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Chapter Facts
Size:
Largest AFA Chapter in the World, with nearly 3600 members!
Constituency: All San Antonio Air
Force organizations.
Major installations represented: Randolph AFB, Lackland AFB
and Brooks-City Base.
Key organizations
Meetings
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Executive Committee (EXCOM) Meetings
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Take place on the second Tuesday of each month, at 1600 hours
at the USO downtown
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Provide for conduct of chapter administration and strategic
planning
Quarterly Functions:
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Presentations by area General Officers on topics of current
interest
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Recent Examples:
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Force Shaping, by AFPC/CC
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Impact of the 2006 BRAC on Military Medical Care in San Antonio, by
the commanders of Wilford hall Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical
Center, and the Joint Military Medical Training Center at Ft. Sam
Houston
Annual Functions
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A combined awards banquet in March
includes
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The Joe Kellogg Blue Suit Awards: Provides recognition to the top 65 Air Force “blue suiters”
in the local area.
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The Charlotte and Carlton Loos Civilian Awards: Provides recognition to the top 40 Air Force civilians
in the local area.
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Air Force Birthday Ball, held in September
of each year:
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General Looney, AETC/CC, leads planning of the Birthday Ball in partnership with
the Alamo Chapter. The 60th Birthday Ball will combine
many events and take place in September, 2007.
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Participation in San Antonio's Celebrate
America's Military Week events, during November of each year:
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Veterans Day Parade
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Air Show
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Wreath Laying at Ft. Sam Houston military cemetery
Awards:
The
Chapter's awards program provides recognition to a total of 125 Air
Force people, military and civilian alike, each year.
Scholarship and Educational Outreach Programs:
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Earle North Parker Essay Contest and
Scholarship: $250 plus opportunity to compete for AFA-TX $3,000
award
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Community College of the Air Force "Pitsenbarger"
Awards: at three bases, ANG and AFRES; $500 per award
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UTSA ROTC Scholarship Program: Seven
scholarships with a total value of $2750
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JROTC Scholarship Programs: $150 scholarships and
complimentary AFA Memberships to Bronze Medal winners at 16
area high schools with a total value of over $ 2700.00
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AFA
Member/Immediate Family Member Scholarships; 3 awards at
$1000 each
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UTSA Center
for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (Homeland Defense)
Scholarship, $500.00
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USA Today/AEF “Visions of Exploration”
programs in 30 elementary schools impacting over 1000 young
people and valued at $ 2700.00.
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Educator Recognition
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Teacher of
the Year Program
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Christa
McAuliffe Memorial Award
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Each year the Alamo Chapter and its affiliate, the Alamo AFA
Aerospace Education Foundation invests over $10,000 in
educational outreach to every level of education, primary,
secondary and graduate in the south Texas area.
Sponsorship:
The Alamo Chapter provides financial sponsorship to the following
events, among others.
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AIA Sensor Olympics Banquet
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Air Force Recruiting Service Operation Blue
Suit
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AETC Outstanding Airmen of the Year Program
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Fiesta in Blue: AETC AF Band of the West
concert
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USO Thanksgiving Lunch: for Lackland basic
trainees and other Air Force people
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AETC Command Chiefs Conference
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Various base-level professional development
programs
Communications:
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The Defender, the Chapter’s quarterly newsletter, is
currently being transitioned from a paper publication to a
posting on the Chapter website
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Alamo Chapter website:
http://www.alamoafa.org
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