Speaker and Meeting Recap: This meeting had to be cancelled due to Hurricane Ike. We plan to reschedule Colonel Lanny McNeely, Texas Air National Guard, Wing Commander 147th Reconnaissance Wing, Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, at a later date.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Lieutenant Commander Adrian West, Commanding Officer, Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104, Galveston, TX. The MSST is a unit of the Coast Guard Deployable Operations Group and dispatched on Coast Guard or Department of Homeland Security missions. Maritime Safety and Security Team Galveston is a Coast Guard anti-terrorism […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Major Shannon Rogers, 147th Reconnaissance Wing Plans Officer. He is an experienced Predator pilot and has provided invaluable leadership to the Wing during the transformation change effort from F-16s to MQ-1 Predators.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Brigadier General Henry Ostermann, Deputy Commander, 90th Regional Readiness Command who spoke about the 100th Anniversary of the United States Army Reserve.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: There was no meeting schedule for May 2008.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: There was no meeting schedule for April 2008.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for this meeting was Colonel Daniel J. Shanahan, Commander, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. He gave a very informative presentation on his units activities in Iraq. Colonel Daniel J. Shanahan grew up in Michigan. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1982 with a Bachelor […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: The speaker was Colonel Vernon L. Lister, USA. The U.S. Army Operational Test Command at Fort Hood deploys teams of its soldiers, DA civilians and contractors to Iraq and Afghanistan to assess and collect data on weapons, systems and technologies in combat. It’s part of the Army Rapid Fielding Initiative/Rapid Acquisition […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: The speaker was E. A. “Buddy” Grantham, the Director of the City of Houston Office of Veterans’ Affairs. This new position is designed to coordinate the city’s efforts to help veterans. In addition to briefing us on what his office does, he also spoke about the Mayor’s Returning Veterans Initiative whose […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for this month was Sgt. Augustus Campbell, US Army Reserves, who discussed some of the legal issues he encountered during his recent tour in Iraq with the 358th Civil Affairs Brigade. Sgt. Campbell graduated from Texas Tech Law School in 2006 and was activated shortly after passing the Texas […]