard and served as recruit-
ing event to get more warrant officers into the
Florida Guard. AUSA provided $800.00 for the
event luncheon with the objective of attracting
more Warrant Officers to the organization
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INDIVIDUAL membership
Membership at a Glance
2018 is proving to be productive year and we
would like to thank each of you! As we progress
into the year, our current membership is 650 mem-
bers, which is progressing towards a new goal of
700 Individual Chapter members. Your support is
instrumental in helping the organization reach this
goal. Please continue to honor the organization by
attending Quarterly Dinner and Meetings, renew-
ing your membership, and referring new mem-
bers. Contact 1LT Talesha Montfort, individual
membership representative for further infor-
mation and/or assistance at:
[email protected] To apply
online, please visit the membership section on
www.ausa.org. Our Chapter Number is C3205 or
First Militia Chapter.
Benefits
· Networking– Interaction with individuals from
various backgrounds through events held by the
Chapter
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· Professional Development– The opportunity to
learn from those who have been there.
· Incentive savings– Discounts on insurance, car
rentals, hotels and more.
· Access to various publications – Army Magazine
and other AUSA publications.
Who can join?
Regular Army National Guard
Reserve ROTC Cadets Retired Soldiers
Government Civilians Wounded Warriors
Veterans Concerned Citizens
Family Members
Membership Levels (2018)
2 Year Membership $ 40
5 Year Membership $ 75
Life Membership $ 400
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AUSA Golf Tournament
The 24th Annual First Militia Chapter AUSA Golf Tournament was held at
Marsh Creek Country Club in St. Augustine, Florida on 9 April 2018. Marsh
Creek hosted thirty-seven four-person teams on a challenging course which
was complicated further by overcast skies, wind, and rain. Although it was a
challenging day with numerous balls lost to the marsh, the players reported
that the event was one of the best they have ever attended. This was the first
tournament in which the chapter not only sold out, but actually oversold by 1
team. In addition to the course itself, players had the option of participating in
the chip, putt, closest to the pin, and longest drive competitions. Included in
the tournament, players received a free breakfast, gift bags which included a
certificate for a free foursome at Marsh Creek, catered lunch by Marsh Creek
Country Club, 50/50 drawing and a raffle.
Standings:
First Place Team $100.00 pp & Free Round at Marsh Creek: Score of 50 -
Flemming, Thompson, Wicks, and Flemming
Second Place Team $75.00 pp & Free Round at Eagle Landing: Score of 51 -
Culver, Culver, Morland, and Marvin
Third Place Team $50.00 pp & Free Round at St. Johns: Score of 53 -
Dedge, Strain, Stroud, and Mudd
Last Place Team Free Round at Eagle Landing, Lessons, and Range Balls:
Tyer, Braswell, Fuller, Powers
Closest to the Pin $50.00: Wright Longest Drive $50.00: Wicks
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Putt $50.00: Briones Chipping $50.00: Bob Haynie
A special thanks to the following sponsors, members, and volunteers for making
the event such a success:
Sponsors (Please support them with your business):
Bozard Ford Lincoln - 540 Outlet Mall Blvd, St. Augustine, FL 32084
The Law Offices of Ron Shoals - 9282 Atlantic Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32225
Carter's Jewelry - 1021 A1A Beach Blvd, St. Augustine, FL 32080
Neumann Construction and Roofing, LLC, 30427 Commerce Drive, San Anto-
nio, FL 33576
COL (R) Walter Daniels
The Chemours Company - P.O. Box 753, Starke, FL 32091
BG (R) Richard Capps,
Island Doctors - 100 Arricola Ave, St. Augustine, FL 32080
Pickett Electric Inc. - 4850 Collins Road, Jacksonville, FL 32244
Herbie Wiles Insurance - 400 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd, St Augustine, FL 32084,
