Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Major John Hankins who recounted numerous interesting stories about his service in the Merchant Marine during World War II. An award was presented by a new organization called “Honor our Military Society” to Army Cpt. Adam S. Collett.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Shannon Wilson of the University of St Thomas Veterans Service Office. She spoke about UST and the programs Dr. Robert Ivany (MGen, USA (ret)) has envisioned for bringing more military veterans to campus but will also discuss her involvement with the OEF/OIF Subcommittee of the Houston Military Affairs […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: There was no meeting schedule for May 2009.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Travis Sales of the Houston Bar Association spoke about the Bar Association’s program to help veterans. The volunteers help veterans with legal issues. The group comes to the VA on Fridays for a couple of hours and has been out to VFW and AL Posts as well. They provide free (or […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for March, 2009 was Colonel Mark N. Campsey, Commander of the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas Army National Guard. In 1981 COL Campsey began his military career as an enlisted soldier in 2-142IN but two years later was commissioned in the Infantry from West Texas State University. He […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Thomas D. McNeese, MEd, MA, a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Houston, was our speaker on Thursday, February 12th, 2009. His topic was “A discussion on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its effects on returning OIF/OEF combat veterans”. Mr. McNeese has worked at the Michael E. […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: The speaker was Colonel Phil Bossert, USAF, University of Houston Air Force ROTC. He spoke about the Air Force ROTC program and the Houston Corps of Cadets which encompasses the Army. Navy, and Air Force ROTC programs at local Colleges and Universities.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Thomas D. Jones, PhD, a USAFA ‘77 distinguished graduate (top 50), astronaut, and author. He spoke about his interviews with and the book he co-authored about the Hell Hawks, the P-47 Thunderbolt pilots of the 365th Fighter Group, who flew interdiction missions supporting the D-Day invasion, and close […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our guest for this month was Peter Maffitt. He spoke about Cyber Security – Cyber Warfare and Cyber Crime.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for this month was Lt Col Barry Bridger. He is a retired Air Force officer who spent six years in Vietnam’s infamous “Hanoi Hilton” prison camp who will talk about this life changing experience – and the lessons it taught about himself. “None know better than the combat veterans […]