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On the National MOAA Chapter and Councils page (map background), take these actions to join/renew:

1. Scroll down past the Find Your Closest Chapter and other Headers.
2. Click on the Join or Renew Your Chapter Dues button.
3. Fill in the drop down boxes in order. In the last box, select Central Texas Chapter.

Military Officers Association of America
Central Texas Chapter 22
Post Office Box 2326
Harker Heights, TX 76548

Our guest speaker is Retired Colonel Donna Fore who will describe some of her experiences at the Pentagon when it was attacked on 9/11.

Donna Fore comes from a blue collar family from Austin, Texas. Her mom was a waitress, her dad served in the military, and she was a little girl with big dreams the size of her home state. Who knew that one day she would follow in her father’s footsteps.

“I joined the military in 1977, right out of college. The day I got my degree, I got my commission in the U.S. Air Force and I served there for 30 years. I retired in 2007 at the Pentagon. That was my last my last assignment,” explained Fore.

Fore always had to work extra hard to earn respect. “In the 70′s, we were just getting out of the Vietnam War and it was uncommon to have women in the military. Less than 5% of the military had women. Everywhere you went you felt like you were kind of different, isolated, and unusual. You kind of felt like a unicorn (laughs). People would stare at you like, ‘I heard there were women in the military but I’ve never seen one before’. Here I am!”

Donna did 9 overseas deployments and served in Desert Storm and the Balkan Wars. “I was an intelligence officer so I wouldn’t have been on the front lines but I was giving information to pilots to make sure they could hit their targets and come home safely,” said Fore.

Not on the front lines then, but that changed on 9/11 while working at the pentagon. “They’re playing the loop of the first attack. The plane flies into the tower and everything blows up and the second comes in. About that time the pentagon gets hit.”

While her life was spared, Donna lost 9 friends from the Pentagon attack. She remembers escaping the Pentagon and finding a payphone to call her husband Steve.

We will also be announcing our lineup of Officers and Directors for 2025, that will be voted on during the November membership meeting and Luncheon, 15 November.

After signing in and paying, you will go right through the serving line, get your food, get seated and you are all set.

We will Bless the food after most everyone is seated and eating.

Please respond as soon as possible using the Reservations button.  RSVPs must be received by 13 October.

The luncheon will begin at 11:30 AM and is $18.00 per person.