Speaker and Meeting Recap: The speakers for this meeting were MGySgt. Greg Treacy and Cmdr. Gene Tulich. They reviewed the many upcoming events for Veterans Day Weekend, the Returning Veterans Initiative, the 2007 and 2008 Military Balls, possible change of venue for meetings, new initiatives and outreach, along with a myriad of other interesting topics. […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Captain Carter Conlin, USNR (Ret) the Commander General of the Naval Order of the United States. The Naval Order has committed to raise funds for a monument to honor those sailors and maritime personnel that lost their lives in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. The Navy […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our guest speaker for this meeting was Colonel Don Outler, Commemorative Air Force. He is the Development Officer for the Wing. The Commemorative Air Force’s unit in Houston is called the Gulf Coast Wing. The unit consists of the “Tora-Tora-Tora” aviation air-show act and we operate one of just 12 flyable […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was LTC Marshall Bolyard, USA (Ret), the Executive Director of the US Family Health Plan for CHRISTUS Health. Mr. Bolyard directs a network of health care providers, which includes more than 100 primary care physicians, more than 400 specialists and four network hospitals in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: The speaker for this meeting was Command Sergeant Major Larry Holland. CSM Holland was the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs until CSM Holland’s retirement earlier this year. He was also appointed to the Independent Review Group which investigated the conditions at Walter Reed Army […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for this month was General Ostermann is the Deputy Commander of the 90th Regional Readiness Command (RCC) headquartered in N. Little Rock, Arkansas. RRCs exercise command and control of assigned units, including organizing, training, mobilizing and deploying units and individuals. RRCs also support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: There was no meeting was held in May 2007.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for this meeting was S. Ward Casscells, MD (COL, USAR), J.E. Tyson Distinguished Professor of Medicine(Cardiology) and Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Director, Clinical Research, The Texas Heart Institute. He has recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq and will no doubt […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speakers for this meeting were Colonel Phil Bossert, USAF and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Landry, USA who told us about the Air Force and Army ROTC programs at the University of Houston. These are important programs which supply a significant number of officers for today’s military forces.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Lieutenant Colonel Toimu Reeves, commander of Army Recruiting in Houston who informed us about the challenges and rewards of recruiting for the Army especially in the Houston area.