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Vavala initiated a program entitled the "War on Hunger" in December 2008 which placed food donation sites in all Delaware Army and Air National Guard facilities as well as National Guard supported events. Food collected through this program is delivered to the
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Prior to that, we were almost pigeonholed as a strategic reserve of the Army and Air Force. We've shifted to an operational force, a really indispensable force; this force that the Army and the Air Force need to be able to do their
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We do not accept the premise that all good ideas relating to the National Guard are reserved for the Department of Defense. We don't want to confront the DoD-we want to work with them. We also want our Chief, Lieutenant General
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to help feed families at risk in Delaware. Funds were also raised through the War On Hunger program to support the Food Bank's Backpack Program for children who experience hunger on weekends and when school is not in session.
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to bases in North Carolina and Georgia. Vavala worked with local elected officials and military leaders to stop the removal of these aircraft which would have effectively shut down the
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General Frank Grass and Vavala meet with Dale Earnhardt Jr. prior to the start of NASCAR's AAA 400 race at the Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, September 29, 2013.
1716: 607: 1536: 1747: 1662: 391: 303:, the son of Frank and Nell Vavala. Vavala was raised with two other siblings, brother Gerard P. Vavala and sister Cissy E. Vavala-Gouert. He graduated from 1848: 1689: 1633:"House Joint Resolution No. 10 Recognizing Major General Francis D. Vavala For His Leading Role In Reshaping The Military Of The United States Of America" 1615: 330:
Major General Vavala presents an Iraqi army graduate of the Baghdad Signal University his diploma upon graduation at Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq, in 2009.
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Vavala speaks with service members before the dedication of a World War II memorial at Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware, November 9, 2013.
1782: 403: 430:(NGAUS) Vavala worked for the passage of what is known as the National Guard Empowerment Act. This act allows the National Guard chief, a 1908: 567:
hit Louisiana on September 1, 2008, the Delaware Air National Guard evacuated 285 hospital patients from potentially dangerous areas in
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Vavala was in command when units of the Delaware Army and Air National Guard were integrated with active duty forces in support of
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As the Vice President and then President of the Adjutants General Association of the United States (AGAUS) and the Chairman of the
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On August 31, 2005, "Task Force Delaware" composed of the 166th Security Forces of the Delaware Air National and the
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146th General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution No. 10 recognizing Vavala for his leading role in reshaping the
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Major General Carol A. Timmons places the new cap on the newly promoted General Francis Vavala, April 1, 2017.
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in March 1967. He was commissioned in June 1970 after completing the Delaware Military Academy
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National Guard Defense Enhancement and National Guard Empowerment Act (H.R. 5200 and S. 2658)
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Delaware Medal for Service in Aid to Civil Authority with award numeral 6
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Columbus Day Communion Breakfast Committee, Italian American of the Year.
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E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Chestnut Run Plaza Work/Life Award.
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As the Adjutant General, Vavala was the highest-ranking member of the
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Applying New Institutionalism to the National Guard Empowerment Act
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Delaware National Defense Service Ribbon with award numeral 2
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Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
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United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni
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Integration of the National Guard into the Total Force
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Delaware Physical Fitness Ribbon with award numeral 6
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