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Col. Steve Bond Installed as President of Military Officers Association of America Florida Council of Chapters

By  //  May 20, 2024

Bond, a resident of Melbourne, is a past President of MOAA’s Cape Canaveral Chapter, the largest chapter in MOAA

ABOVE: New Officers of the Florida Council of the Military Officers Association of America are sworn into their positions by retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Gary North, and Chairman of the Board of MOAA. Newly installed officers from left to right are retired U.S. Air Force Col. Gary Nolan, SW Area/Cape Coral; retired U.S. Army Col. Joe Napoli, SE Area VP/Miami; retired U.S. Army Maj. Lorraine Holland, East-Central Area VP/Orlando; retired U.S. Army Col. John Murphy, Council Vice President; retired U.S. Army Col. Steve Bond, Council President; and outgoing Council President Commander Pat Kluever/Fleet Landing.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Military Officers Association of America Florida Council of Chapters held its 47th Annual Convention in Daytona Beach from May 13 to 15.

The gathering of MOAA members represented the State’s 38 chapters and met to elect and install new council officers.

General Gary North (USAF-Retired), Chairman of the Board of MOAA officiated the transition of council leadership from the outgoing President, Commander Pat Kluever (USN-Retired), to the new President, Colonel Steve Bond (USA-Retired). Bond previously served as the Council’s Vice President.

The Council also elected and installed a new Vice President and three of its seven Area Vice Presidents.

Bond is a resident of Melbourne, Florida, and a past President of MOAA’s Cape Canaveral Chapter, the largest chapter in MOAA. He is a 29-year veteran of the U.S. Army, a former member of the U.S. Government Senior Executive Service, and a veteran of military operations in Panama (1989-90) and Saudi Arabia/Kuwait (1990-91).

He was also involved in humanitarian/peacekeeping operations in St. Croix (1989), and Haiti (1994).

Newly installed Council President of the Florida Military Officers Association of America, Colonel Steve Bond, center, with Council Vice President Colonel John Murphy, left,and Outgoing Council President Commander Pat Kluever (R) at the State Convention in Daytona Beach on May 15. Bond and Murphy are Past Presidents of the Brevard County based Cape Canaveral Chapter of MOAA (MOAACC).

After retiring from the Army, he worked for one of the largest Defense-aerospace companies in the U.S. as a director of business development. In this role he served in a U.S. Government Senior Executive Service (SES) Flag/General Officer position as Director of the Intelligence Transition Team and as Senior U.S. Intelligence Advisor to the Iraqi Ministries of Defense (MOD) and Interior (MOI).

He also served on the Counter-Terrorist Force while assigned to the Multi-National Security Transition Command- Iraq (MNSTC-I) and the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) during Operation Iraqi Freedom, in what was known as “The Surge.”

Bond holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in history, is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College.

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