1. Medical Service Corps Association
“Join … Collaborate … Reconnect … Be Part of the Solution …. and Thrive!”
Douglas E. Anderson
Chairman, MSCA
Col (ret), USAF, MSC
9 Apr 2018

2. Purpose and Overview
Purpose: Provide an overview of AF Medical Service Corps Association (MSCA), Inc.
Overview:
Background
Who We Are, What We Do
We’re Listening, Where Were Going
How You Can Thrive
Summary and Questions

3. Who We Are, What We Do

4. Background
Professional, non-profit association for USAF Medical Service Corps (MSC) Officers since 1992
Dedicated to serving Members with Services to sustain, honor, preserve our Culture, legacy, history
Focal point for all members and Corps Chief’s office on MSC for info sharing, advice, networking, history
MSC Member Categories:
Active and Retired
Guard and Reserve
Former MSCs
Surviving spouses of MSCs

5. Membership

6. Core Services Document, disseminate MSC history, preserve MSC culture
Project Connect: job postings, resume reviews, career advice
Honor Roll: remember those who’ve embodied integrity, service, excellence
Manage Regional Survivor Information Program
Sponsor BG Wagner Scholarship Fund with Contributions

7. Mentoring MSC Health Services Admin. (HSA) Class Students
Col (Ret) Steve Meigs, Former MSC Corps Chiefs Presents Team Builder Award and Colonel Stephen L. Meigs Top Graduate Award went to 2Lt Daniel Straw

8. Jim Moreland, Col (Ret), MSCA Newsletter Editor
Core Services (Cont.)
Publish annual membership directory
Produce informative newsletters
Send inputs:
Facilitate networking – physical & virtual spaces
Host biennial reunion and regional meetings
Promote MSCA member contributions – authors, services, advice, advocacy, chaplaincy, etc
Jim Moreland, Col (Ret), MSCA Newsletter Editor

9. Promote Member’s Contribution To Instilling a Culture of Thriving!

10. Dan Sherred, MSCA Chaplain
Vision: facilitate communication among MSCs at a deeper level.
Lets get real with one another
Lets share with one another how our faith is at the core of who we are as MSC leaders, leaders in our communities, and families
For consideration:
What is Servant Leadership?
Dan Sherred, MSCA Chaplain

11. Preserving Our Culture
Continue to build cohesion through reconnecting and sharing “war stories”
Capture and share MSC legacy & history
Coach, guide, and mentor each other
Enable information and idea sharing
Never forget those who’ve passed away

12. Col (Ret) Talbot Vivian, MSCA Historian
The Plan
Ends: Discover the who, what, when, where, and why of the Corps’ legacy and history
Ways: Produce a series of publications leading to a major publication
Means: Collect and curate available documents and conduct targeted interviews
Col (Ret) Talbot Vivian, MSCA Historian
How to Get Involved?
Empty and share your “Rat Packed” box of memorabilia, artifacts, documents
Suggest areas of research or persons to interview.
Volunteer to help in various capacities of the project.
Contact Tal: or call

13. We’re Listening, Where Were Going
Navigating Military Retirement
No Member Left Behind
Never Forgetting Our Members

14. Relevance -- Send Your Responses to CHAIRMAN@MSCAssociation.org
How does the MSCA sustain and increase Membership (all categories of members)?   
What enhanced or new Services should we offer?
How do we strengthen our Culture, legacy, and history?
How would you like to get involved in the MSCA?
Comments From
Colonel John "Jack" E. Murphy at the 1987 RMO Symposium, Denver Colorado
11th Corps Chief of the USAF Medical Service Corps and Life Member of the MSC Association – 2017

15. What Were Planning (and Doing)
MSC History – 70th Anniversary
Conduct targeted interviews – individuals and groups (firsts, unique missions, leadership)
Articles, Tid Bits, Chronology
Webinars: career and leader development, transition mgt, life event planning, diversity, ______?
Onsite “speed” mentoring events
Life Event and Survivor Information program upgrade
Expand Project Connect to Transition Management

16. What Were Planning (and Doing)
Social networking–cyber mentoring between reunions
2019 Reunion: SATX, 3-6 Oct
Educational sessions … Tours – METC/HSA class … cohesion
Networking, Honor Roll … colleagiality
Donating time & funds (to be approved by the board) to veteran organizations
Membership drive and campaign

17. How You Can Thrive

18. Be a Member
Eligibility: Active, Retired, Guard, Reserve or former MSCs and their surviving spouses
Active member:
Annual: $20/year ($15/ADAF 01-04)
Life membership: age based
Complementary Memberships:
HSA Graduates – 2 Years
Must apply w/ 90 days of announcement
04-06 Promotees and Retirees (Member/Non-member) – 1 Year
Must apply w/ 90 days of official announcement

19. Participate Submit newsletter inputs Provide webinar topics
Be interviewed
Join the conversation on Facebook & LinkedIn

20. Volunteer Treasurer History project Reunion planning
Find Sponsors for Funds
Membership Drive
Website upgrades/content
Project Connect
Social Network Oversight

21. Sponsors Welcome!

22. Save the Date! For the 2019 Bi-Annual Reunion
When: 3-6 Oct 2019 Where: Holiday Inn, Riverwalk Send Your Suggested Themes, Tours, Presentations to ! DRAFT Theme: Memories-Sharing-Caring!

