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March 11 Joint Service Academy Dinner Cinzetti’s Italian Restaurant

Posted: 2/15/2018
SPRING JOINT SERVICE ACADEMY DINNER EVENT
 
March 11, 2018 (Sunday) – 5:30 PM – Celebrating Warriors Dinner – Special Presentation by Farhad Zarif, Afghan-US Marine, on Combat in the Middle East: 
  • KCAOG is holding its spring kickoff event on Sunday, 11 March at 1730 at Cinzetti’s Italian Market (Buffet) Restaurant.
  • Our special guest and speaker is US Marine Special Forces member Farhad Zarif who was born and raised in Afghanistan by Afghan parents, fought as an Afghan Army soldier against the Russian forces who captured and held him as a POW in 1987, immigrated to the United States where he eventually joined the U.S. Marines Special Forces as a linguist, and fought in Desert Storm during 1991.  His speech will include interesting historic perspectives of the ancient and modern day Afghanistan and surrounding Middle East regions, his personal background as an Afghani who immigrated to the US and became both a US Marine and a staunch advocate of democracy as an American citizen, and his experience in fighting the Russians and the Iraq forces of Saddam Hussein.
  • This event is open to members of KCAOG, the West Point Society, the Greater KC Metro Chapter of the US Naval Academy Alumni Association, military veterans and supporters and their spouses.
  • Dinner is pay-as-your go. HOWEVER, DUE TO LIMITED SEATING, PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR YOUR PARTY AT THE EARLIEST TO: gshuey@tensortech.com. Include your name, rank, class, and number in your party. Reservations are first come, first served.
  • Cinzetti’s is located on the West side of Metcalf at 7201 W. 91st, Overland Park, KS 66212 (913) 642-0101). It has a very wide buffet menu selection including various vegetarian dishes. The menu is available at: http://www.cinzzettis.com/kansas/foodmenu/ )
Our associations hold frequent joint events to promote our military academies and honor our past and present military veterans.  We invite those interested in these events and our mutual purpose of supporting our Armed Forces to join our respective military graduate associations and be included on our mailing lists.
Gregory N. Shuey
President, Kansas City Association of Graduates of the Air Force Academy
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The USNA Alumni Association, Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter, fully endorses this joint event.  Please contact LtCol Greg Shuey, USAF Ret., via email ASAP if you plan to attend. Direct any questions to me.

Bob Culler ’74 President

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