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PALMETTO CHAPTER CHAPTER - May 06, 2015

Chapter Welcomes USAF Speaker, Awards Scholarships at Luncheon

The chapter invited Brig. Gen. David Uhrich, USAF, Air Combat Command A-6, to speak at its spring luncheon in May at the Carolina Skies Club, Shaw Air Force Base. He shared his thoughts on cyber, communications, mission assurance, mobile capabilities and cyber career field challenges. During the luncheon, the chapter awarded four $1,000 scholarships to rising seniors from Sumter High School who are going into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degree programs: Lyndsay Krebs, Trevor Moxley, Keelan Richard Kane-Yearman and Dylan Drown. Lt. Col. Rick Moxley, USAF (Ret.), senior aerospace instructor from Sumter High Junior ROTC, accepted the awards on behalf of the students because they were taking final exams. Among the reported 130 attendees were Col. Stamatis Smeltz, USAF, director of communications, U.S. Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT) and chapter president; Col. Keith Mueller, USAF, commander, 5th Combat Communications Group; Col. Bradley Pyburn, USAF, commander, 624th Operations Center; Lt. Col. Stew Newton, USAF, commander, University of South Carolina Air Force ROTC; Lt. Col. James Lotspeich, USAF, commander, 83rd Network Operations Squadron; and Lt. Col. David McCoy, 20th Communications Squadron commander.

Event Photographs:

Brig. Gen. David Uhrich, USAF, Air Combat Command A-6, shares his views on cyber, communications, mission assurance, mobile capabilities and cyber career field challenges with luncheon attendees in May.
Brig. Gen. David Uhrich, USAF, Air Combat Command A-6, shares his views on cyber, communications, mission assurance, mobile capabilities and cyber career field challenges with luncheon attendees in May.
At the May luncheon, Col. Stamatis Smeltz, USAF, director of communications, U.S. Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT) and chapter president (right), presents Gen. Uhrich with a $100 donation on his behalf to the USO.
At the May luncheon, Col. Stamatis Smeltz, USAF, director of communications, U.S. Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT) and chapter president (right), presents Gen. Uhrich with a $100 donation on his behalf to the USO.
Col. Smeltz (l) presents Lt. Col. Rick Moxley, USAF (Ret.), senior aerospace instructor from Sumter High School Junior ROTC, with four $1,000 chapter scholarship awards on behalf of the seniors who could not attend the May luncheon because of finals.
Col. Smeltz (l) presents Lt. Col. Rick Moxley, USAF (Ret.), senior aerospace instructor from Sumter High School Junior ROTC, with four $1,000 chapter scholarship awards on behalf of the seniors who could not attend the May luncheon because of finals.

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