About VFW 10223
The USFK relocation out of Yongsan & the Greater Seoul Metropolitan Area and areas north of Seoul
to Camp Humphreys are important and significant events for both the US and ROK governments.
VFW Post 10223 looks forward to growing and to broadening our support for Camp Humphreys and the surrounding community.
Our Officers 2018-2019
Donald Kelley
Commander
Don Kelley joined Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10223 in 2014 and served as Trustee, Post Guard & Officer of the Day and Chaplain before being elected Commander
in April 2017 and reelected in 2018 for a second term. His superb leadership skills and the dedication of all Post 10223 officers and members resulted in achieving 'All State'
recognition at the Department level and 'All American' designation at the National level.
He is also a member and Shavetail of the Military Order of the Cootie EE CHI GAE Pup Tent #2 and has held the offices of Hide Gimlet (Junior Vice Commander) & Sky Pilot (Chaplain).
At the District level (VFW DPA District 3 Korea), Don was elected Junior Vice Commander for 2018-19 and also serves as Department of Pacific Areas Voice of Democracy & Patriot's Pen Chairman.
Don joined the United States Army in 1979 and had multiple assignments including a deployment to the Middle East during Desert Storm before retiring in 2000. His awards include the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal (2OLC), Army Commendation Medal (1OLC), Army Achievement Medal (2 OLC) as well as the usual complement of badges and ribbons with devices.
Michael R. Hoffman
Sr. Vice Cmdr
Past Post Cmdr
Michael Hoffman joined the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 2005 and is currently our Senior Vice Commander after previously being Post Commander,
first from 2009-11 and again from 2012-13. In addition, Mike was Surgeon for District III Korea. He is also an integral part of our Post’s EE CHI GAE Pup Tent #2,
Military Order of the Cootie having held Shavetail positions of Seam Squirrel (Commander), Blanket Bum (Sr. Vice Commander), Hide Gimlet (Jr. Vice Commander) and Hospital Chairman.
Mike joined the United States Army in 1992 and upon completion of Basic Training he attended the Defense Language Institute at Presidio of Monterey CA, becoming a Voice Intercept Operator (Korean Linguist). He was subsequently assigned to the 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion in Korea. After that he was sent to the 101st Airborne Division, Ft. Campbell, KY where he earned his Air Assault wings. With his wings, he was able to fly back to his second-favorite country and was assigned to the 3rd MI battalion in Korea where he served as a Flight Instructor with over 1,000 hours on the RC-7B airframe. His awards include the Army Commendation Medal (1OLC), Army Achievement Medal (1OLC), Good Conduct Medal (2), National Defense & Korea Defense Service Medals, the NCO Professional Development, Army Service, and the Overseas Service(2) ribbons. He also earned the Air Assault Badge, Army Aviation Badge and the Expert Marksmanship Badge.
After eight years of service but facing reassignment stateside, he reluctantly chose to leave the Army in order to remain in Korea. Mike currently works for Advantor Systems as the Deputy Project Manager and resides in the Camp Humphreys area. Mike’s interests include biking, fishing and vaping. If you seek Mike’s counsel, enter our canteen and work your way through the Cracker-Jack scented cloud to find Mike perched on his favorite corner stool.
Brian Hamic
Junior Vice Commander
Public Affairs Officer
Brian Hamic joined the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10223 in 2017
and was appointed Post Adjutant and Public Affairs Officer before being elected Junior Vice Commander for 2018-19.
Brian is retired from the United States Army after having served as a non-commissioned officer with the 5th Infantry Division at Fort Polk, LA; 2nd ID in Dongducheon, Korea; the U.S. Army Soldier Support Center at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Eighth Army HQ Commandant at Yongsan, Korea and finishing up with an assignment in the Special Troops Battalion at Fort Jackson, South Carolina in 1995. His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal (4), the Army Achievement Medal (3), and the Good Conduct, National Defense and Korea Defense Service Medals as well as the usual ribbons & badges.