Browning's Construction, Inc. - 9205 State Road 100W, Starke, FL 32091
MG (R) Ron Harrison
Harbinger - 5300 Shad Road, Jacksonville, FL 32557
All American Air - 1010 State Road 312, St. Augustine, FL 32080
COL (R) Carl Smith, SGM (R) Quinn, COL (R) Don Workman
Price's Barbershop - 10 Granada Street, St. Augustine, FL 32085
Navy Federal Business Services - 11270 St. Johns Industrial Parkway S., Jack-
sonville, FL 32246
FLARNG Recruiting & Retention - 2305 State Road 207, St. Augustine FL
32086,
FLARNG Family Programs - Camp Blanding, Starke, FL 32091,
Tournament Committee and Volunteers:
CW5 Jerry Dedge, Mrs. Cheri Dedge, Mrs. Sydney Natto, COL Cynthia
Harkrider, BG Richard Capps, BG Mike Canzoneri, SGM Roberts, CPT
Kimberly Quinn, CW4 Karen Smith, MAJ Benjamin Ruffner, SFC Natasha
Huertas, LTC Patrick Pelletier, LTC Vernon Dohmann, MAJ Butler Strain,
CPT Ryan Quinn
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FMC/AUSA Annual Golf Tournament Winners
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Donations:
AUSA First Militia Chapter has provided $500.00 checks to the
Institute of Land Warfare and the Army Museum during the
month of June.
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1st Place
Fleming, Thompson, Wilks, Fleming
2nd Place
Culver, Culver, Moreland, Marvin
3rd Place
Dedge, Strain, Stroud, Mudd
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Happy Birthday United States ARMY
SGM (Ret) Ray A Quinn, VP Veterans and Retiree Affairs,
attended the FNG Adjutant General's staff call to recognize
two Purple Heart recipients.
From left: is Colonel John Haas, SGM ® Ray Quinn, and
Colonel Tad Warfel.
Absent was Command Sergeant Major David Lanham.
MG Calhoun and CPT Kimberly Quinn
(AUSA VP Corporate Membership)
MG Calhoun observes CW4 Fortner and
SPC Prado cut the Army Birthday Cake at
St. Francis Barracks.
CW3 Batten, BG Chauncey, and SPC
Burroughs cut the Army Birthday Cake
at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center
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UPCOMING EVENTS
(Mark Your Calendars)
All First Militia Chapter members are encouraged
to attend:
First Tuesday of each month 12:00
The next AUSA First Militia Chapter General Membership
meeting is scheduled for 16 AUG 2018 starting at 18:00 at
the Mark Lance Armory in St. Augustine.
Remember, the new website for the FMC is:
https://www.ausa.org/first-militia or https://
www.ausa.org/chapters/first-militia-chapter
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Our hotel is located across the street from the beach and just a
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Crescent Beach, Flagler College and Basilica Cathedral. Re-
treat to our spacious rooms with contemporary décor, luxury
bedding, ergonomic workstations, free Wi-Fi and mini-
refrigerators. Head to The Bistro, our on-site restaurant, for a
delicious breakfast and Starbucks® coffee. Return in the even-
ing to enjoy a satisfying dinner and specialty cocktails. Stay fit
by using our 24-hour fitness center and outdoor pool. If you'll
be hosting a business event, reserve our meeting space with
modern AV equipment and catering services. Find everything
you need at Courtyard St. Augustine Beach.
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FIRST MILITIA CHAPTER CORPORATE SPONSORS
Community Hospice & Palliative Care
Courtyard by Marriott, St. Augustine
Defenshield, Inc.
Drone Aviation Corp.
Elegant Events
Fidelity Bank
Greg T. Russell, DMD, PA
Herbie Wiles Insurance
KJ’s Products, LLC
Merrill Lynch
NCO Club St. Augustine
Optimize Consulting, Inc.
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FIRST MILITIA CHAPTER CORPORATE SPONSORS
Prices Barber Shop
Runk Properties, Inc.
Snowbird Environmental Systems Corp.
Solar Stik, Inc.
St. Augustine Officer’s Club
St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce
St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office
Steve Chapman’s All American A.C.
