Northern California MSC Event

During the USAF MSC Association Biennial Meeting and Reunion held in Scottsdale in October 2011, Gene Lakey, Fred Huberty and Chris Renn – all living in the Northern California area – mused that it would be fun to organize an informal gathering of MSCs somewhere in the Sacramento area for those MSCs living in that region somtime after the first of the year.  Using the association roster and other sources of data, they took the initiative and contacted all such folks who were findable locally and arranged a dinner party for Saturday, 28 January, at a local restaurant.  Attendees included lots of retired MSCs, their guests, a few Reserve officers and several active duty MSCs from David Grant USAF Med Center at Travis AFB in nearby Fairfield, CA.

After an all-to-brief cocktail hour, the 36 attendees had dinner which was followed by a program of recollections from those who had been stationed at DGMC before and after the “New Generation Military Hospital (NGMH”) was opened in 1988.  Current DGMC Administrator, Col Doreen Wilder,  presented and excellent PowerPoint briefing on what has been ongoing of late at David Grant which she called the new AF Medical Service Flagship Facility!

Concluding the event at about 2130, we collectively agreed to do this again and to be on the lookout for others who might not be carried on rosters, etc., but are in the area and would be candidate participants.  Col Wilder volunteered to host such an event in the Fairfield area in the future. 

Fred and Chris credit Gene Lakey with doing the heavy lifting in putting everything together.  Thanks to all three for generating the idea.

Photos of attendees follow (click on each for larger view.  Left click on larger view to save and you will see who is in the photo in the file name):