Tuesday, April 29, 2025

20th. Special Forces Information

20th. Special Forces Information

The information about the 20th. SFGA was received from Ed Githens
 The web site I told you about is 20th. SFGA : https://www.20sfs.com/
Enjoy!
Bill Eades







Sf Scholarships

April 16, 2025

Hello Members and Friends of the Association,

SFA Members - If you sent an application prior to 14 April, it may not have been received due to an issue with the email system. Unless you have an acknowledgement of your submission, please resend your application.  Please note the correct email address below.

The system is operating as it should now.

 The email address is scholarships@sfanbo.org

You can refer to the Scholarship web page at www.specialforcesassociation.org/sfa-scholarship/ if you have questions.

SFA National Headquarters will soon be issuing an announcement on its webpage, on Facebook and in the next issue of the Drop for the opening of its 2025 academic scholarships for SFA members and dependents and grandchildren of SFA members.

The new policy, which contains all instructions for submittals, is attached. We ask that you disseminate this information to all members of your chapter in addition to any chapter scholarships that you may offer, so that applicants may be aware of every financial opportunity open to them.

 

Please note that several changes have been made in the program this year:

 

                • Awards will be made in three categories: undergraduate, graduate and trade school, and the number and amount of scholarships in each category will be included in the announcements. This will make the scholarships available to a broader cross section of applicants.

                • SFA members are allowed to apply for themselves.

                • The application period has been changed. Applications must be received electronically between April 1st and May 15th to be eligible for consideration.

                • Applications will be evaluated on a merit basis only, using an objective scoring system. Letters of reference from friends and officials will not be accepted, nor will sponsor letters carry any weight in scoring.

We are seeking to simplify the overall scholarship application process so that students will not have to decipher small changes and spend excess time preparing different applications for different organizations.

To that end, we ask that your chapter consider making any convenient modifications to your scholarship program that could make it as similar to the national policy as possible, to make it easier for the student to apply at both levels. This is not mandatory, but only a request. Please feel free to use the SFA National program as a template.

We welcome any comments or feedback that you may have.

 

De Oppresso Liber,
Garon Strong
Chairman, SFA Scholarship Committee

 


Sunday, April 13, 2025

May Chapter Meeting 2-25

April 12, 2025

 

Hello SF Members and Friends of the Association,

 

Please join us Saturday morning May 3, 2025 at 1130 as we meet at Bahama Breeze, Kendall, 12395 SW 88th St, Miami, FL 33186.  Spouses, guests and significant others welcome.

 

 

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

 

Map of 12395 SW 88th St, Miami, FL 33186

 

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/

 

Please update your email address to avoid 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

 

 

 


Thursday, April 3, 2025

Celebration of Life "Ronald William Mongole"

April 2, 2025

Hello Members and Friends of the Association,

We received this information from Ron Mongole’s son today, courtesy of Jim Trice.

From: Darryl Mongole <darrylmongole@yahoo.com>

Jim,  We have finally set a date and time for my dad’s celebration of life.  

It will be this Saturday 4/5/25  from 4-6pm

John G. Salley American Legion Post 43

399 S Krome Ave 

Homestead , Florida 33030

(305)247-8233

If you could let anyone know that I don’t know, that would be great,  thank you for all your help!

 

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