Greetings Region 3/Third Brigade,

As many of you know, I am Lieutenant General Aaron Murphy. What most don’t know is that I am the Officer-In-Charge (OIC) of the newly formed 323rd Logistical Studies Group based aboard Ark Angel Station. We are Support unit for Marine operations near the Neutral Zone. As our motto states, our focus is making things happen “Anything, Anywhere, Anytime”.

With this in mind, we would like to invite all personnel to Ft. Worth for the Air Power Expo 2011 on 16-17 Apr 11. The airshow is free to the public and will be held on NAS (Naval Air Station) Fort Worth JRB (Joint Reserve Base). The premiere draw for this event will be the U.S. Navy Blue Angels!
I’ve seen this team before live (at this base, actually) and they always put on a great show. Other performers include Para-Commandos, the Red Eagles, and several military demos. Also available will be static displays of many of the aircrafts in the U.S. military arsenal, as well as trainers and vintage aircrafts. This should be an outstanding show as the U.S. Navy celebrates their Centennial of Naval Aviation.

Admission to the show is free (see, I used the magic word). So is parking, although you can’t fly your own plane on to the base *smirk*. The gates will open at 09:00 CST, with aerial performances kicking off at 11:00. I currently plan on using Golden Corral Buffet & Grill (3517 Alta Mere Drive, Fort Worth, TX) as a rally point in the morning for breakfast before the show. I will post more details on this to the R3 and 3BDE mailing list as the event gets closer. As for lodging, there are several hotels within minutes of the base. These include Comfort Suites (6851 West Freeway, Fort Worth, TX) which is a STARFLEET discount hotel, La Quinta Inn Fort Worth West Medical Center (7888 I-30 West, White Settlement, TX), and Holiday Inn Express (2730 South Cherry Lane, Fort Worth, TX).

For more information on the Air Power Expo 2011, go to
http://airpowerexpo.com/ (the FAQ is a must-read!) and keep an eye on a list near you for more specifics as they become available.

Date of Commissioning: 19-Apr-2008

Go the sfi database and enter them.

Dear Region 3 Members: If someone you know deserves a promotion AND they are going to be at Region 3 Summit in Lubbock June 10-12 or at the International Conference (“IC”) in the Poconos, PA, August 12-14, then please submit your promotion request to the appropriate channels by:

–For R3 Summit, promotions need to be submitted by May 1.

–For IC, promotions need to be submitted by July 2.

1. Your chapter may have their own promotions procedures up to O-5
Commander/Lt. Colonel, but if you want promotion certificates made by
Fleet, please send the request from the Chapter’s CO to Fleet Member
Recognition at recognition@sfi.org with all the specifics, and do so
by the above due date(s) to allow them to mail them to you or to me in
time for the event. Please also email me to let me know if you expect
them so the presentation can be placed on the Agenda at Summit or IC.

2. For promotions to O-6 Captain/Colonel, submit them to the me using
the Region’s promotions form found at:
http://www.region3.org/promotion/ Note: Time in grade is not enough
to get an O-6 Promotion. (This form is also used for Unassigned
Region 3 Members, see No. 4, below.)

3. For Flag Promotions O-7 Fleet Captain/Brigadier and above up to
Fleet Admiral, please see the SFI website at:
http://promotions.sfi.org. Also, please review the Flag Promotion
Criteria and all that is required on the form BEFORE you begin to fill
it out. Note: Time in grade is not enough to get a Flag Promotion.

4. If you know an Unassigned member who deserves a promotion, No. 1 above doesn’t apply to them, because the RC handles all promotions of Unassigned members from Crewman Recruit up to Captain/Colonel. So, use the promotion form on the Region’s site for No. 2. Or for flag
promotions of Unassigned members, please follow steps in No. 3.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Take care,
reed

PS–If your person isn’t going to be at Summit or IC, then they can
still be promoted at your chapter event or it can be mailed to them at
any time. There isn’t a due date in this case.

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MSR’s are due on the first of the month. If not in by the 5th, they are “late.” After the 10th, they are considered “failure to report” and may not be entered into the system unless approval by the MSR person and your RC.

We’re looking for your stories!

The article deadline for CQ 165 (June/July) has been extended to May 10th, 2011, so there is still time to wrap up the article that you’ve been working on and send it in. That date again: May 10th, 2011.

Articles and photos can be submitted electronically by simply e-mailing them to:

cq@sfi.org

If you have any questions regarding a possible submission, please feel free to drop us a line at cq@sfi.org and we’ll be happy to try to answer it. And no, you don’t have to wait for a deadline to submit an article… the cq@sfi.org address is always open and ready for action!

Upcoming CQ article deadlines:

CQ 165 – May 10th, 2011
CQ 166 – June 25th, 2011
CQ 167 – August 25th, 2011

Thanks, and remember – submit early, and often!