National Board of Officers

      

  SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION

      Chapter 76 - South Florida 

          “The Green Berets”

 

July 13, 2025

Hello Members and Friends of the Association,

For those of you who did not catch the announcement on our Facebook SF Chapter 76 or C/3/20^th SFGA pages, here is the shortened announcement of our new SFA VP.

 

First off, I'd like to thank the five applicants that submitted resumes and interest in becoming the next SFA Vice President.  All five brought different experiences and were qualified to serve in the position. After review, the National Board of Officers provided their ranking of the applicants to me for my consideration. There was one applicant that consistently was the top choice among the Officers.  

 

I’d like to congratulate and welcome Lou Hoffman to the Board.  We look forward to working with him as he moves up from a Regional Representative and previous Chapter President to hold the VP position of our Association.  

 

v/r

 

Chris Wilkerson

SFA President

President@SFANBO.org

(910) 710-5110

Memorial

      

  SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION

      Chapter 76 - South Florida 

          “The Green Berets”

 

July 17, 2025

Hello Members and Friends of the Association,

Ed Pijuan is passing this on from SFA Chapter 88

 

Padraic E. “Pat” Mulvihill, Project Officer, Memorial Monument Committee

Monument Planned for Installation at Jacksonville National Cemetery

4083 Lannie Road Jacksonville, Florida 32218

Cell- 904.534.0035 / Email- pem@axisp.com

Special Forces Memorial Monument Project

At The Jacksonville National Cemetery

 

Please Consider Circulating the ATTACHMENT to Your Colleagues & Organizations

Who May be Interested in Assisting in Promoting the Project

Across the Entire Military Veterans Community

 

Goal Is to Unveil the Memorial Monument

In a Ceremony on Saturday 11 April 2026

 

 

 

Joe Pruett on behalf of

Ed Pijuan

President

 

Chapter 76 Facebook Site: https://www.facebook.com/SFA-South-Florida-Chapter-76-111343950710574/

 

Chapter Blog is located at http://SFACH76.Blogspot.com/

 

Special Forces Association Online Teamhouse https://teamhousespecialforcesassociation.org

 

Please update your email address to prevent interruptions

 

ED PIJUAN

PRESIDENT

 

Security Warning

Security Policy Teamhouse

      

  SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION

      Chapter 76 - South Florida 

          “The Green Berets”

 

July 27, 2025                          

Hello Members and Friends of the Association,

From the SFA

 

Chapter Leadership and Administrators   Please pass the information below on to your chapter members. Not all chapter members are on the Teamhouse. All SFA members should be aware of the security policy whether they use the Teamhouse or not.   Thanks for your attention to this matter.    Keith Rutledge Adjutant, SFA

Special Forces Association Information Security Policy   Please read this email, especially the part regarding new password requirements going into effect on 1 September 2024.   The Special Forces Association regards member data as private and takes precautions to protect that data. As part of that ongoing effort, we are implementing a formal information security policy. This policy is available for you to read in the online Teamhouse.   The security policy establishes a general approach to information security. The objective is to observe the rights of our members by safeguarding their personal information and providing effective mechanisms for responding to complaints and queries concerning real or perceived non-compliances with the policy. The information security policy addresses data, programs, systems, facilities, other tech infrastructure, users of technology, and third parties used to provide services to the SFA. Specifically, it addresses the online Teamhouse. Teamhouse is the Club Express hosted application used by SFA and SFA Headquarters. In accordance with the information security policy, we will take the following actions. The Adjutant, CISO, and CDMO will perform a “privileged account” audit. All access to electronic systems will be granted according to the “principle of least privilege.” Granted access will be as granular as possible to support the “principle of least privilege.” Passwords will migrate to “strong passwords” according to the policy password guidelines in Appendix E of the security policy. All systems in use by SFA will be configured to adhere to the password policy. The Teamhouse is the most widely used system.   The Teamhouse Password setting will be configured as below: Require Strong Password - Yes Strong PasswordType - Minimum Length and Diverse Characters (Diverse Characters means a password must have at least one each of a lowercase letter, uppercase letter, number, and symbol) Minimum Password Length - 10 Require Periodic Password Change - Yes Require change every 365 days (once per year) Enable Two Factor Authentication (2FA) -No In Teamhouse, if you previously haven't had a "strong" password, you'll need to change it at your next login after the new policy takes place.  The process is simple, with prompts describing the new password requirements and guiding you through the change. The password requirement will change on September 1st, 2025. On your first login to the online Teamhouse after that, you will be required to change your password to a password that meets the requirements listed above.   Additional requirements listed in the security policy are: Hard drives that store SFA information (all types) must be encrypted. Emails with member information must be encrypted. Files that contain member information must be encrypted before transmission. “Opt Out” requests (all types) by members will be honored. We will not share member data with our partner for members who opt out of data sharing. The Executive Director, Adjutant, CISO, and CDMO will conduct a bi-annual (twice per year) access review and report the results to the NBO. Workstations that access SFA systems must be configured with screensavers that lock after 3 minutes and require a password. Annual security awareness training is required for: National Board Officers Members of the Security Working Group The SFA Executive Director and staff Members of the IT Committee All Systems Administrators This training will be highly recommended for: Chapter Administrators Coordinators The training will be available and recommended to members. The Adjutant, Executive Director, CISO, and CDMO will implement a Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan. The CISO will monitor and audit IT security. Implementation of the security policy will begin upon approval of the Special Forces Association National Board of Officers and after member notification. This email is the member notification.   Keith Rutledge Adjutant, Special Forces Association 864/404-0972