After retirement, he worked for several major Korean companies in Human Resources Development, first under contract with the Samsung Economic Research Institute as the Lead Instructor at the Samsung Global Management Institute near Yongin, Korea and then as HRD Program Director at GS Engineering and Construction in Seoul. He is quasi-retired now, working in Korea part time as a consultant and corporate trainer. Brian has two grown sons who live in Hawaii, is a proud grandpa and resides near Camp Humphreys, South Korea.
Chris Winstead
Quartermaster
Judge Advocate
Chris Winstead has been with VFW Post 10223 for over a decade and has been our 'All State' Quartermaster and Judge Advocate since 2015,
having previously held the positions of Adjutant, Jr. Vice Cmdr, and Senior Vice Commander.
He is also a Past Seam Squirrel (Commander) and currently serves as Blanket Bum (Sr. Vice Commander) and Hungry Cootie (Adjutant) of Post 10223's Military Order of the Cootie EE CHI GAE Pup Tent #2.
Chris served in the United States Air Force from 1988-2009. In addition to his numerous Stateside assignments, he was deployed to the Middle East in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iraq as well as to Central Asia in Afghanistan, Kirgizstan and Uzbekistan. He also served two tours in South Korea, first from 2001-2004 and then again from 2007-2009, after which he retired from the USAF.
Mike Mouw
Adjutant
Surgeon
Mike Mouw has been a member of VFW Post 10223 since 2015 and held the positions of Trustee and Surgeon before being appointed Adjutant for 2018-19.
He is also a member of the Military Order of the Cootie in EE Chi Gae Pup Tent #2 and holds the Shavetail position of Tightwad (Trustee).
Mike began his service to our nation in the U.S. Air Force and worked in Bioenvironmental Engineering, Public Health and Aircraft Maintenance. He was assigned to Brooks AFB, TX; Sheppard AFB, TX; Keesler AFB, MS; Scott AFB, IL and Ellsworth AFB, SD. He then served with the Air National Guard in Sioux Falls, SD and Des Moines, IA before joining the U.S. Army Reserve. Working as Environmental Science and Engineering Officer, Project Manager and Plans Officer, he has had assignments with the 372nd Engineering Brigade- St. Paul, MN; 416th Theater Engineering Command- Darian, IL; 916th Forward Engineering Support Team Advanced- Omaha, NE; Far East District US Army Corp of Engineers- Korea (2 years reserve active duty); and the 658th Regional Support Group, Yongsan Korea. His awards include the Army Commendation Medal, AF Achievement Medal, AF Good Conduct Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal(2), SW Asia Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal and the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal(2).
He currently lives outside the gates of Camp Humphreys, Korea and works in a civilian position as Medical Project Manager for the US Army Corp of Engineers. Mike is also an Adjunct Faculty member at Central Texas College and has memberships in the American Legion, Military Officers Association, Air Force Association, the USAF Auxiliary and the Civil Air Patrol. His interests include motorcycle riding, aviation, golf and pool.
Brandon Moore
Chaplain
Ronald Pierpoint
Trustee (1 Year)
Ron Pierpoint joined The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10223 around 2010 to the best of his recollection,
and was elected to the position of Trustee in both the Post and our EE CHI GAE Pup Tent #2 Military Order of the Cootie.
Ron joined the United States Army as a Communication Specialist in 1982 and must have mentioned that he liked camping, so the Army sent him on a fourteen-year camping trip. He started off at Camp Stanley, Korea followed by Camp Indian, Korea. He was then mistakenly sent to McNair Kaserne in Germany which wasn't really a Camp at all, so they deployed him to the Gulf War to do some camping there. Upon return, he was assigned to Camp Casey, Korea and then ended his camping tour at Camp Humphreys in 1996. His awards include multiple Army Commendation and Achievement medals as well as four knots on his Good Conduct Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal and various other ribbons and badges.
He stayed on at Camp Humphreys after leaving the Army to work as a Helicopter Back Shop General Mechanic COSIS Inspector for over two decades before starting his current job as an International Installer with Advantor Systems in 2017. Ron lives in the Camp Humphreys area and enjoys fishing, sports and traveling when he is not donating his time and effort to VFW programs and events.
