Grand Strand Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America |
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Time: 1730 hoursLocation: Pine Lakes Country Club
Speaker: Linda Caldwell, CPT (Fmr), USA - President, SC Council of MOAA Chapters
Program: CPT (Fmr) Caldwell will discuss the mission of the Council and various ongoing initiatives. She will also relate some interesting experiences from her time as an Army nurse. Additionally, we will be honoring the senior JROTC cadets from local area high schools who will be receiving college scholarships from our Chapter this year as well as the JROTC staff from the high schools in our local area.
Cost: $30 per person
Speaker Biography: CPT (Fmr) Linda Caldwell is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Nursing and received her MS in Nursing from Rutgers University. She served as Captain in the US Army Nurse Corps from 1966-69, including a tour of duty in Vietnam. During her 47 year career, Linda worked in various areas of nursing including ICU, oncology, medical education, and the pharmaceutical industry before retiring in 2013.
She currently serves as President of the South Carolina Council of MOAA Chapters, Director of the Aiken County Hometown Hero Banner Project, and is a board member of Our Community Salutes, Midlands SC Chapter. Linda also belongs to the American Legion, the VFW, and the Trenton Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
She and her husband, Brent, a former US Air Force officer, have three daughters and four grandchildren. In her spare time Linda enjoys traveling, doing counted cross stitch, and reading mystery novels.
Color Guard Duties: St James High School AROTC
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GS MOAA MAY 13, 2025 DINNER MEETING
Monthly Grand Strand MOAA Chapter meetings:
Members and their spouses and guests are invited to monthly dinner or lunch meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Normally dinner meetings take place at Pine Lakes Country Club (5603 Granddaddy Dr., Myrtle Beach), while luncheons are at Pine Lakes and possibly other venues across the region. No meetings take place in July or August. Dinner social hour begins at 1730 hours, meeting at 1800, dinner at 1830, and program about 1915 and we are done by 1945. Meetings are announced via email to all members and registration is open on the first of each month. Members are asked to RSVP via:
- registration link provided in the meeting announcement email, or
- on-line via this website under "Events", then "Current Events" tabs above, or
- by Email to Director of Communications, Bill Stewart: hwilliam.stewart@gmail.com, or
- by text to Bill Stewart: 609-432-4265.
Walk-ins are welcome, but early registration is preferred as it lets Chapter leaders and venue management know how many guests to set up for.
For more information about our next meeting, please click on the "Next Meeting" link found on this page in the menu above.
In addition to monthly meetings, the Grand Strand Chapter offers several social and veterans outreach events and outings each year for members to share experiences as well as give back to our community.