 

 

Joe Pruett on behalf of

Ed Pijuan

President

 

TEXAS FLOODS     The Special Operations Association Foundation is prepared to assist our SOA members or other Special Operations personnel who have been impacted by the recent Texas floods. If you, or an SOA member or Spec Ops person that you know, requires assistance from the SOA Foundation, contact the Foundation Executive Director at bacsi10@yahoo.com. All requests will be vetted as soon as possible before assistance is rendered. God bless Texas. CONTACT: John Padgett at  bacsi10@yahoo.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

US Army 250 years Strong

 

Passing of our Brother Richard C. Moseley May 28th

     

  SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION

      Chapter 76 - South Florida 

          “The Green Berets”

 

June 5, 2025

We thank Ted Cooley for the following information

Hello to Everyone,

 

Another of our SF brothers has made his final formation.  SFC(R) Richard C. Moseley of Support Company 3/20^th SFG(A) passed away on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.  Services will be held on Thursday, June 12^th, at Bryceville First Baptist Church, 7732 US Highway 301, Bryceville, FL.  Viewing and visitation will be at 10:00 am and the service will be at 11:00 am.  There will be a luncheon at the church following the services.  Following the luncheon, Richard’s internment service will be at the Jacksonville National Cemetery, 4083 Lannie Road, Jacksonville, FL.  You must be in Lane 2 by 2:05 pm, for the service at 2:30 pm.

 

Paul “Ted” Cooley

Service

https://maps.app.goo.gl/oxwQsR6RPfG4gKHM8

 

Internment

https://maps.app.goo.gl/oiCnBz3UTxoiuUmy8

 

 

Joe Pruett on behalf of

Ed Pijuan

President

 

Chapter 76 Facebook Site: https://www.facebook.com/SFA-South-Florida-Chapter-76-111343950710574/

 

Chapter Blog is located at http://SFACH76.Blogspot.com/

 

Special Forces Association Online Teamhouse https://teamhousespecialforcesassociation.org

 

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ED PIJUAN

PRESIDENT

 

ROGER KIDDER

VICE PRESIDENT

 

AL HERNANDEZ

SECRETARY

 

JASON PSALTIDES

SECRETARY

 

JIM TRICE

TREASURER

 

TOM HOUSE

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

_________________

 

DAN POIRIER

CHAPTER 76 BLOGGER

 

ED BELLO

CHAPTER 76 WEBMASTER

 

JOE PRUETT

COMMUNICATIONS

 

June Chapter meeting notice

      

  SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION

      Chapter 76 - South Florida 

          “The Green Berets”

 

June 8, 2025

Hello Members and Friends of the Association,

Please join us Saturday June 14th at 1130 for our chapter meeting at Bass Pro Shops, 200 Gulfstream Way, Dania Beach, FL.

 

 

 

Joe Pruett on behalf of

Ed Pijuan

President

 

Chapter 76 Facebook Site: https://www.facebook.com/SFA-South-Florida-Chapter-76-111343950710574/

 

Chapter Blog is located at http://SFACH76.Blogspot.com/

 

Special Forces Association Online Teamhouse https://teamhousespecialforcesassociation.org

 

Please update your email address to prevent interruptions

 

ED PIJUAN

PRESIDENT

 

ROGER KIDDER

VICE PRESIDENT

 

AL HERNANDEZ

SECRETARY

 

JASON PSALTIDES

SECRETARY

 

JIM TRICE

TREASURER

 

TOM HOUSE

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

_________________

 

DAN POIRIER

CHAPTER 76 BLOGGER

 

ED BELLO

CHAPTER 76 WEBMASTER

 

JOE PRUETT

COMMUNICATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Memorial Day

 Let us not forget those who have gone before us in War , never to return. "Let them not be forgotten"

Veterans VA referrals

Daniel J. Poirier, MSgt, USAFR (Ret.)

A veteran – whether Active Duty, Retired, National Guard, or Reserve… is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America” for an amount of “up to and including my life”.

 

That is an Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it. !! 

       

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: <prujoe@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, May 22, 2025 at 19:58
Subject: Veterans VA Referrals to Private Medical Care no longer requires Additional Review
To: <prujoe@bellsouth.net>

      

  SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION

      Chapter 76 - South Florida 

          “The Green Berets”

 

May 22, 2025

Hello Members and Friends of the Association,

Our thanks to Jerry Bartlett for the following:

 

Joe Pruett on behalf of

Ed Pijuan

President

 

Chapter 76 Facebook Site: https://www.facebook.com/SFA-South-Florida-Chapter-76-111343950710574/

 

Chapter Blog is located at http://SFACH76.Blogspot.com/

 

Special Forces Association Online Teamhouse https://teamhousespecialforcesassociation.org

 

Please update your email address to prevent interruptions

 

ED PIJUAN

PRESIDENT

 

ROGER KIDDER

VICE PRESIDENT

 

AL HERNANDEZ

SECRETARY

 

JASON PSALTIDES

SECRETARY

 

JIM TRICE

TREASURER

 

TOM HOUSE

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

_________________

 

DAN POIRIER

CHAPTER 76 BLOGGER

 

ED BELLO

CHAPTER 76 WEBMASTER

 

JOE PRUETT

COMMUNICATIONS