Virginia Council of Chapters (VCOC)

Standing - from Left:

1. Richmond Area’s Joe Tarantino, LTC, USA, Ret, chapter VCOC Rep

2. George C. Marshall’s Lou Preysz, CAPT, USA, Ret, chapter member

3. VCOC President, Sam Wilder, USA, Ret, of Chester Virginia

4. Southwest Chapter, represented in photo by VCOC VP, Don Kaiserman, USA, Ret

5.  MOAA President, Norb Ryan, VADM, USN, Ret, of national MOAA in Alexandria

6.  Potomac’s Lyle Mulholland, CAPT, USN, Ret, chapter president

7.  Southside’s Victoria Revilla, COL, USA, Ret, chapter president

8.  Portsmouth Area’s Steve Turner, COL, USAF, Ret, chapter VCOC Rep

9.  Hampton Road’s Jim Jones, CAPT, USN, Ret, chapter VCOC Rep

10.  Mount Vernon’s Bob Patrick, COL, Ret, chapter VCOC Rep

11. Virginia Peninsula’s Frank Duckett, Maj, USAF, Ret, chapter president

12.  Northern Virginia’s Diana Kupchella, Col, USAF, Ret, chapter president  

Seated – from Left

1) Heritage Virginia chapter’s Jim Brown, COL, USA, Ret, chapter past president

2) Heritage Hunt chapter’s Bud Winn, Maj, USAF, Ret, chapter president

CAPTION, with people identified, for the above 58-star photo is in the document below.

Click on thumbnail photos at right to see larger version of the photo.  Contact VCOC PAO / Web Manager, Melva Mallison, if you need the pictures in another size/quality.

Scroll down for previous years excellence awards.

MOAA awarded 2009 flag streamers for excellence in 2008. 

The 4-star award went to Virginia's Northern Neck Chapter. 

Seven Virginia chapters received 5-star awards: 
George C. Marshall, Hampton Roads, Mount Vernon, Potomac, Richmond Area, Southside Virginia and Virginia Peninsula Chapters.

MOAA presented the award/streamers at the President's Conference in Hershey Pennsylvania and paid for attendance of 5-star chapter presidents to again be presented with the streamers at the MOAA  Annual Meeting & Year of the Chapter Dinner in San Diego.
 

MOAA's Admiral Norb Ryan recognized Virginia's seven chapters receiving 5-star level of excellence awards for 2007 activities, by providing 2008 flag streamers.  Virginia Council of Chapters (VCOC) again leads in number of five-star awards – well ahead of even those states with more chapters.  This photo was taken at the MOAA Give Me Ten 2008 appreciation dinner, held at the Boars Head Inn, Charlottesville Virginia, Oct 24, 2008.  Shown from left to right are:

1.  LTC James Dellaripa, USAF, Ret, President Hampton Roads Chapter, Norfolk & Virginia Beach.

2.  LTC Lisa Cramer, USA, Ret, President Mount Vernon Chapter.

3. COL Jerry Lazzaro, USA, Ret, Chapter Rep, Potomac Chapter.

4. Vice Admiral Norb Ryan, USN, Ret, President of MOAA.

5. LTC J. Pat Green, USA, Ret, President, Virginia Council of Chapters, MOAA.

6. MAJ Melva Mallison, USAF, Ret, Immediate Past President, Virginia Peninsula Chapter, Newport News.

7. LTC Bob Hopkins, USAF, Ret, President, George C. Marshall Chapter, Lexington.

8.  COL Victoria Revilla, USA, Ret, President, Southside Chapter, Petersburg.

9.  CDR John Baumgarten, USN, Ret, President, Richmond Chapter.

Photos by MOAA Photographer:  Steve Barrett

Five-Star Level-of-Excellence-Award streamers are displayed on the flags of six Virginia chapters of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA).  The Excellence Awards are given for chapter excellence in 2006.  The streamers are dated 2007 (when the awards are presented).  The awards were presented individually at the Virginia Council of Chapters (VCOC) meeting Oct 12, 2007 by MOAA Marketing Director, COL Mike Jordan.  Then these group award photos were taken the next night outside the Williamsburg Inn, where the MOAA Give Me Ten Appreciation Dinner was held.  It's no coincidence that the 5-star chapters did well at the MOAA Give Me Ten campaign as well.  

Photos are "thumbnails" -  click on a photo to see it in larger size and with additional captioning.
PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT (alphabetical order by chapter):