{"id":40,"date":"2014-02-04T16:28:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T16:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2023-06-16T09:33:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:33:43","slug":"officers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Post 16 Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Executive<b> Board Officers<\/b><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Post 16 Officers for 2023-2024:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Commander \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dave Gallagher<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Senior Vice Commander \u2013<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Jim Halligan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Junior Vice Commander \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Jack Finn<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Adjutant \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Milt Harrigan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Finance Officer \u2013<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Jim Boulay<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Service Officer \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Bill Kozak<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Historian \u2013<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Gary Hayek<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sergeant at Arms \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mike Kellett<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Chaplain \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Gary Danielsen<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Past Commander \u2013<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Mike Kellett<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Executive Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Three Year<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Edward Drauzweski<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Billy Hill<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Chet Luba<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Two Year<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Bill Stanton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ken Hagen<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Gary Hayek<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>One Year<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Charles Gram<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Larry Kayfus<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Dick Rosenbaum<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Commander<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Dave Gallagher<\/span> <strong>(bio pending)<\/strong> <\/strong><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/David-Gallagher-American-Legion-3rd-dist-commander.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5231 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/David-Gallagher-American-Legion-3rd-dist-commander-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/David-Gallagher-American-Legion-3rd-dist-commander-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/David-Gallagher-American-Legion-3rd-dist-commander.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Adjutant<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Milt Harrigan (photos and bio pending)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Military Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joined Army 1975 and retired in 1996<\/li>\n<li>Assigned in numerous locations in the US and in Korea<\/li>\n<li>Served on both Active Duty and Army Reserve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Civilian Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worked at Sikorsky Aircraft and retired after 30 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Currently<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Post 16 Adjutant<\/li>\n<li>Post 16 Color Guard and Rifle Squad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">Finance Officer<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jim-Boulay-photo-finance-officer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5227 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jim-Boulay-photo-finance-officer-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jim-Boulay-photo-finance-officer-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jim-Boulay-photo-finance-officer-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jim-Boulay-photo-finance-officer-768x1078.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jim-Boulay-photo-finance-officer-1094x1536.jpg 1094w, https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jim-Boulay-photo-finance-officer-1459x2048.jpg 1459w, https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jim-Boulay-photo-finance-officer.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><u>Jim Boulay<\/u><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Bio pending.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">Sergeant-at-Arms\/Webmaster<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kellett-dist-cdr.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5230 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kellett-dist-cdr-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kellett-dist-cdr-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kellett-dist-cdr.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Mike Kellett<\/span> (Bio Pending)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mike-Kellett-Navy-photo-2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5249 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mike-Kellett-Navy-photo-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mike-Kellett-Navy-photo-2.jpeg 777w, https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mike-Kellett-Navy-photo-2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mike-Kellett-Navy-photo-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mike-Kellett-Navy-photo-2-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">Service Officer<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Bill Kozak<\/span>\u00a0 (photos and bio pending)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Historian\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Gary Hayek<\/span> (photos and bio pending)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Chaplain\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Gary Danielsen<\/span> (photos and bio pending)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Webmaster<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/simo-e1571338661560.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3248\" src=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/simo-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/John-Simonetti.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-76\" src=\"http:\/\/wcmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/John-Simonetti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Lt Col John F. Simonetti, USAF (Ret)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Lieutenant Colonel John F. Simonetti was born Oct 12, 1957 in Derby, Connecticut.\u00a0 After graduating High School at Fairfield Prep in 1975 he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science Degree (Cum Laude) in Physics.\u00a0 In 1981 he earned his commission at the Air Force Officer Training School at Lackland Air Force Base, TX. He is a graduate of Squadron Officer\u2019s School (1985), Air Command and Staff College (1995), and holds a Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (1997).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lieutenant Colonel Simonetti earned his pilot wings in 1981at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas as a Distinguished Graduate and winner of the Academic Award from Undergraduate Pilot Training.\u00a0 From there he was assigned to the 25<sup>th<\/sup> Flying Training Squadron at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma as an instructor pilot in the T-38.\u00a0 In March 1986 he attended F-16 Basic Training at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona and graduated in October, 1986.\u00a0 His first F-16 assignment was to the 496<sup>th<\/sup> Tactical Fighter Squadron at Hahn Airbase, Germany.\u00a0 There he also served as squadron Standardization and Evaluation Liaison Officer and Assistant Chief of Wing Training for the 51 Tactical Fighter Wing.\u00a0 In 1989, Lieutenant Colonel Simonetti was assigned as Air Liaison Officer to the 8<sup>th<\/sup> Infantry Division of the US Army in Bad Kreuznach, Germany.\u00a0 In October, 1990 he volunteered to serve in Operation Desert Shield and was reassigned to the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Aviation Brigade already in place at King Fahd Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.\u00a0 During Operation Desert Storm, Lieutenant Colonel Simonetti\u2019s unit participated in history\u2019s largest air assault operation in conjunction with the 101<sup>st<\/sup> Airborne Division\u2019s movement into Iraq.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Immediately after the war, Lieutenant Colonel Simonetti was selected as initial cadre member of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> Tactical Fighter Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.\u00a0 After requalification and Block 40 F-16 training at MacDill and Luke Air Force Bases, he arrived in Alaska in December, 1991.\u00a0 There he served as F-16 instructor pilot, flight commander, and Chief of Wing Stan Eval.\u00a0 Reassigned to 17<sup>th<\/sup> Air Force Headquarters, Sembach Airbase, Germany in February 1995 as Chief of Safety, Lt Col Simonetti witnessed the closure of that command and was asked to serve as F-16 evaluator on the United States Air Force, Europe Standardization and Evaluation Team.\u00a0 He rose to become Chief of that office in 1997 and in July 1998 was reassigned to Luke as an instructor pilot and assistant operations officer in the 309<sup>th<\/sup> Fighter Squadron.\u00a0 Lieutenant Colonel Simonetti completed his tour at Luke as the assistant operations officer in the 56th Operational Support Squadron and instructor pilot in the 310<sup>th<\/sup> Fighter Squadron.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A command pilot with over 3300 Flying hours, Lieutenant Colonel Simonetti has over 2000 hours in F-16.\u00a0 His military decorations include the Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Force Commendation medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Force Achievement Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Combat Readiness Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Armed Forced Expeditionary Medal, and the Kuwait Liberation Medal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lieutenant Colonel Simonetti is married to the former Louise B. Anziano from Trumbull, Connecticut.\u00a0 They have twin sons John and Joseph, 30, who are married and live in the DC area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>VP &#8211; Veterans Affairs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">VP &#8211; Programs<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">VP &#8211; Chaplain<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Past President<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive Board Officers Post 16 Officers for 2023-2024: &nbsp; Commander \u2013 Dave Gallagher Senior Vice Commander \u2013 Jim Halligan Junior Vice Commander \u2013 Jack Finn Adjutant \u2013 Milt Harrigan Finance Officer \u2013 Jim Boulay Service Officer \u2013 Bill Kozak Historian \u2013 Gary Hayek Sergeant at Arms \u2013 Mike Kellett Chaplain \u2013 Gary Danielsen Past Commander&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":204,"href":"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5308,"href":"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/5308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcmoa.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}