March 2021 Lunch

Society of American Military Engineers, Tampa Bay Post

Come join us on

Wednesday, 10 Mar. 2021, from 1130 to 1300
Brio Tuscan Grille, 2223 N. Westshore Blvd, International Plaza, Tampa, Florida

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Overview of the National Guard Bureau's Safety Program Evaluation and Continual Evaluation (SPE/CE)

Guest Speaker:

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Lieutenant Colonel Jason Seibert

Flight Safety Officer

National Guard Bureau Flight Safety Division

(NGB/SEF)

This presentation will provide an overview of the National Guard Bureau's Safety Program Evaluation and Continual evaluation (SPE/CE) including the Bird/wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) program, with an emphasis on COVID-19 resiliency in operations. The presentation will discuss base engineering strategies and projects related to BASH management for NGB units, which are often collocated with military installations and commercial airports.

Lt Col Jason B. Seibert is currently assigned as a Flight Safety Officer, for the Air National Guard (ANG) at the Air National Guard Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD. In this position, Lt Col Seibert represents the Director of Safety on all matters pertaining to Flight Safety, as well as the policy, guidance, and training affecting more than 107,100 Guard members in more than 88 flying units and 200 geographically separated units throughout The United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. He serves as the Functional Area Manager for ANG Flight Safety, coordinating ANG safety personnel to meet AF expeditionary force and wartime theater requirements.

Lt Col Seibert was born on July 28, 1973 in Langley, VA. As a dependent he lived in a variety of locations throughout the United States and attended High School at Clear Spring High School in MD graduating in 1991. He entered the Air Force in 1992, serving 8 years of active duty including assignments at Bolling AFB, DC, Kunsan ROK and Andrews AFB, MD. He continued his military career with the West Virginia ANG in Oct 2001. Where he has a flown the C-130, C-5 and C-17. While serving he deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Coronet Oak. Additionally, Lt Col Seibert was selected to support USSOC and flew the RC-26 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

He currently resides in Maryland and has two adult children, a daughter Lauren, a junior in college, and a son Daniel. He plans to return to his civilian airline career in October and move back to Orlando, Florida.

Luncheon SPONSOR:

SPONSORSHIPS STILL AVAILABLE

LUNCHEON COSTS (In-person attendance):

Members: $25 If Paid Online / $30 registered, but paying at the door

Active Duty/Government Service: (Includes USACE, NAVFAC, DOD, VA, USCG, etc.)

$10 Online / $10 at the door

COVID-19 Safety Measures:

Your safety and the safety of our members is a top priority so our meeting will have the following precautions and guidelines:

Face masks are required when not eating or drinking. Brio does a great job of safely hosting these events and will take your temperature when you walk in the door and hand sanitizer will be readily available. Brio will work to implement social distanced seating at tables as much is feasible.

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Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation

Thank you to Lt. Col. (Ret.) John McDaniel for Speaking at our recent meeting

The Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation Inc. (WWIA) serves our nation's combat-wounded Purple Heart recipients by providing world-class outdoor sporting activities as a means to recognize and honor their sacrifice, encourage independence and connections with communities, and promote healing and wellness through camaraderie and a shared passion for the outdoors.

More than 50 veteran students and companies attended the 2019 Fall Networking Event on October 8 hosted by the University of South Florida’s Office of Veteran Success.

Rick Sloop, SAME Tampa Post President, along with Stephanie Thoresen, USA Environmental, Inc./Post Past President spoke to veterans about their career aspirations while helping with their networking skills as they prepare for their transition from college to a career.

Bowling and Brews was a STRIKE-ING success!

The SAME Tampa Bay Post Young Member committee put on a great bowling event at Pinchasers Midtown on Sept 11th

Meet the New SAME Tampa Bay Post Leadership!

The 2019 – 2020 Post Leadership team was sworn in to serve the Tampa Bay Post last month! The team is honored to serve our amazing SAME post members and community. You can learn more about our new Leadership team here: Click Here

Pictured (from left to right): Mike Ulekowski, Angie Goral, Nancy Freeman, Sarah O’Linn, Molly Burchette, Rick Sloop

A big thank you to our 2018-2019 Leadership team for serving our post so well this past year and for paving the way for another great year!

State of MacDill Air Force Base with Speaker Mr. Todd Wynn, Director of the MacDill ADB 6^th Civil Engineer Squadron

Thank you to Mr. Todd Wynn for another great presentation on the State of MacDill AFB! The Tampa Bay Post learned all about the latest upcoming projects and changes to come to MacDill AFB.

The presentation is available Here

Pictured (from left to right): Todd Wynn (Speaker) and Rick Sloop (2019-2020 Post President)

Thank you for making this year’s JTED such a success! We really appreciate everyone that participated. You can find our excellent speakers’ presentation here:

http://www.sametampa.org/presentations-1

Pictures from the both the JTED and Icebreaker events can be found here:

http://www.sametampa.org/recent-events

And a huge thanks to our incredible sponsors who put the event on!