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Hey Dave, Sites lookin really good man, keep up the good work. Bran SrA Brandon Pettersen on June 02, 2008

Can The Air Force Have Fun? May 28th, 2008 Humor in Action, Humor in the Workplace, Motivational Keynote Speakers Yes, if you are Air Force Sergeant David Bamburg. (Or, as he calls himself: MSgt (Ret) “Super Dave” Bamburg) I spoke about a year ago to the Air Force Sergeant’s Association and was amazed and honored to be in front of this terrific group.  (Hey!  The Air Force needs speakers too… and given our state of war, probably more than the rest of us.) (See that post here.) As part of my motivational speech, I had a joke relating to how we need to sometimes actively do things to make our lives fun. I talked about “Getting On Board” and also “Riding the Pony.” It was a metaphor. A joke. My new friend Sergeant Bamburg was in the audience and he has taken that joke to heart.He has clearly “gotten on board.” He has sent me photos of him riding a pony outside of a store (the 1¢ machine pony) and now check out his latest letter and photo. Brad — The fun never dies. We recently had our AFSA Division convention in Las Vegas, NV. I couldn’t resist bringing along a friends stick pony. Yes, they even allowed it on the plane. The photo is of our chapter’s NCO nominee, MSgt Bryan Dean, and one of the 11th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, CMSgt (ret) Dave Campanale. I tried to get Bryan to hold the pony and we he refused, the Chief grabbed it from me and said he’d do it. “How Cool is That” What was even better is the pony made horse sounds when you pressed its ear. — DAVID A. BAMBURG, GS-05, USAF He gets it. He is having fun, because he is MAKING his life fun. He is doing wacky stuff, and the result can be seen in the smile on his face. What are you doing to Get On Board? What are YOU doing to actively create fun? Thanks David. Ride that pony! Looking for a military speaker or a motivational speaker for your military event? I hope you’ll consider me. Brad Montgomery on May 28, 2008

In case you are interested, in your pictures I was the female who was unnamed.  I was Coral E. Wilson at the time and am now  Coral E. Thomas.  I am currently the secretary of Division 4.  I was a charter member of chapter 1179, however since I was a veteran and not active or retired, they weren’t sure what to do with me.  At that time there were very few women in AFSA.  So, they had me sign the charter as secretary.  Later, AFSA changed the bylaws to show that veterans are part of AFSA and eventually changed the Trustee for Retired Affairs to Trustee for Retired and Veteran Affairs.  I left Colorado in September 1984 and moved to California where I was active (trustee and vice president) of Division 13.  In 1995 I moved to Tennessee and became active with Division 4.  I have held the office of Trustee for Tennessee, Treasurer and currently Secretary there.  The reason I switched to Secretary is because I married Jim Thomas, Division 4 current President, and decided I would have to do the work for him anyway so may as well take the title.   I have been an active member of AFSA since joining at Lowry and have attended 31 International conventions!  Also lots of Division ones in several divisions.       Coral Thomas on Nov 7, 2007

You have a very impressive and informative site. Our Chapter 171 does not have a permanent home as there aren't any active bases in our area. I am not computer literate but have managed to put up a bare bones site: http://mysite.verizon.net/reswyq49/afsa_chapter_171_a171/ Bob, President 171   Bob Thompson on Sep 25, 2007

Thanks for the chance to meet you in Orlando. Cheers.   Brad Montgomery on Aug 27, 2007

I found myself ego-surfing and see you have me listed as a past president. True, true. I was president for only one year, so 82-83 is probably correct. I'm now in the Northern Virginia area. Regards, Tess Ailshire May 20, 2007 Tess Ailshire, former Chapter 1179 President

Congratulations "Super" Dave!  Chapter 1179 couldn't have picked a better president!  3A0s rule! 20 April 2006 Ron Dexter, former SSgt

David - The site is definitely first class. Keep up the great work ... you are leading from the front for our enlisted folks. January 30, 2006 CMSgt (ret) Jay Snead, GEICO

Dave, I've seen this webpage go from an idea to an awesome tool for Chapter 1179/A1179...kudos to you and your Exec Council at Buckley.  Keep up the great work for all the great AFSA members in the Aurora community! August 18, 2005 SMSgt Bob Schwanke, Past Division 11 President

The excitement of AFSA is at the chapter level. You can do more good things for more people than at any other level. Plus you can upchannel questions and concerns to the next level for their action. AFSA members are my kind of people and have earned my respect. July 22, 2005 CMSAF Bob Gaylor

Awesome Division 11/12 combined convention!  Thanks for your spirit ... thanks for your vision and focus ... thanks for your leadership. April 26, 2005 Col Al Kirkman, Jr., Commander, 460th Space Wing

A great Division 11/12 Convention and Chapter website. A gracious host.  Thanks a lot. April 24, 2005 CMSAF Sam Parish

Sends greetings to the members of Divisions 11 and 12. Thank you for the invitation. I have had a wonderful time. April 23, 2005 Carolyn Whitsell, AFSA Auxilary President

Awesome website!   Keep up the great work for our  Association and Air Force. March 14, 2005 CMSgt Rene Simard, 460 SW/CCC

Thanks for your support during my recent visit to Buckley AFB. It was good seeing all of you, and we appreciate the work you do for the association. February 12, 2005 Jim Lokovic

Wow - what a surprise. Great job on the website. Brings back some great memories from when we reorganized the chapter in 1979 and got things going again. I look forward to exploring it further. January 26, 2005 Harry Truslow, Past Chpater President

What a wonderful job you have done David!  Thanks again for taking this on.  No doubt we'll all be better able to communicate and advance the AFSA mission and tradition. December 16, 2004 SMSgt Lary Tunnicliff

Site looks great!  It has a great layout and wealth of information.  Way to go! January 22, 2005 SMSgt Turner, President Chapter 1181

Just wanted to be the first to write a comment at the site.  It you like this layout, let me know. December 16, 2004 MSgt "Super Dave" Bamburg