The Anchorage Military and Veterans Affairs Commission held a regular meeting on September 14, 2026, at 9:24 PM (timestamp from source). The meeting included introductions of new guests, updates on membership applications, discussion of the 11th Air Force Memorial, a recap of the May Memorial Day ceremony, planning for future events, and a clarification on the Alaska Open Meeting Act. Several decisions were made regarding the next meeting location and future event coordination.
Note: The transcript's internal dates (e.g., June 24, July 7) suggest this meeting occurred in late May or early June, but the provided timestamp indicates September 14, 2026. The summary uses the given date per instructions.
And go ahead, Mr. Chair, back to you. Captain Lawton. Hello, yes. I'm Captain Lawton with the 477th Fighter Group. I'm the public affairs officer, and we are a Air Force Reserve unit here on JBare. I was invited by Kyle. So this is my first meeting. Nice. Welcome. Yeah, welcome. Thank you. The more we have people that we have that can uh give us information and give us more people to share information back and forth within the different military sections. Uh makes this a whole lot easier. Thank you. And uh Bob. Yeah, I'm uh Bob Cheryl. I'm uh the current executive director and president of the Alaska Veterans Museum, which is located uh downtown on Fourth Avenue and D. Um the museum is uh the only one specifically that is the Alaska Veterans Museum, and we are focused on honoring and uh our nation's veterans and ensuring we can uh their sacrifices uh to defend the nation that they will not be forgotten. Um basics uh graduated originally from Washington State University. I got my master's from the University of Southern California. I spent uh nearly 28 years in the military in the Air Force, and then spent 15 years as a DOD civilian. And in between those times, I worked as a uh um business development uh manager for an air freight company uh for four and a half years. So uh I have my resume here that I can pass out to anyone who's interested, but I'm still involved in the community big time and uh try to keep going. And that's why I think I can bring a lot to the commission. Thank you. Awesome, thank you. All right. Uh normally with Bob, I was gonna wait until Bob uh we actually get the paperwork through and then we'll go through the part where we uh introduce ourselves to him. And it sounds like we might have another person who's still on an application and coming in. Was it uh Al wasn't his Cal Williams was his last name? Is that correct? Yeah, I met him at the uh memorial there and talked to him and he expressed interest and I've been sending email back and forth. So he's supposed to be submitting his applications. Uh but hopefully he does that. Awesome. Well, hold on. Definitely want to thank all of our guests for being here and uh I hope Bob's paperwork gets uh through the process quickly. Um the more the more on the commission the better, and the more input that we have from the military community and uh the veteran community, the better it is. Yes. Mr. Chair. Yes. If if I could uh put a request in to the uh to uh Anna Marie. Yes, when these applications go through uh are submitted. If you could let us know at our meetings what stage they're in, because then it hit it's been a history of us not really knowing our applications are. I know Bob's had here then he had submitted twice, I believe, Bob. Is that correct? And uh they can't they get kind of lost. So if you could uh and is it best if the advocate calls you or calls uh Diana?