From the President

Hello Tropic Lightning Association, for those that do not know us allow me to introduce myself and my loyal partner of 35 years, we are Fred and Faith Middleton.

I enlisted in the Army in 1967, my first experience with the 25th Infantry Division was in 1969 upon my arrival to Vietnam where I was assigned to 1/27 Infantry Wolfhounds and the again in 1978 assigned to the 1/5 Bobcats until my departure of Schofield Barracks in 1982 what I considered the 2 best assignments of my military career.

Have been a member of the 25th Infantry Association as well as the Wolfhound Pack for many years.

I am humbled and proud to be the 25th Infantry Association President and can only hope to perform my duties as well as those before me.

During my years of membership I have noticed the decline in membership mostly due to the passing of WWII, Korea and Vietnam Veterans, while this is a trend that we cannot control it is my goal with the help of the membership to address why the new younger soldiers do not have an interest in participating in Associations like ours and to make our presence known by actively seeking the help of their supervisors and commanders, thus introducing the 25th Infantry Association to the personnel assigned to Schofield Barracks.

We also need to bring this Association to the 21st century by updating web sites, digitizing the news letter, make a simpler way to join the Association by way of the use of charge cards an automatic yearly renewals, make the by laws available thru the web review and if necessary update them and review lifetime membership and possibly removing it.

It is my goal during my tenure with the help of the executive committee to make this the best Association representing an Infantry Division.

We  are in the planning stages for the next reunion in Springfield, Missouri, be on the look out for up coming information regarding the reunion, hope to see you all there.

Thanking you in advance for your support and assistance, Tropic Lightning Forever,

Fred Middleton
President

Fred and Faith Middleton.