February 23, 2008

Date: February 23, 2008
Time: 11:30am  - 4:00pm
Where: South View Lounge at the Museum of Flight
Please RSVP: Fran Dyer at: FD@CromwellGroup.us

The cost for the meeting will be $15 which will cover tea, juice and coffee.

Our meeting will be offered in three parts:

Part 1: Welcome and Socializing – Starting at 11:30pm

Part 2: Starting at 12:30pm

Our AFIO guest speaker is retired USAF Major Loody Christofero.

Major Christofero has a fascinating history having flown in WW2 in the China, Burma, India theatre of operations. He has a wealth of exciting stories having flown 73 missions in a C46 Commando across “The Hump” the Himalayan mountains. It was the only way to get supplies into China to support the Chinese troops fighting the Japanese. Major Christofero was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, two Air Force medals and a Presidential Citation.

Part 3: Starting at 2:00pm

At 2pm we adjourned to the to the main theatre to hear a presentation:

Vietnam Panel: “The Tet Offensive 40 Years Later”

On the Vietnamese Lunar New Year of 1968, the North Vietnamese forces launched a country-wide offensive known as the “Tet Offensive.” While it was a military disaster for the communists, news of the offensive led to widespread disaffection with the war among the American public. Forty years after this historical turning point, meet several of the men who served in uniform during this controversial conflict, both on the ground and in the air. The panel will include Colonel James Carlton who flew B-52s and then OV-10s over South Vietnam, Capt. Jonathan Hayes who flew F-4s over North Vietnam, and noted author Kregg Jorgenson who volunteered as a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) with H Company – 75th Airborne Rangers.

Again, the cost for the meeting sessions is only $15 which will cover tea and coffee, payable in advance, which covers all of the above.

I would like to encourage all of our ROTC friends to join us for this event. The cost for ROTC members will be $5 payable at the door.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you will be attending and with how many quests.

Best wishes to you all and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Please respond ASAP (via eMail, phone call or regular mail) to let us know if you "ARE" or "ARE NOT" attending the meeting. If you ARE planning on attending the meeting please make your checks payable to AFIO and mail to the address below:

AFIO
4616 25th Ave NE Suite 495
Seattle, WA 98105

AFIO Chapter Meeting
Date: October 06, 2007
Time: 09:30am  - 1:30pm
Where: South View Lounge at the Museum of Flight
Please RSVP Fran Dyer at: FD@CromwellGroup.us

We have an outstanding program planned with speakers from McChord AFB and the Washington National Guard.

Captain Matthew Cannady is the Intelligence Officer assigned to the Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) at McChord AFB.  He will provide an in depth briefing on the workings of the Air Defense system on the West Coast.

Lt. Colonel Timothy Woodard the J2 of the Washington National Guard and Major Bill Krueger will provide a detailed briefing on the recently created 194th Intelligence Squadron.

I can assure all our members that this will be a meeting that you won't want to miss. Let's show our military guests that we support them with a GREAT turnout!

The cost of the meeting will be $25 which includes a breakfast buffet.
The meeting is open to anyone interested in national intelligence whether they are a member or not. So, please invite all your family, friends and associates to attend.

The meeting will be held at the Museum of Flight. The museum is located on the Southwest side of Boeing Field, across from the Boeing Company.

When you attend the meeting you also get a FREE PASS TO THE MUSEUM, for the day of the event.  This alone is about an $8.00 value. Let me add that most of these passes go unused... OK.

The Museum of Flight phone: (206) 764-5720
9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, WA 98108-4097

Exit 158 from I-5 and head west,
Turn right at East Marginal Way,
The Museum of Flight is one-quarter mile on the right.

Payable in advance, as follows:

$25 for each attendee
$15 for Corporate membership attendees
$5 for ROTC and Active Duty Military with proper ID

Please respond ASAP (via eMail, phone call or regular mail) to let us know if you "ARE" or "ARE NOT" attending the meeting. If you ARE planning on attending the meeting please MAIL A CHECK TO THE ADDRESS BELOW.

Please mail your checks, payable to AFIO, to:

AFIO
4616 25th Ave NE Suite 495
Seattle, WA 98105

June 16 , 2007 - 9:30am - 1:30pm

Ron will speak about his duties at the Seattle Police Departments Intelligence Unit and how the Regional Intelligence Groups share information.

Lieutenant Leavell has been a member of the Seattle Police Department for the past twenty years--serving in a variety of assignments. He currently is the commander of the Criminal Intelligence Section, which consists of the Department's Crime Analysis Unit, Organized Crime and Intelligence Analysis Units, Mayor's Security Detail, as well as representatives to various task forces such as the Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Washington State Joint Analytical Center, the King County Regional Criminal Intelligence Group, and others. Lt. Leavell is a member of the Washington State Governor's Committee on Terrorism and the Northwest Criminal Intelligence Network.

