AFTER 30 years of distinguished and honorable service in the United States Navy, Dominador "Ador" S. Carreon retired on November 24, 1997, at which time he had attained the highest enlisted rank of Master Chief Petty Officer. He received several awards, including Meritorious Service Medal; Navy Commendation Medal w/ 2 Gold Stars; Navy Achievement Medal; Navy Unit Commendation Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Humanitarian Service Medal; and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
After his retirement from military service, Ador worked in the U.S. Department of the Treasury as the Financial Operations Manager in charge of the daily financial operation of the Executive Dining Room. He has proudly served six Treasury Secretaries from Robert Rubin to the current Secretary, Timothy Geithner.
Ador Carreon was born and raised in Cavite City, and educated in Manila, Philippines, where he attended Feati University. After college, he joined the US Navy Ador and served in various commands and flagships with the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific, including staff assignments in Japan; Hawaii; Norfolk, Virginia; Rhode Island; and Washington, DC.
In 2004, Ador began to work as Post Commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) Post 5471. VFW includes 2.2 million members in approximately 8,100 Posts worldwide. Its mission is to "honor the dead by helping the living" through veterans’ service, community service, national security and a strong national defense.
Under Carreon’s leadership, the Post 5471 received the National Outstanding Community Service Post Award due to the countless service hours that the Post has provided to the community. At the end of his tenure in 2006, Ador was named an All State Post Commander.
In 2007, he was elected to the highest department position in the VFW organization as
Department Commander of the District of Columbia. Because of his diligence in making the Department of the District of Columbia the first among the 52 departments to attain 100% membership, Ador was named an All American State Commander.
Prior to becoming President of the Philippine American Foundation for Charities, Inc. (PAFC) in January 2008, Ador served as its Vice President for Internal Affairs. He was the Overall Chairman of the Philippine Festival Committee 2005 (PFC 2005), and under his able leadership, fundraising hit its highest level since the inception of the PAFC in 1997. Ador was also awarded a resolution by the Maryland State Senate in recognition of his leadership in bringing back the Philippine Festival from Montgomery County to Prince Georges County.
Ador is a strong supporter of Feed the Hungry, Inc and the Philippine American Medical Mission of Mercy of Metropolitan Washington DC, Inc. Residing in Fort Washington, Maryland, he and his wife,Nanette, travel yearly to the Philippines to, providing school supplies to 200 indigent children and basic hygiene and health supplies to 50 senior citizens. This gift-giving project is undertaken in collaboration with volunteers from the Feed the Hungry, Inc.of Metropolitan Washington, DC area and the Manila-based Commission on Filipino Overseas.
( Published June 16, 2010 in Asian Journal Los Angeles p. B2 )
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