2023 DFC Society Reunion 18-22 October

Sheraton Tucson Hotel and Suites

By Lew Jennings

Plans are well underway for our next DFC Society Reunion to be held at the Tucson, AZ Sheraton Hotel and Suites

DFCS Ward Macauley Scholarship Awards

Five Outstanding Recipients for 2019

By Al Major, DFCS Scholarship Committee Chairman

DFCS Ward Macauley Scholarship Awards (Cont’d.)

Five Outstanding Recipients for 2019

By Al Major, DFCS Scholarship Committee Chairman

Hannah Lukow’s application essay titled “Life Aspirations” was especially poignant. We would like to share it with our members and readers here. Thank you, Hannah. -Ed.

The first time he left, a two-year-old daughter watched as her mother struggled to take care of two children. The baby boy, less than twelve months old, could not yet understand the heart wrenching tragedy that, “Daddy had to miss his first birthday.”

The daughter was taught not to cross the road alone, to always look out for her brother and, most importantly, to stay strong. Happily ignorant, she could blissfully ignore the fringes of sadness that plagued her mind, like an open closet door, slight...

The second time he left, the now five-year-old daughter had just entered pre-school. She would enthusiastically play “house” with her fellow classmates and struggled to color inside the lines. The baby had now grown into an energetic, bouncing little ...

The third time he left, a nine-year-old daughter was focused on planning the most perfect tenth birthday party imaginable, without Daddy. She filled her days with worrying about the most frivolous things to keep her mind away from the dark places she ...

The fourth time he left, it wasn’t his sixteen-year-old daughter he left behind, but what had taken him from her; the Army.

My father retired from the US Army after 26 years of service and three deployments. In our own way, we too served along with him for all those years. The deployments forever changed who I am and help define the person I know I can be. I have become a ...

When I was younger, I always said I wanted to be a teacher (just like my mother), but by the time I was old enough to attend high school that objective was down the drain. As I’ve grown as a person, and taken more interesting classes in school, I have...

DFCS Ward Macauley Scholarship Awards

Five Outstanding Recipients for 2018

By Al Major, DFCS Scholarship Committee Chairman