View the current 2024 Board of Directors for the Palm Springs Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America below.
SLATE 2024 BOD/CHAPTER OFFICERS
PRESIDENT - MAJ. TERRIE HEER, USA, RET.
Major (retired) Military Police, USA
Commissioned 1980, Retired 1997
Military
1976 - Air Force Basic Training, Lackland AFB
1976-79 - Secretary to Base Commander, Portland Air Base
1979-80 - USA OCS Commissioned 2LT
1980 - Adjutant General Officer Basic
1980 - Public Affairs Officer School
1981 - 115th Public Affairs Detachment, HQ - Broadcast Officer
1983 - 115th Public Affairs Detachment, HQ - Community Relations Officer
1985 - 115th Public Affairs Detachment, HQ - Press Officer
1987 - 115th Public Affairs Detachment, HQ - Commander;
3 Deployments - Korea (2); Panama
1989 - Military Police Officer Advance
1989 - 82nd Rear Area Operations Center, I Corps, MP Liaison Officer
1991 - 115th Public Affairs Detachment, HQ - Commander
1994 - 364th Civil Affairs Brigade, 82nd Airborne - Secretary to the General Staff
1997 - Retired
Civilian Education
BA, Communications, Marylhurst University; MBA, Marketing, Marylhurst University
Awards
Airman of the Year - 1978; Meritorious Service Medal (1 OLC); Army Commendation Medal (2 OLC)
Civilian Career
Association Management and Meeting Planner. Positions held: CEO, Executive Director
Family
Married - Gary Heer
Other
PSC-MOAA Board member, President (2024-26), 1985 Salem Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year
1ST VICE PRESIDENT - LTC. WILLISAM (JIM) LABBAUGH, USA, RET.
2ND VICE PRESIDENT - VACANT
3RD VICE PRESIDENT - VACANT
TREASURER - CWO4 ROBERT Q. RAMIREZ, USN, RET.
I have over 63 years of civilian and military experience in Navy Combat Weapons Systems. Provided Systems engineering support to Raytheon for the LPD 17 Program. Managed the electronic Warfare Program, which provided proficiency training on installed Electronic Warfare Systems on board all U.S. Navy combatants. Managed the operations of the Range Electronic Warfare Simulator (REWS), providing technical expertise for Electronic Warfare (EW). In conjunction with range operations, I am a technical subject matter expert for radar’s, optics, communications, electronics, and computer systems hardware and software design. I have a wide range of experience in acoustic intelligence analysis, reporting, plotting and engineering. I am a qualified Department of Navy Computer Security Analyst. I have conducted risk assessments on various military shore installations. Prepared Configuration Management (CM) Plans to control engineering changes for hardware, software and to control interfaces to insure the discipline that ensures that at any time a determination can be made of the current state of the program, the types of existing discrepancies, the status of actions needed to correct deficiencies and the characteristics of any version of the hardware or software under development or in use. Developed a Job Task Analysis for operators of the Slow Walker System for the Navy Space Surveillance Command, plus developed lessons using CDS/GENESIS Authoring system for all watch officers and operators of the system. I have wide area experience in all categories of weapons systems, intelligence, surveillance, combat direction systems, data distribution systems and practical expertise on tactical decision making contribute to in-depth comprehension of the Navy C4I problem from the National Command Authority to the individual platform level with extensive emphasis on battle group and battle force C4I and combat systems engineering, application and far term conceptualization. I have had over eight papers and articles in the field of Technical Strategic Planning published.
SECRETARY - CWO3 TONY FERRARA, USA (FRW)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COL. ROBERT W (BOB) GARROTT, USA, RET.
COL. MARTIN (DUK) FREY, USA, RET.
LTCOL JOHN VALENZUELA, USMC, RET. (POSSIBLY) STILL THINKING OVER
LCOL ALEN TIBBETTS, USAF, RET. (POSSIBLY) STILL THINKING OVER
IPP CPT. JOHN SCHLEIMER, USA (FRM)
COL. MIKE DULAC, USA, RET.
Colonel (Retired), Infantry USAR,RET.
Commissioned ROTC 1963, Retired 1993
I.ACTIVE DUTY : 1964-1966 Ft Benning, Ga; Mechanized Rifle Platoon Leader 1st Bn,58th Inf Regt,197th Bde;Ofc of the Secretary-U,S.Army Infantry School; TDY’s-Army Air Assault Concept Testing( 11th Air Assault Div and 82nd Abn Div, Carolinas War Games Exercise; Ranger Training Support-- aggressor Troops/Opposing Force.
II. New York National Guard : 42nd Infantry Division- Company Commander
III. U.S. Army Reserve : 98th Division( Tng)-Syracuse,NY,Bn S-3; 104th Division ( Tng)- Seattle, Wa,Bn XO; 91st Division (Tng)-San Francisco area,Asst Chief of Staff,G-3,
Leadership Academy Director Command( trained and Graduated Drill Sergeants);Brigade XO; Division G-1.
IV. IMA( Individual Mobilization Augmentee)-Tours/Assignments : G-3,9th Infantry Division, Ft Lewis, WA ; IG(Inspector General)-101st(Air Assault) Division, Ft Campbell, Ky ; I Corps IG-Ft Lewis, WA; IG-6th U.S. Army ,Presidio of San Francisco; The Pentagon-Deputy Chief, Training Operations Division, Training Directorate, Office of The Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations and Plans ( ODCOPS ) .
Military Education/Schools: Infantry Officers Basic Course; Airborne ; IG; Career Course; Command and General Staff College ; selected for and Graduated from The U.S. Army War College.
Civilian Education : BA,Economics, Lafayette College, Pa; ROTC Commission-Army Infantry; MBA,Syracuse University,NY; College Varsity Lacrosse.
Army Installations Served At : Ft Benning, Ga; Ft Drum ,NY; FT Dix, NJ; FT Ord, Ca ; Ft Leonard Wood, Mo; Ft Polk, La ; Presidio of San Francisco; Ft Campbell, Ky; the Pentagon .
Awards and Decorations : Meritorious Service Medal( OLC ) ; Army Commendation Medal ( OLC ); Airborne Badge.
Civilian Career : Business Executive-- Building Products Industry ( Construction Tools, Windows and Doors, Kitchen Cabinets, and Painting Tools) ; Positions Held-- VP Sales, Marketing Director, Division Manager, Executive VP, General Manager, CEO and President; Extensive International Operations/Work and travel-- Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, UK, Italy , Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
Family : Married-- Shannon Dulac,2 Children, 4 Grandchildren.
Other : PSC, MOAA Board Member for more than (15) years, and a past Chapter President.
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