[TCTAAmembers] TCTAA Anniversary

[Alfred Bowman]

Troop Carrier Tactical Airlift Association Members -

One year ago this week, several Troop Carrier Tactical Airlift Association
founders met at Clear Lake, Texas to formally lauch the Association.  Many
steps towards that launch had been taken over the preceding three years, and
though there were setbacks, the founders and the other early members learned
and persisted.

A TCTAA Board of Directors and TCTAA Officers were elected at the meeting.
The By-Laws were modified to fit current realities, and plans made for
future activities.  One of the latter was last November's Convention in San
Antonio.  Full credit for that goes to our San Antonio members who worked
long and diligently to make it a reality.  Few of us need to be reminded
that conditions nationwide then were less than ideal, and that remains the
case now and into the near future.

Another accomplishment has been a big increase in membership, from around
thirty to well past a hundred members.  Recruitment of new members remains
a big challenge, and it is going to take major effort on every current TCTAA
member's part.   As with any organization of this kind, it must either grow
or go.

Most of our current membership is oriented towards aircrews and the
flightline.  We too often tend to forget that there is hugely more than that
involved.  Aerial Port personnel, Flight Nurses, Combat Conrtollers,  Army
Liason Teammembers, Weather Specialists, Intelligence Units, and many,
many more were vital to the tactical airlift mission.

These too often forgotten men and women are also eligible to join, and
should be be actively recruited.  We needed those people then, and we need
them now.

New members remain a high priority for TCTAA.

Ace  Bowman
Chairman
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