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U.S. Military Retired Pay U.S. Military Annuitant Pay
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Indianapolis IN 46249-1200 Indianapolis IN 46249-1300
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Commentary:
AFJROTC instructors can impact young lives
by Col. Bobby Woods
Air Force Junior ROTC guide, and teach our cadets.
AFJROTC enjoys overwhelming
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, support from schools and
Ala. (AFRNS) -- After a successful communities because of the huge
military career, many dedicated Air positive impact on cadets, schools,
Force leaders find it difficult to hang- and communities. In hundreds of
up the uniform for good. Our military American communities with no
lifestyle of team work, discipline, nearby military bases, the cadets
dedication, hard work, and the and instructors of AFJROTC are truly
experience of living our core values the face of the Air Force.
are ingrained into who we are. If you want to continue to serve
Those qualities, which are and make positive impacts in the
distinctive with Air Force retirees, are lives of our nations high school
needed in high schools and in Air students, then please consider
Force Junior ROTC. applying to be an AFJROTC
As our society changes and the instructor. We are always seeking
challenges facing our nation become possible. Our youth need positive highly motivated retirees in the ranks
more evident, the demand and need leaders, mentors, teachers and role of major to colonel and technical to
to mentor our youth has never been models to help prepare them to chief master sergeant with an
greater. They truly are the future of make good decisions in life and undergraduate degree and who have
our great nation. More than ever become productive citizens and a passion for mentoring youth.
before, negative influences often leaders for our nation. We have vacancies across the
outweigh the positive. High school is AFJROTC is a Title 10 U.S. nation and overseas for both officers
where these young adults start to Code citizenship program for and enlisted. If you are interested or
solidify the patterns, attitudes, and students in the 9th through 12th want more information about the
actions that carry forward into grades. Our program has nearly program, please visit our webpage
adulthood. 900 units operating in high school and click on INSTRUCTORS in the
We all know that one bad choice locations worldwide. There are more right column.
in the early stages of adulthood can than 120,000 high school cadets in Thank you for your service to our
be the difference between a the program and over 1,950 retired great nation and for considering Air
successful and productive life and a Air Force officer and enlisted Force Junior ROTC. (Courtesy of
life that fails to achieve all that is professionals who lead, mentor, AFJROTC)
Defense Finance and Accounting Service officials urge all retirees and annuitants who have Internet access
to sign up for an online myPay account because myPay provides faster service, security, accessibility and
reliability to all DFAS customers worldwide.
People who have never used myPay should visit https://mypay.dfas.mil and click "Forgot or Need a
Password" to have a temporary password mailed to them. Once a
password is received, return to the myPay home page and click "Create
an Account" to get started.
If you have trouble, call myPay at 888-332-7411 to speak to a
customer service representative.
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North Carolina Texas South Korea ROYAL AIR FORCE CROUGHTON
SEYMOUR JOHNSON DYESS OSAN Phone: 011-44-1280-70-8182
Phone: 919-722-1119 Temporarily Closed Phone: 011-82-31-663-0319 email: rao-02@us.af.mil
email: 4msg.rao@us.af.mil email:
GOODFELLOW 51fss.cvrosanretireeactivities@us.af.mil MILDENHALL/LAKENHEATH
POPE Phone: 325-654-4462 Phone: 011-44-1638-54-2039
Phone: 910-394-1950 email: Philippines email: rao1@us.af.mil
email: pope.rao@us.af.mil 17trw.cvr.retireesactivity@us.af.mil Phone: 011-63-45-888-2748
email: rao_cabr@mozcom.com Germany
LACKLAND
North Dakota RAMSTEIN/KAISERSLAUTERN
Temporarily Closed
MINOT Northern Mariana Islands Phone: 011-49-6371-47-5486
Phone: 701-723-3440 SAIPAN RAO email: 86aw.rao@us.af.mil
LUBBOCK
email: 5mss.rao@us.af.mil Phone: 806-749-3728 Phone: 607-288-3021
email: peterc11@yahoo.com SPANGDAHLEM
