YOUNG AFCEANS

Congratulations to Patrick Harvey and Capt. Charles O’Conner as Industry and Government Co-Presidents for the Lexington-Concord Young AFCEAns!

The Young AFCEAns are AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association) members under the age of 40. Our organization provides an ethical networking environment for Industry and Government professionals as well as promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through the following chapter events:

• Social Networking Events
• Mentoring at local schools
• Scholarship Awards
• Hosting technology events
• Judging Science Fairs
• Mentorship events with Senior Military & Industry members

The Young AFCEAn mentorship activities are generally tailored toward career and leadership development and access to senior leaders that would not otherwise be gained outside of the Young AFCEAn activities. Young AFCEAns practice their leadership skills as active members of their local chapters, in the Region as a Regional YAC, or even at the International level on the Young AFCEAn Advisory Council.

Accomplishments and highlights of the Lexington Concord Young AFCEANs include:

• Awarded the AFCEA International Young AFCEAn Program Award 3 years in a row
• Mentorship events that included luncheons and golf tournaments
• Assists in organizing and running the New Horizons, MILCOM and the CNS/ATM Conferences
• Coast Guard Cutter tour with networking lunch session
• Organized Lockheed Martin F-35 simulator tour and demonstration
• Red Sox game with pre-game social networking event
• Sponsors YMCA Inner City AERO Challenge teaching modeling and simulation, aerodynamics and principles of flight to 5th -7th grade children
• Volunteer at MATHCOUNTS® State competition, grading tests and awarded $5K - for ten $500 savings bonds to the top ten finalists
• Supports deployed Young AFCEAn members in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait, sending baseball equipment for the troops and providing 100 Red Sox hats to deployed Young AFCEANs
• Hosts informal monthly networking socials

For further information on Young AFCEANS or to offer suggestions for events, 
please visit the Contact Us page and select the appropriate Young AFCEAN representative.

• First Year Young AFCEAN Membership Application

RECENT YOUNG AFCEANS EVENTS

Event	Links	Photo
Young AFCEANs, Justin Barrett, Kate Stowe, David Baker and Pat Dagle, Chapter President, present $500 savings bonds to the top ten finishers in the Massachusetts MathCounts competition.	Photo Gallery
Pat Dagle, Chapter President, and Young AFCEANs tour iRobot - 2/17/2011	Photo Gallery
Aero Challenge 2010	Photo Gallery
Aero Challenge at the YMCA - 10-26-08	Photo Gallery
Hoene Mentorship Luncheon	Photo Gallery
Young AFCEANs Afghanistan Orphanage Visit, December 26 2007	Photo Gallery
AFCEA Social, Wednesday September 12, 2007	Photo Gallery
Young AFCEANs at the Air Force Ball	Photo Gallery
Young AFCEAN Mentorship Session with John Dubia, Executive Vice President for AFCEA International	Photo Gallery
Young AFCEAN Mentorship Luncheon with Ms. Fran Duntz	Photo Gallery
ROTC Scholarships	Photo Gallery
Mentorship Luncheon with Mr. Shannon Sullivan	Photo Gallery
Distinguished Young AFCEAN awards	Photo Gallery
New Horizons	Photo Gallery
AFCEA Valentine Dinner Dance	Photo Gallery
2006 Chapter Science Fair Awardees	Photo Gallery
AFCEA Social, September 19, 2005 AFCEA's Lexington-Concord Chapter welcomed Admiral Herb Browne (Retired) to our Social on September 19, 2005.	Photo Gallery
Local New England ROTC Cadets and Midshipmen were recently recognized, by the Lexington-Concord, MA, AFCEA Chapter, for their outstanding academic, community service, and overall achievements for 2004-2005. Cadets & Midshipmen received $1,000 scholarships for their superior performance. One Cadet received an additional $1,000 from the General Schreiver Scholarship Endowment. This year’s annual program was set and emceed up by Col Linda Haines, VP of ROTC Affairs, with support from Capt Jerry VanDeWiele, VP for Young Military AFCEANs. The guest speaker for the event was Brig Gen Gary Connor, Command Control ISR Systems Wing Commander, an alumnus of the Lowell, MA, Air Force ROTC program.	Photo Gallery
Another Coast Guard Cutter Tour! Recently, a crowd of about 22 YA's ate in Boston's North End before venturing over to a planned tour of the Coast Guard's repair facilities and then toured on the Cutter Escanaba	Photo Gallery
A tour of the Army's Natick Soldier Systems Center with a first-hand look at how the soldier in today's military is outfitted with the tools and equipment to make their job efficient.	Natick Soldier Systems Center
A luncheon and tour of the Air Traffic Control Tower at Boston Logan Airport and the TRACON
A sponsored career development events and monthly meetings
A tour of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
A tour of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer as well as a tour of Boston Harbor on Coast Guard Cutter Pendant!	Photo Gallery