Former Lt. William Myers, CEC, US
The Catalina Mountain Chapter (CMC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) will resume its monthly meetings on Oct. 19, 2024. This luncheon meeting will be held at the SaddleBrooke Ranch Grill beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Our speaker will be CMC member retired Colonel Martin J. Lenzini, U.S. Marine Corps. Col. Lenzini served 26 years, flying 350 combat missions during the Vietnam War. For these exemplary efforts he was awarded four Distinguished Flying Crosses and 24 Air Medals. Col. Lenzini flew A-4, A-6, EA-6B, A-7, and F-4 aircraft, commanding both a squadron and an aircraft group.
Following his military career, Mr. Lenzini worked at Hughes/Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson for 21 years as a project manager in advanced programs and a senior program manager for air-to-ground weapons.
Mr. Lenzini’s presentation will focus on the life of a warrior who flew combat missions during the Korean War; and then flew the Lockheed high-altitude reconnaissance A-12 aircraft for the CIA and the Lockheed long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft SR-71 “Blackbird” for the USAF.
If you are a former or present officer of the uniformed services interested in joining our organization, please contact Membership Chair, retired Lt. Col. Donald Timian, U.S. Army, by email at [email protected] or by telephone at 571-216-3679.
The membership of CMC encompasses the areas of Catalina, Oracle, parts of Marana and Oro Valley, SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch, San Manuel, and Sun City. For more information, please visit our website at catalinamountainsmoaa.org.
The CMC and MOAA are nonprofit, Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(19) tax exempt veterans’ organizations dedicated to maintaining a strong national defense and preserving the earned entitlements of members of the uniformed services and their families.