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 […]

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 […]