ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DINING-IN

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• Publication Date: April 13, 1988
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Arrangements for Air Force Intelligence Dining-In
15 April 1988
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: William M. Baker
Director, Public Affairs Office
SUBJECT: Arrangements for the Air Force Intelligence Agency Dining-In
1. You are scheduled to address the Air Force Intelligence Agency (AFIA)
Dining-In in honor of General Schuyler (SKYLER) Bissell on Friday, 15 April,
at Andrews Air Force Base Officers Club (reception 1830 - 1925, posting of
colors 1930, dinner 2000, remarks 2145 and adjournment 2230). Phone:
420-4744. Black-tie is the appropriate dress for the evening. I will be
seated at a table near the head table and will remain throughout the program.
2. Arrangements: You are asked to be at the main entrance of the
Officers Club at 191 where you will be met by Assistant Chief of Staff for
Air Force Intelligence Major General Schuyler Bissell who will escort you to
the reception area. Ypur host for the evening, Colonel George B. Lotz
Commander, Air Force Intelligence Agency and President of the Dining-In, will
meet you there. A receiving line is not planned. At approximately 1925
Captain Richard Millar will escort you to the Dining Room. After seating and
ceremonies, dinner will be served at 2000. When Colonel Lotz announces "lets
all enjoy our meals" everyone will wait for you to take your first bite. It
is tradition that you should stretch this out.
You will be seated with the following:
Major General Schuyler Bissell Assistant Chief of Staff, Air
Force Intelligence
Lieutenant General Edward J. Heinz Director, Intelligence
Community Staff
Colonel George B. Lotz Commander, AFIA
Colonel Billy J. Bingham Deputy Assistant Chief of
Staff, Intelligence
Headquarters, US Air Force
Colonel Phillip E. Thompson Director, Policy, Plans and
Programs, Assistant Chief of
Staff, Intelligence
Headquarters, US Air Force
Chaplain (Major General) Stuart E. Barstad Chief 'of Chaplains,
Headquarters, US Air Force
See biographies opposite.
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Dinner will be followed by the grog ceremony. You are not expected to
participate in the grog bowl.tradition unless you wish to do so. (See
opposite for rules of the mess.) -After the ceremony--there will be a break
followed by speeches. (See agenda opposite.) Colonel Lotz will introduce you
at approximately 2145 and you are scheduled for 20 minutes of remarks. At the
end of your remarks and as shown in your speech you will say "and so to
recognize these many contributions, I am pleased to present General Bissell
with the National Intelligence Disti-nguished Service Medal, which is given in
recognition of his 35 years of exemplary service to the United States Air
Force, the National Intelligence Community, and his country."
Captain Dan McCusker, Assistant Executive Officer Intelligence Community
Staff, will read the citation and you will then present the medal.
Colonel Lotz will present a toast to you and also present you with a memento.
Adjournment is at 2230. Protocol calls for you and Colonel Lotz to depart
before officers are allowed to do so. A microphone and podium will be
available near your table. DCI Security will be taping your remarks for the
Agency's historical records. An Air Force photographer will take
photographs. The Air Force does not plan to publish your remarks.
General Bissell has asked that segments of the evening's program be videotaped
for his personal records.
Approximately 350 US Air Force officers, retired Air Force officers, and
civilians--many are analysts-- will be in the audience. Although spouses are
not invited, some female officers and civilian employees will attend. The
media will not cover the event.
3. Background: Formal military dinners are a tradition in all branches
of the United States armed services. Some trace the origins of the Dining-In
to the old English monasteries. The custom was then taken up by the early
universities and eventually adopted by the military with the advent of the
officers' mess. British soldiers brought the custom to colonial America,
where it was borrowed by George Washington's continental army.
The Air Force Dining-In custom began in the 1930s with the late
General H. H. "Hap" Arnold's "wing-dings." The close bonds enjoyed by Air
Corps officers and their British colleagues of the Royal Air Force during
World War II added to the American involvement in the Dining-In custom. Now
the Dining-In is recognized as an occasion where ceremony, tradition, and good
fellowship play an important part in the life of an Air Force unit. Bob Gates
spoke at a Naval Dining-In last October.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060-5788
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1DEC1987
The Honorable William H. Webster
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Judge Webster
On behalf of the. men and women of the Air Force Intelligence
Service, I would like to invite you to serve as guest speaker at
our spring 1988 Dining In. We will be commemorating our role in
providing intelligence support to HQ USAF and the national Intel-
ligence Community. This year's event coincides with the retirement
from active duty of Major General Schuyler Bissell, Assistant
Chief of Staff, Intelligence, and we will be saluting General
Bissell's 35 years of service to the Air Force and the nation.
your talk, to last approximately 15-20 minutes, may certainly
be of your own choosing. We believe that no one is better qual-
ified to help us celebrate these events, and we request the honor
of your presence at 6:30 p.m., April 15, 1988 in the Foulois Room,
Andrews Air Force Base Officers' Club. As the date approaches, I
will personally meet with you to discuss details of the evening.