Trusted Advisors Flagler, LLC
Watson Realty Corp. on the Beach
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DID YOU KNOW?
Army Strong—First Militia Strong
If you are receiving this newsletter by mail and you have an e-mail ad-
dress, AUSA and First Militia Chapter would like to have your e-mail ad-
dress to keep you informed of Chapter events and save on postage. There
are three ways to change or update your e-mail address. 1) Go to
www.ausa.org and update your Membership information; 2) you may
contact us at www.firstmilitia.org or call 3) Secretary CW4 Karen
Smith, 904-823-0654, or email [email protected]
There are many benefits that come with your AUSA membership that in-
clude the following (see the back of your card for contact numbers); this
is not a complete listing. Discounts with the following Companies and
Services: Apple Computers, GEICO Auto Insurance, Army Times, Rent-
al Cars (Hertz, Avis, National, Alamo and Budget,) Health, Dental and
Long Term Care, AUSA Bank, and Choice Hotels International.
Get a 10% discount at Home Improvement Stores at “Home Depot” or
“Lowes” by simply showing your Military ID Card. They don’t ask, just
show your ID and request the discount. Big savings on big projects.
DO YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS?
Social Media Presence
Facebook Web address: www.facebook.com/FirstMilitiaChapterAusa LinkedIn Web address: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/First-Militia-Chapter-Association-United-8194968
FMC AUSA Web address: firstmilitia.org
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About Us
The First Militia Chapter, Association of the United States Army, was established in November 1994 in St. Augustine, Florida – our nation’s oldest city. Our chapter represents the northeast Florida area, which includes the counties of Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwan-nee, and Union. The Chapter also serves parts of Madison, Mari-on and Volusia Counties with other Florida AUSA Chapters.
As an AUSA chapter our focus is to support AUSA initiatives, represent our Army service members, retirees, and their families, and to support our communities. Our primary service programs include providing annual scholarships to deserving college stu-dents, annually recognizing the Army JROTC programs in our region, and supporting soldiers and their families in our region. To ensure we are able to support our service programs we annu-ally host a chapter golf tournament, which has proven to be a great success. And finally, to ensure involvement and camarade-rie within our organization we hold a quarterly dinner and gen-eral membership meeting that any and all are welcome to attend.
The Association of the United States Army was established in 1950 as a private non-profit organization that works to support all components of the United States Army, which includes the active, National Guard, and Reserve components. The focus of AUSA is to serve as a voice of the United States Army, to pro-mote public awareness and support the Army’s role in our na-tion’s security effort, to provide education and information to promote a better understanding of our Army’s issues and activi-ties, and to provide service and support to our soldiers, their families, and our communities.
As a chapter of the Association of the United States Army we stand proud and ready to serve our nation, state and community. We welcome all who are interested in becoming a member and getting involved in our organization. To become a member of AUSA, First Militia Chapter simply go to www.ausa.org and click on “Become an AUSA member”. For information concern-ing the First Militia Chapter please click on the “Leadership” tab and either call or email the respective point of contact.
First Militia Chapter
AUSA St. Augustine
Leadership: Chapter Officers
BG Mike Canzoneri, President
COL Bill Temple, First VP
CPT TJ Coleman, Vice President
SGM (Ret) Ray A Quinn, VP Veterans and
Retiree Affairs
CPT Ryan Quinn, VP Public Affairs
2LT Talesha Montfort, VP Individual Membership
CPT Kimberly Quinn, VP Corp Membership
2LT Alexander Kemp, VP Young Professionals
CW4 Karen Smith, Secretary
LTC Patrick Pelletier, Treasurer
CPT Roye Locklear, Scholarships
WO1 Ana Mcdowell, JROTC/ Family Programs
Michael Rothfeld, Newsletter Editor Chapter Board of Advisors
BG (Ret) Richard Capps, President
MG (Ret) James L. Snyder
COL (Ret) Carlton Smith
COL (Ret) Don Workman
LTC (Ret) Doug Wiles
SGM (Ret) Robert Carroll
SGM (Ret) Ray Quinn
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