ER/WR CGOC

1. ER/WR CGOC Lt Paul HendricksonLt Ashok Kapadia

2. Overview • What is the ERCGOC? • ERCGOC Staff • Goals

3. What is the ERCGOC? • The Eastern Region CGOC is • An organization that is comprised of the 26 Base CGOC Councils in the Eastern Region of the US • Our Purpose • Promote the professional development of CGOs • Provide an organizational structure to enhance communication among CGOCs and the USAF CGOC • Inform commanders of issues affecting CGOs • Promote espirit de corps among CGOs • Host the ERCGOC Annual Conference attended by representatives from each base.

4. What is the ERCGOC? Comprised of the 26 Base CGOC Councils in the Eastern Region of the US Northern Area Central Area Southern Area • Eglin • Hulburt • Keesler • MacDill • Maxwell / Gunter • Moody • Patrick • Robins • Tyndall • Andrews • Bolling • Dover • Ft Meade • Hanscom • McGuire • Pentagon • Rome • Wright Patterson • Arnold • Charleston • Columbus • Langley • Pope • Seymour Johnson • Scott • Shaw

5. Eastern Region Northern Andrews Bolling Dover Fort Meade Hanscom McGuire Pentagon Rome Wright-Patterson Central Arnold Charleston Columbus Langley Pope Scott Seymour Johnson Shaw Southern Eglin Hurlburt Keesler MacDill Maxwell/Gunter Moody Patrick Robins Tyndall

6. ERCGOC Staff • President – Lt Ashok Kapadia, Rome AFB • Vice President – Lt David Payton, WPAFB • Executive Officer – Lt Kurt Barsch, Rome AFB • Conference Chairperson – Capt Carmen Evans, Arnold AFB • Advisor – Lt General Reynolds – AFMC/CV • Area Rep – Lt Sean Musil - WPAFB

7. Goals of the ER CGOC • Improve communication between ERCGOC and local CGOC Chapters • Monthly Updates to ERCGOC Website • Local Chapter Newsletters • Acquire Professional Development Speaker slides • Increase professional development and networking • Provide structure for base CGOCs to raise issues (i.e. JAG issues with fundraising) • Support AF CGOC initiatives • Jointly develop AFI to govern CGOCs Air Force wide with USAF CGOC and other CGOC Regions • Promote esprit de corps!

8. Western Region Company Grade Officers Council (WRCGOC) Lt Paul Hendrickson WRCGOC President

9. Overview • What is the WRCGOC? • WRCGOC Staff • 2004 Conference accomplishments

10. What is the WRCGOC? • The Western Region CGOC • Created in the early summer of 2001 with the absorption of the Central Region Council • Comprised of the 42 Base CGOC Councils west of the Mississippi • Our Objectives • Promote an infrastructure to provide for understanding, cooperation, and professionalism of CGO’s in the USAF • Function as a catalyst to enhance communication among CGOC’s in the Western US • Enhance individual CGOC’s through regional network by sharing ideas, plans, and lessons learned … • Promote espirit de corps among CGOs • Identify issues affecting company grade officers to commanders of member organizations, and the Junior Officers Advisor Council of the AFA

11. Western Region Northern Buckley Cheyenne Mt. Ellsworth FE Warren Grand Forks Malmstrom Minot Offutt Peterson Schriever USAFA Western Beale Edwards Fairchild Hill Los Angeles McChord Mountain Home Nellis Travis Vandenberg Eastern Altus Barksdale Brooks Lackland Little Rock McConnell Randolph Sheppard Tinker Vance Whiteman Southern Cannon Davis Monthan Dyess Goodfellow Holloman Kirtland Laughlin Luke Mesa Research Lab

12. WRCGOC Staff • President – 1Lt Paul Hendrickson, Hill AFB • Vice President – Capt Adam Digerolamo, McChord AFB • Executive Officer – Capt Nora Nelson, Fairchild AFB • Advisor – Maj Gen Kevin Sullivan, OO-ALC/CC Hill AFB

13. 2004 WRCGOC ConferenceAccomplishments • Held at Peterson AFB, Colorado Jun 2004 • Had 30 bases represented with over 60 CGO’s in attendance • Major Accomplishments: - Revised charter and ratified it - Re-established the region website – wrcgoc.com - Named new Senior Advisor - Continued to support the discussions for an AFI on the “Air Force Professional Council System”