GEORGE B. LOTZ, II, Colonel, USAF
Commander
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RE: Speaking Invitation
Air Force Intelligence Dining-In
Honoring General Schuyler Bissell's Retirement
Sponsored by the Air Force Intelligence Service
Andrews Air Force Base
15 April 1988
Colonel George Lotz, USAF, has invited you to be the guest speaker at the
Air.Force Intelligence Dining-In honoring General Schuyler Bissell's
retirement. This is the second invitation that you have received to.be the
guest speaker at this event. General Edward Heinz, Director of the
Intelligence Community Staff, also has invited you.
recommend that you accept this invitation.
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20 DEC 1987
Colonel George B. Lotz, II, USAF
.Department of the Air Force
Headquarters Air Force Intelligence Service
Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-5788
Dear Colonel Lotz:
Many thanks for your invitation to be the guest speaker at the Air
Force Din ing-In.honoring General Schuyler Bissell's retirement on Friday,
April 15th at Andrews Air Force Base Officers' Club. I am pleased to
accept the honor and look forward to participating with you in the
Dining-In. A member of my Public Affairs Office will be in touch with
you concerning any arrangements.
Best regards.
Sincerely yours,
IL William H. WebWebsW
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The Dining-in is a formal dinner function for members of an organization
or unit.
BACKGROUND. The custom of dining-in is a very old tradition in England,
but is not exclusively military. It is believed that dining-in began as
a custom in the monastaries, was adopted by the early universities, and
later spread to the military units of the country when the officers' mess
was established.
The late General H. H. Arnold probably started the dining-in within the
Army Air Corps when he used to hold his famous "wing-dings." The contacts
of U.S. Army Air Corps personnel with the British and their dining-ins
during World War II gave additional impetus for the growth of this custom
in the USAF. It was recognized that those occasions provided situations
where ceremony, tradition, and good fellowship could plan an important
part in the life of military organizations.
Faculty members of the Squadron Officer Course (later designated Squadron
Officer School) of the Air University, realizing the value of tradition
and ceremony, began having faculty dining-ins. The dining-in was also
included in the curriculum for the students. This was also very successful
and the custom rapidly spread to Air Force units in other commands.
PURPOSE. The dining-in provides a situation for officers to see how
ceremony and tradition play a part in the life of an Air Force unit. It
also provides an occasion for officers to meet socially at a formal
military function. It is an excellent means of saying farewell to
departing officers and welcoming new officers. Further, the dining-in
provides an opportunity to recognize individual and unit achievements.
All of these are very useful in building high morale and esprit de corps.
DRESS. The dress for the dining-in should be the Air Force Mess Dress.
Medals must be worn by all members of the mess and military guests.
Civilian guests should wear appropriate civilian attire (formal).
DINING-IN CUSTOMS. Each member of the mess should arrive within ten
minutes after the opening time to meet the guests before dinner is served.
When the signal is given for dinner, the members should enter the dining
room and stand behind their chairs. there will be no smoking from the
time the members enter the dining room until the president of the mess so
permits. (Members, unless properly excused will not leave the mess before
the guest of honor and the president have departed.)
The guest of honor and the president of the mess will be the last to join
the head table. The president formally opens the mess and continues
according to the agenda. The president will remain standing while he is
speaking but he will seat the other members of the mess after the toast
to the Chief of Staff has been given.
The president's welcoming remarks, after the invocation, will set the
tone for the formal part of the agenda. Guests at the head table are
introduced by the president of the mess. Other guests of the mess should
be introduced by an appropriate member of the mess.
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RE: Speaking Invitation
Air Force Intelligence Dining-In
Honoring General Schuyler Bissell's Retirement
Sponsored by the Air Force Intelligence Service
Andrews Air Force Base
15 April 1988
Director. of the Intelligence Community Staff General Edward Heinz has
invited you to be the guest speaker at the US Air Force Intelligence Dining-In
honoring retiring USAF Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, General
Schuyler (SKYLER) Bissell, on Friday, 15 April at Andrews Air Force Officers'
Club. The proposed format is 20 minutes of remarks without a question and
answer period. The topic is of your choice. You could expect an audience of
250 - 400 Air Force officers without spouses and dress for the occasion is
formal military attire or black-tie. The media would not attend. The
cocktail reception begins at 6:00 p.m. and dinner at 7:00 p.m.
I recommend that you accept this invitation. If you agree, I will notify
Heinz and make the appropriate arrangements. y
Bill Baker
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RE: Speaking Invitation
Air Force Intelligence Dining-In
Honoring General Schuyler Bissell's Retirement
Sponsored by the Air Force Intelligence Service
Andrews Air Force Base
15 April 1988
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Director of the Intelligence Community Staff. General Edward Heinz has
invited you to be the guest speaker at the US Air Force Intelligence Dining-In
honoring retirin USAF Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, General
Schuyler (SKYLER) Bissell, on Friday, 15 April at Andrews Air Force Officers'
Club. The proposed format is 20 minutes of remarks without a question and
answer period. The topic is of your choice. You could expect an audience of
250 -`400 Air Force officers without spouses and dress for the occasion is
formal military attire or black-tie. The media would not attend. The
cocktail reception begins at 6:00 p.m. and dinner at 7:00 p.m.
I recommend that you accept this invitation. If you agree, I will notify
General Heinz and make the appropriate arrangements.
Bill Baker
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