Kurt Raab
Trustee (2 Year)
Officer of the Day/Guard
Kurt Raab Jr is a Gold Legacy Life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and joined Post 10223 in 2006.
He is currently Trustee (2yr) Officer of the Day/Guard after previously being Adopt-a-Unit coordinator.
He is also an ‘Honor Degree’ member of the Military Order of the Cootie in EE Chi Gae Pup Tent #2.
He enlisted in the United States Army in 1977 and attended basic and AIT at Ft Gordon, GA. He was then assigned to ADA, Mechanized Infantry & Signal units at stateside assignments including Ft Bragg ‘78-79, Ft Stewart ‘81-83, Ft Bliss ‘86-88, Ft hood ‘88-90 and two tours at Ft Gordon. He also did four overseas assignments; three in Germany ‘79-80, ‘83-86, ‘90-93 and one tour in Korea ‘95-96 in Yongsan . His schools included PLDC at VII Corps in Augsburg, GR ‘86, BNCOC circuit/systems course at Ft Gordon ‘88 and ANCOC satellite/microwave site chiefs course ‘94 at Ft Gordon, GA. Kurt was an instructor at the USA SIGNAL School, Ft Gordon and taught microwave systems/tech control course from ‘93-95 & ‘96-97 and then retired in 1997.
His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal(3OLC), Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct medal, National Defense Service Medal, NCO Professional Development ribbon, Korea Defense Service Medal, Army Service ribbon, Sharpshooter Badge and Mechanics Badge with driver-w bar.
Kurt currently works for LGS Innovations on the YRP/LPP 2C as the ITT lead.
Troy Purdin
Trustee (3 Year)
Scout Coord.
Charles Woods
Service Officer
Charles Rodney Woods has been a member of The Veterans of Foreign Wars since 2009 and was a member of
Post 10216 at Osan Air Base before joining us at Post 10223. He has been our Service Officer for nearly four years, offering advice to
veterans in obtaining rightful entitlements from federal and state governments and assisting members of the Post and their surviving spouses.
In addition to the VFW, Charles is also active in other Veteran’s and fraternal organizations. He is currently the Commander of American Legion Post 37 and a member of several Masonic Organizations to include The Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, which is commonly known as The Shriners.
Charles joined the United States Army and worked in Administration & Personnel Management at Ft. Knox, KY; Camp Casey Korea; Camp Humphreys Korea; Yongsan Korea; Ft McClellan, AL; Ft Sam Houston, TX; and at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland before retiring in 1992. He currently lives in Pyeongtaek and works as a Transition Specialist at Camp Humphreys Korea.
Richard Dixon
Safety Officer
George Beck
Post Home Chair
Past District & Post Commander
George E. Beck Jr. has been a member of the VFW since 1996 and currently serves as Post Home Chair, having previously held the positions of Trustee, Quartermaster & 'All American' Commander
of Post 10223 and 'All American' Quartermaster & 'All American' Commander of District III, Korea. He is also the Custodian of the Crummy Duffle Bag in 10223’s Military Order of the Cootie Pup Tent #2.
George joined the United States Army in 1996 and was assigned to Ft Devens, MA, then spent 3 years in a sunny beach resort at the US Army Field Station Kunia, HI, followed by assignments to Vint Hill Farms Station, VA, Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA, Ft Huachuca, AZ and then finished up and retired from the Army after spending ten years with US Army Field Station Korea. His medals include the Meritorious Service Medal/1OLC, the ARCOM/2OLC & AAM/4OLC, the Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service w/ Bronze Star, Global War on Terrorism, KDSM, NCOPD(3), Army Service, and Overseas Service(4) ribbons.
He currently works as a Contract Electronic Technician/ Installer and lives in the Camp Humphreys area. When he’s not donating his time to the VFW and American Legion, he enjoys motorcycling and beer drinking-never together.
Gregory Cyr
JROTC Coord.