Vice President of Membership Report

Three Thousand is a Milestone

By LCDR Bill "WYLD Bill" Teal, USN

CNAF, NATOPS, NAMP, IETMS, SEAWOLF, Wing SOPs, and Squadron SOPs, we have an instruction for everything we do. This is what standardizes us, and ensures we accomplish missions and maintenance the way they are intended to be done: safely, efficiently, and correctly, and in a repeatable manner. But how many times have you checked something extra? Pulled on that hose to make sure it’s secure? Touched that castle nut or cotter key to make sure it was all the way in? Verified the movement on a control or control surface? That check isn’t in the publication. It is not part of the preflight, or postflight, or the Daily or Turnaround Inspection, yet you check it.

Why? Experience.

With as many publications as we have, as many mishap reports, hazard reports, or ASAPs, it is just not possible to capture all of the organizational knowledge that is out there. However, this knowledge is imperative to our success, our advantage, and our lethality.

Organizational knowledge can be difficult to retain and transfer to everyone who may need it. However, a strong community with a common mission and values can foster a culture of expanding organizational knowledge, thus making the organization more effective, successful, and lethal.

As part of NHA, you possess that organizational knowledge. The experience to check that hose on pre-flight; the experience to slightly lower the collective before a hard left bank and the experience to respond to the compressor stall because the anti-ice valve has stuck again are part of our common knowledge. We pass that same knowledge through this publication, through social functions like Symposium and Fleet Fly-in, and through routine ready room discussions. This is lethality through learning on display everyday. It is what makes our organization and organizational knowledge strong. It proves that we are stronger together and why every member counts.

Every time I reached a new milestone, I was told there is so much more to learn. I know we haven’t stopped learning and that our capabilities continue to grow as individuals and an organization. So, the next time you are hanging out, talking shop, and come across someone with a gem of insight, a different perspective, a creative solution or just sound advice, encourage them to join NHA and increase our organizational knowledge, our lethality.

Congratulations to Our Newest Lifetime Members

We are NHA - in it for Life!

230 Jim Raimondo

331 Scott Pritchard

637 David Valsassina

636 Mike Wellman

635 Brad Cadwall

634 Rob Meyer

633 Larry Carello

848 Dan Thomas

526 Francis Atkinson

632 Scott Hatch

980 Chris Pinar

626 Scott Moak

631 Michael Simonetti

628 Larry McCullen

720 Jeffrey Storer

625 Zach Humphreys

623 Carl Hess

624 John Pelzer

629 David Farrell

630 Joshua Kautzman

622 Wade McConvey

621 Roger Rich

779 Brett Elko

617 Mike Kilman

618 Patrick Boensel

614 Tom Beard

616 Andrew Pagliarulo

994 James Thomas

613 Tim Matthews

615 Tim Saye

612 George Aguilar

608 Cullen Hankes

609 Daniel Smith

610 Mathew Kiser

606 Joshua Avila

607 Jared Powell

605 Reed Carr

604 Robert Bixby

601 Jim Schmitt

602 Elizabeth Janca

603 Chad Westfall

599 Bruce Pollock

598 Nathan Marshall

596 Gregory Dewindt

597 Ian Grover

595 Ronnie Fleming

594 Joe Stuyvesant

592 Adam Patterson

593 Hannah Vincent

591 Chad Glasscock

590 Curtis Shaub

589 Nick Schnettler

778 Justin Eckhoff

585 Nathaniel Wilson

586 Ben Allen

588 Jack Lahey

619 James Stranges

582 Justin Tate

Max Beep Awards at Symposium

The 1st Place Max Beep prize of $1500 was awarded to the HSC-21"Blackjacks."

The 1st Place Max Beep prize of $1500 was awarded to the HSC-21"Blackjacks."

The 2nd Place Max Beep prize was awarded to the HSC-12 "Golden Falcons." CAPT Weiler, Commodore HSCWP, accepted the symbolic check for $1000 on their behalf.

The 2nd Place Max Beep prize was awarded to the HSC-12 "Golden Falcons." CAPT Weiler, Commodore HSCWP, accepted the symbolic check for $1000 on their behalf.

The 3rd Place Max Beep prize was awarded to the HSM-75 "Wolf Pack." CDR Mashuda accepted the symbolic check for $500 on behalf of the Wardroom.

The 3rd Place Max Beep prize was awarded to the HSM-75 "Wolf Pack." CDR Mashuda accepted the symbolic check for $500 on behalf of the Wardroom.