The meeting will be held at the Museum of Flight. The museum is located on the Southwest side of Boeing Field, across from the Boeing Company.

• The Museum of Flight phone: (206) 764-5720
• 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, WA 98108-4097
  • Exit 158 from I-5 and head west,
  • Turn right at East Marginal Way,
  • The Museum of Flight is one-quarter mile on the right.

Payable in advance, as follows:

• $30 for each attendee
• $20 for Corporate membership attendees
• $5 for ROTC and Active Duty Military with proper ID

Payable at the door: $40 per attendee.

Due to extremely poor response to all previous mailings this meeting will only be announced via eMail to those members whom have given us their eMail addresses and via this web site. Please respond (via eMail, phone call or regular mail) to let us know if you "ARE" or "ARE NOT" attending the meeting. If you ARE planning on attending the meeting mail a check to the address below.

The meeting is open to anyone interested in national intelligence whether they are a member or not. So please invite all your family and friends to attend.

Please mail your checks, payable to AFIO, to:

AFIO
4616 25th Ave NE, #495
Seattle, WA 98105

Please RSVP:

• Fran Dyer at: FD@CromwellGroup.us

February 24, 2007 - 9:30am - 1:30pm

Top federal official dealing with waterborne terrorism, security, the environment and rescue in the Puget Sound area. Has authority over ships and ports in 3,500 square miles of sea coast and inland waterways.

Responsibilities: Became Seattle Port captain in June 2005. Wears three hats: As commander of Sector Seattle for the U.S. Coast Guard, he is responsible for rescue missions and security; as captain of the Port of Seattle, he oversees security at container terminals and the ports of Seattle, Tacoma, Everett and Port Angeles; as Federal Maritime Security Coordinator, he will direct the response should terrorists strike waterways in northern Washington, Idaho or Montana. He also heads a regional committee working to prevent and respond to an attack.

Background: Age 46. Born in Massena, N.Y. Joined the Coast Guard in 1978. Bachelor's degree in ocean engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Background prior to Seattle assignment: Served as commanding officer of the Coast Guard marine-safety office in San Diego from 2001 to 2004; military fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., from 2004 to 2005; Coast Guard liaison to the United Nations in New York City from 1999 to 2001.

Colin Beavan

When: October 28, 2006 - 09:00am - 01:00pm

Speaker and Author, Colin Beavan, author of "Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War" and author of "Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science."

Colin has written for numerous national magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Men's Journal and Wired. He received his doctorate from the University of Liverpool in England. He lives in New York with his wife, the journalist Michelle Conlin, and their daughter Isabella. For more information go to: www.ColinBeavan.com.

On D-Day, three hundred young American and Allied soldiers were dropped behind enemy lines to launch a secret sabotage mission code-named Jedburgh. Working with the French Resistance, the “Jeds” launched a stunningly effective guerrilla campaign against the German war machine. In this compelling narrative, Colin Beavan, whose grandfather Gerry Miller helped direct the operation for the OSS, tells the incredible story of the rowdy daredevils who carried out America’s first special-forces mission.

Drawing on scores of interviews with Jeds, Beavan’s history reads like a spy thriller. Dodging Gestapo spies, the Jeds armed and trained fighters who liberated Paris, snarled German transport throughout France, and provided essential cover to the invading Allied forces. Beavan focuses on key figures like William Colby, Stewart Alsop, and John Singlaub—all of whom went on to high-profile postwar careers—and shows how Jedburgh pioneered the special forces procedures still used in Iraq and Afghanistan today.

This gripping history of the original special op mission makes a major contribution to the literature of American warfare.

To read about the book "Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War" go to: http://www.colinbeavan.com/the book.htm

July 1, 2006, 9:30am - 1:30pm

The meeting was held at the Museum of Flight.

The Keynote speaker was FBI Supervisory Special Agent Jim Treacy. Jim currently supervises an International Terrorism Squad and the Puget Sound Joint Terrorism Task Force at the Seattle Headquarters City Office of the FBI.

"I have to tell you all that Jim Treacy gave an incredible talk along with great question and answer periods. You may have missed our greatest speaker of the year." - Judd Sloan

March 4 - Chapter Meeting, 11:30am - 4:00pm:

• The meeting was held at the Museum of Flight
• Our keynote speaker was Andy Hamilton.
  • Andy spent 20 years with the United States Department of Justice as a senior trial lawyer.
  • During his last 5 years he was assigned to the Terrorism and Violent Crimes Unit where he was responsible for terrorism prosecutions.
  • Andy was one of the lead attorneys in the investigation and prosecution of Ahmed Ressam, the "millennium bomber". He will provide a rare, behind the scenes look at the Ressam investigation and
  • discuss the complexities of international terrorism investigation.

• Primary Topic: Chapter ReOrganization
  • New Officers
  • New Committee Chairs
• Speaker: Fran Dyer - Unclassified, local anti-terrorist activity.