Col Michael R. Drowley is the Commander of the 355th Wing, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. He is responsible for one of the largest installations and flying operations in the United States Air Force, with 41 mission partners, more than 46,000 personnel, 152 aircraft and $51 billion dollars in assets. He is responsible for organizing, training and equipping a wing comprised of 25 squadrons. The wing provides A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft for close air support and forward air control, combat support, and medical forces for combatant commander requirements worldwide. The 355th Wing also provides combat search and rescue personnel recovery capabilities through the employment of HC-130J Combat Kings IIs, HH-60G Pave Hawks, and Guardian Angel weapon systems. The wing has units at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz and Nellis AFB, Nev. The 355th Wing is also responsible for training A-10C pilots for the entire Total Force and is the Air Combat Command executive agent for Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces and Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty compliance.
Colonel Drowley earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and his commission from the United States Air Force Academy in 1996. He is a command pilot with more than 2,200 fighter hours in the A-10, including more than 200 combat hours. Colonel Drowley has commanded at the flight, squadron, and group levels. Additionally, he has served on the staffs of the Superintendent, United States Air Force Academy and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Drowley served as Chief of Staff, Headquarters United States Air Forces Central Command, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
PRESIDENT BOB called the meeting to order. PRESIDENT BOB took a moment to reflect on how thankful he is for Rural Metro’s EMT staff, the amazing nurse Barbara, the Cardiac Care team and Dr. Gandhi at Banner. PRESIDENT BOB is very thankful for his Rotary family. PRESIDENT BOB then thanked Dorinna and Kari for all they do and all that they did during his absence. He also thanked CHUCK SAWYER for filling in at the meeting and BRUCE JACOBS for taking on the Top Golf event.
GARY HIRSCH was on the piano as JEFF HOTCHKISS lead us in the pledge and song, “My Country Tis of Thee”. The inspiration was about a young man named Brandon who at the young age of 10 overcame issues with his spine to participate in a high school marching band.
PRESIDENT BOB chose to share more of his favorite knock, knock jokes before AIMEE GRAVES introduced Guests and Visiting Rotarians. PRESIDENT BOB introduced special guests Anita McDonald, Assistant District Governor and Honorary Member, Mayor JONATHAN ROTHSCHILD, who was happy he got his DoubleTree cookie.
Our guest speaker was George Howard from Tucson Musicians Museum. TMM’s mission is to educate our youth about the beauty of music and preserving what we have. Andrew Nichols came as George Howard’s guest and it turns out Andrew is a past Rotarian Scholarship recipient. Andrew played Sweet Home Chicago with guitarist Adrian and Corbin singing. George signed the “Music Class Today” book for the Make Way for Books library.
HUGH THOMPSON, RALPH PHILLIPS and KATHLEEN WICKS celebrated their birthday’s with us and KATHLEEN WICKS shared with us the great news about expecting a little girl.
CHARLOTTE HARRIS and SCOTT VAUGHAN lead the Paul Harris presentation honoring DAN GUARE, ROBIN STODDARD and PAST PRESIDENT CLIFF BOWMAN as our newest Paul Harris recipients.
BOB HOPKINS is our newest 50/50 raffle winner. Congratulations BOB!
Under Announcements, PRESIDENT BOB thanked CHARLOTTE HARRIS for spending countless hours on moving our Rotary history files (all 98 years of them) from the outside storage unit to a new space by the Rotary office. BILL and JOHN HARLOW were thanked as they supplied staff and a truck to load and unload the filing cabinets. BOB announced the need for hosts for some out of town riders participating in the El Tour ride and BRUCE ELLWEIN gave all the reasons why one should volunteer for the Car Show. JASON GRABOSCH would like some members to help out at the Car Show Work Day on Saturday at The Gregory School. PP JON WANG is again selling our service shirts and BRETT STEIN wants you to show up for the Beer Fellowship while BILL KOUBA would like members to come to the Wine Fellowship.
PRESIDENT BOB adjourned the meeting on time with a toast and a quote from Mahatma Gandhi; “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony”.
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Wine Club Event: When: September 26th from 6pm to 8pm. Where: Total Wine 4370 N Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85705 EXPLORING THE WINES OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: Australia , New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and S Africa. Cost: $30.00 per attendee. Max Attendees: 30. Signup sheet at the reception table. (Only 16 spots remaining)
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Colonel Michael R. Drowley ~ Biography
Our guest speaker was George Howard from Tucson Musicians Museum. TMM’s mission is to educate our youth about the beauty of music and preserving what we have. Andrew Nichols came as George Howard’s guest and it turns out Andrew is a past Rotarian Scholarship recipient. Andrew played Sweet Home Chicago with guitarist Adrian and Corbin singing. George signed the “Music Class Today” book for the Make Way for Books library.
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Every Rotarian needs to wear our exclusive Club Community Service Shirt when participating at the Car Show and when selling tickets in any event setting..jpg)
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