Lt Col Ken Bourland, USAF, served in USSOCOM at the Caribbean desk and was on assignment in Haiti on that fateful day in January when tradegy struck. You are invited to post a comment or statement of condolence to Lt Col Bourland's family on the FAOA Forum page. The FAOA will forward to his family as appropriate. Please view the story on CNN.

The family of Lt Col Bourland has requested that any gift or donation be made in Ken's memory to one of the following:

The Air Force Aide Society (AFAS)

or

Troop 14 Memorial Campership
in Memory of Ken Bourland
c/o Linda O'Toole
Palmerdale United Methodist Church
PO Box 192
Palmerdale, AL 35123
205.681.9762

The newest edition of the FAO Journal is now available to our members. Sign in to the website to read it online. If you did not receive one in the mail, please verify your contact information and email the webmaster with any questions or problems.

FAOA News and Notes February 2010

Welcome to our new FAOA Membership pages. Since networking and affiliation are an important part of our association, we've migrated our membership database on-line and integrated it into our current website!  And, we've done it in a way that protects your privacy. As a member, here are some of the benefits this brings:

• Members-only access area for special FAOA content and  access to the membership database
• On-line access to all Journals
• On-line access to job postings
• Members can review and update their own contact information
• Members can choose what information is visible to the general membership
• Secure site to protect membership information - access for members only!
• Searchable membership database
• Members can email other members (anonymous To: address protects members)
• Automatic email renewal reminders when your membership is expiring
• Automatic email event announcements

Already a Member? First-time instructions

If you are a member and we have your current email address, you should have received an email asking you to login to the new website and review/update your contact info and profile. When accessing the site for the first time, click the "forgot password" link in the top right corner. On the next page, enter your email address and "submit." If registered with that email address, you will be emailed instructions on how to set your password, allowing login to the site and ability to change your password, update your profile, review your membership status and renew your membership if needed. If the email is not in the FAOA membership database, please contact the webmaster. For more detailed instructions, please dowload our instructions.

We hope you find this useful and invite you to explore the new layout. If you encounter any questions or problems with the new functionality, please don't hesitate to contact our Webmaster. We expect that there will be some adjustments for the first couple of months and appreciate everyone's patience and understanding as we improve your FAO association.

The FAOA Board of Governors