23. Questions? … Suggestions? … Join the Conversation! …Keep Thriving!
Discussion
Questions? … Suggestions? … Join the Conversation! …Keep Thriving!
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LinkedIn:

24. “Join … Collaborate … Reconnect … Be Part of the Solution …. and Thrive!”
Brig Gen (Ret) Charles “Coach” Potter
Vice President and Board Member
Col (Ret) Douglas “DrQD” Anderson
Chairman
Col (Ret) Donald “BullDog” Taylor
President

25. Members … Services … Culture …
Keep Thriving!
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26. Additional Information

27. MSCA History and Evolution
First reunion held in 1991
Association incorporated in Georgia 1992
Professional non-profit association for all eligible MSCs (501(c) 4)
MSCA exists to support:
Communication, Networking, Information Sharing
Career Development And Transition Management
Preservation Of Corps’ Culture, Legacy, History
Being Your Trusted Advocates And Advisors
Sponsoring Worthwhile Causes

28. Helping Others Succeed
MSCA Members are Available to Support Career and Personal Development:
Mentoring and leader development
Education, training, and speaking
Advocates and advisory activities
Transition Management: Project Connect
Transition assistance and advice from members
Online job posts from members in the community
Networking services

29. Sponsorship: Awards and Honors
Brigadier General Donald B. Wagner Administrative Excellence Award
Major General Michael K. Wyrick Commitment to Excellence Award
Brigadier General Patricia C. Lewis Commitment to Service Award
Brigadier General Donald B. Wagner Team Builder Award winner offered Life Membership
Each HSA class … A $495 value!

30. Sponsorship – Contributions and Support
The Brigadier Donald B. Wagner Perpetual Scholarship Fund (501(3)c Organization)
Founded in 1982 IHO Gen Wagner’s contributions
Provides annual grants to qualifying children of past and present MSC officers
Corps Chief Portraits
Other - TBD

31. Transition Management: Project Connect
Project Connect notices sent via alerting our members of positions/job opportunities
Networks and networking… the best thing about Project Connect
If you want your résumé reviewed, our network does that and provides feedback.
Additionally, résumé, interview, and opportunity search advice is provided in MSC Association Newsletter.

32. MSCA Newsletter Quarterly (hard copy and online)
News from the Board, Association members, and around the Medical Service Corps
Current events, policy issues, and historical perspectives
All Association members eligible to submit articles/ideas for the newsletter
Send inputs to

33. Culture, Legacy, History Project
Ends: Discover the who, what, when, where, and why of the Corps’ legacy and history
Boldly go where others have neglected and feared to tread.
Search out, discover, assess, secure and store the history of the USAF Medical Service Corps for future generations.
Ways: Produce a series of publications leading to a major publication
Publish short articles, stories, and historical “tid bits” in the MSCA Newsletter, web pages, social network sites, official publications, and other channels.
Support the Corps’ 70th Anniversary of the USAF MSC
Publish an “Unofficial Official” History of the USAF Medical Service Corps: Civil War to the Present.

34. Culture, Legacy, History Project
Means: Collect and curate available documents and conduct targeted interviews
Pioneering corps members; the more senior (aged) members to collect their perspectives and history and leadership
Specialists - logistics, RMO, Patient Affairs, Readiness, Aerovac, IM/IT
Unique missions and developmental and transformation activities – Contingency Hospital/CC; Operational Missions, COCOM Deputy Surgeons, and major strategic initiatives
Anything else of interest to our culture, legacy, and history!

35. Culture, Legacy, History Project
Means: Collect and curate available documents and conduct targeted interviews
Pioneering corps members; the more senior (aged) members to collect their perspectives and history and leadership
Specialists - logistics, RMO, Patient Affairs, Readiness, Aerovac, IM/IT
Unique missions and developmental and transformation activities – Contingency Hospital/CC; Operational Missions, COCOM Deputy Surgeons, and major strategic initiatives
Anything else of interest to our culture, legacy, and history!

36. Culture, Legacy, History
How to Get Involved?
Empty and share your “Rat Packed” box of memorabilia
Suggest areas of research or persons to interview.
Volunteer to help in various capacities of the project.
Contact Tal Vivian: or call or send an to

37. Biennial Reunions San Antonio, TX 1991, 1999, 2007, 2019
Las Vegas, NV 1993, 1995, 2001
Charleston, SC 1997, 2009
Biloxi, MS 2003
San Diego, CA 2005
Scottsdale, AZ 2011
St. Louis, MO 2013
Arlington, VA 2015
Seattle, WA 2017

38. Members … Services … Culture …
Keep Thriving!
[CHIEF]