Gallery of Pictures

1. Members of the Oregon City High School Color Guard gather together moments before presenting the colors at the MOAA December Portland Chapter dinner meeting at the Gray Gables Estate in Milwaukee.  From left are: Cadets Noah Brown, Zach Fournier, Jon Mellon, Ryon Anderson, Color Guard Commander MAJ Doug Thomas, USA, and MOAA Chapter President Col Mary J. Mayer, USAF (Ret).

2. Those who donated money and time to the MOAA Portland Chapter scholarship fund are honored at the Chapter December meeting at the Gray Gables Estate in Milwaukee.  From left: LTC James Asaph (USA, Ret), Capt Jim Patrick (USMC, Ret), Mrs. Edie Rieken (Liaison with Auxiliary Member Advisory Committee), LTC Gary Brink (USA, Ret), and Chapter President Col Mary J. Mayer (USAF, Ret).

3. ADM Steve Abbot, USN (Ret), MOAA Chairman of the Board, presents the 5-Star Levels of Excellence Award to MOAA Portland Chapter President Colonel Mary J. Mayer, USAF (Ret), at the MOAA Annual Meeting on 29 October 2011 in San Antonio, TX.  The MOAA award is the top award to recognize the most-active chapters.

4. Two MOAA Portland Chapter members are presented with the "Outstanding Performance Award" at the MOAA Biennial Convention Dinner in October.  The recipients are, from left, Mrs. Edie Rieken, liaison with the Chapter Auxiliary Advisory Committee and a Chapter Board member, and Col Mary J. Mayer, USAF, (Ret), President of the Portland Chapter.  Presenting the awards was BG Norm Hoffman, AUS (Ret), MOAA Oregon State Council of Chapters President, right.  Representing MOAA national was Brig Gen Paul Cohen, USAFR (Ret), MOAA National Board of Directors, second from right.

5. Lt Col Gregor J. Leist (USANG) and Col Mary J. Mayer (USAF, Ret.) pose before the November MOAA Portland Chapter dinner meeting held at the Monarch Hotel in Clackamas.  Lt Col Leist spoke to the group on the “Airborne Battle Management/C2 in the Afghan Theatre.”  He was in Afghanistan last year with an air control unit of the Oregon Air National Guard.  Currently, he is commander of the 173rd Mission Support Group at Kingsley Field near Klamath Falls.

6. The Portland MOAA Chapter officers display the Five-Star banner recently presented to the Chapter by the National MOAA.  The five-star level is the highest possible for active chapters.  The Chapter has won the award several times in recent years.  With the banner are, from left: CAPT James H. Main (USNR, Ret.), Treasurer … CAPT Lawrence W. Roberts (USNR, Ret.), 2nd VP … Col Mary J. Mayer (USAF, Ret.), Chapter President … LTC Gary Brink (USA, Ret.), Immediate Past President … Lt Col Boyd C. Yaden (USAF, Ret.), Secretary … MAJ John H. Sampson (USA, Ret.), 1st VP.

7. Tom Jenkins, a former IBM executive, spoke on “The Crucial Impact of Blimps in Winning WWII” to members of the Portland Chapter of MOAA and guests at the October dinner meeting at the Gray Gables Estate in Milwaukee.

8. Enjoying each other’s company at the September meeting of the Portland Chapter at the Monarch Hotel are, from left: Chaplain LTC Grant McAllister, USA (Ret.) … Board Member Maj Jim Simpson, USMC (Ret.) … Terri Simpson … and Edie Rieken, Auxiliary Member Advisory Committee Liaison.

9. MOAA Portland Chapter President Col Mary Mayer (USAF, Ret.) presents a gift to guest speaker Brig Gen Art Cornelius (USAF,  Ret.) and his wife, Merilyn, at the May dinner meeting at the Monarch Hotel in Clackamas.  Brig Gen Cornelius spoke on his adventures as a Raven Forward Air Controller in Southeast Asia.




10. Former Portland Chapter President CDR Ron Youngman (USCG, Ret.), an Oregon Maritime Museum Board of Trustees member, spoke at the April dinner meeting of the Chapter on the "Steamer Portland:  Maritime Center and Museum."  The steamer is moored on the Willamette River in Portland.  The dinner meeting was held at the Gray Gables Estate in Milwaukee.




11. MOAA Portland Chapter President Col Mary Mayer (USAF, Ret.) and March dinner meeting speaker Col Matthew Schuster (USAF) confer before the well-attended gathering.  The meeting was held at the Gray Gables Estate in Milwaukee.  Col Schuster is the maintenance group commander of the 142nd Fighter Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard, based at the Portland Air Base.  He told the group that his wing has more than 1,000 members and has responsibility for the air defense of the Pacific Northwest, of which the unit assumed sole responsibility in 1966.  The unit flies F-15 fighter aircraft.  Joining the 142nd in the defense is a fighter wing based in Klamath Falls, OR.  The only other air defense unit on the West Coast is an Air Guard wing based in Fresno, CA.  The 142nd consistently comes in at the top of the total Air Force in competitions.



12. VADM Norbert R. Ryan, Jr. (USN, Ret.), left, national MOAA President, presents a 50-year certificate to then Portland Chapter President Commander Ron Youngman (USCG, Ret.) at a Chapter meeting at the Portland Air Base Club. The 200-member chapter, comprised of retired, active, Reserve and National Guard officers, represents the largest concentration of military officers in Oregon. It also has an active auxiliary. The chapter was chartered in 1956.