email: israo1@windstream.net
Ohio Phone: 011-49-656561-9013/9424
WRIGHT-PATTERSON RANDOLPH Italy email: 52fw.rao@us.af.mil
Phone: 937-257-3221 Phone: 210-652-6880 AVIANO
email: paul.moore.21@us.af.mil email: rao.randolph@us.af.mil Phone: 011- 39-0434-30-8404 Portugal - The Azores
email: 31fw.raoactivitiesoffice@us.af.mil LAJES FIELD
YOUNGSTOWN SHEPPARD Closed
Phone: 330-609-1611/1196 Phone: 940-676-2654/5088 England
email: rao.youngstown.ohio@gmail.com email: sheppard.rao@us.af.mil ROYAL AIR FORCE ALCONBURY Spain
Phones: 011-44-1-480-843364 (From TORREJON
Oklahoma Utah U.S.) 01480-84-3364 (Within U.K.) Phone: 011-34-91-640-9879
TINKER HILL email: 423fss.rao@us.af.mil email: lsmith@telefonica.net
Phone: 405-739-2795 Phone: 801-777-5735
email: 72abw.cvr@us.af.mil email: raohill.afb@us.af.mil
VANCE
Air Force Retiree Council
Virginia
Phone: 580-213-6207 LANGLEY
email: Phone: 757-764-7386 The following retirees currently serve on the Air Force Retiree
71ftw.cvr.retireeactivitiesoffice@us.af.mil email: 633MSG.CVA@us.af.mil Council:
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Hoog, Co-Chairman
ALTUS Washington Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force No. 15 Rodney J. McKinley,
Temporarily Closed FAIRCHILD Co-Chairman
Phone: 509-247-5359 Col. Thomas Poulos Jr., Area I representative - Oregon, Idaho,
Pennsylvania email: rao.fairchild@us.af.mil
PHILADELPHIA Montana and Washington
Phone: 215-737-7300 JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD Lt. Col. Michael J. Reagan, Area II representative - California
email: raotrpspt@dla.mil Phone: 253-982-3214 Chief Master Sgt. Kathleen E. Rose, Area III representative -
email: retaffairs@us.af.mil Arizona and New Mexico
PITTSBURGH Lt. Col. John S. Lannefeld, Area IV representative - Colorado,
Phone: 412-474-8816 Wisconsin Nevada, Utah and Wyoming
email: 911.retiree@us.af.mil MILWAUKEE Senior Master Sgt. Robert E. Greene, Area V representative -
Phone: 414-944-8212
HORSHAM AIR GUARD STATION North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and
email: 128arw.rao@ang.af.mil
Phone: 215-323-7135 Wisconsin
email: jennyt726@comcast.net TRUAX FIELD Chief Master Sgt. Jon R. Lindgren, Area VI representative -
Phone: 608-242-3115 Texas
WYOMING, PA Toll Free: 800-335-5147 Ext 3115 Chief Master Sgt. Stephan R. Francis, Area VII representative -
Phone: 570-288-1947 Ext. 220 email: widma.retiree@wisconsin.gov
Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma
email: raysmith1313@cs.com
Lt. Col. Richard I. Brubaker, Area VIII representative - Illinois,
Wyoming
Puerto Rico FE WARREN Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia
CAROLINA Phone: 307-773-2309 Master Sgt. Bennie J. Wells, Area IX representative - Alabama,
Phone: 787-253-5100, Ext. 253-9125 email: mikearcher@bresnan.net Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee
email: rao.puerto.rico@gmail.com Col. Terry W. Jensen, Area X representative - Florida (Includes
Guam Puerto Rico and Panama)
South Carolina ANDERSEN -- JOINT REGION Lt. Col. Thomas G. Hogg, Area XI representative - Georgia,
CHARLESTON MARIANAS North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia
Phone: 843-963-2228 Phone: 671-366-2574
email: rao.628abw.cvr@us.af.mil Maj. Lisa Forester, Area XII representative - Delaware, District of
email: guam.rao@us.af.mil
Columbia and Maryland
SHAW Vacant, Area XIII representative - Connecticut, Maine,
Thailand
Phone: 803-895-1098/8421 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
BANGKOK
email: edward.haldeman.1@us.af.mil
Phone: 66-2-287-1036, Ext 102 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont
South Dakota email: raothailand@jusmagthai.org Chief Master Sgt. Emmet Heidemann, Area XIV representative -
ELLSWORTH Pacific Region (includes Alaska and Hawaii)
28 BW/RAO Japan Col. Heather L. Osterhaus, Area XV representative - Atlantic
Phone: 605-385-3600 MISAWA Region (includes Europe and The Azores)
email: 28bwrao@us.af.mil Phone: 011-81-176-77-4428
Col. Frank G. Rohrbough, member at large
email: misawa.rao@us.af.mil
Tennessee Chief Master Sgt. John Doc McCauslin, member at large
ARNOLD YOKOTA Susie Schwartz, member at large
Phone: 931-454-4574 Phone: 011-81-425-2510 Ext 5-8324 Marilyn Wallace, member at large
email: grace.standley@us.af.mil email: rao.yokota@us.af.mil
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