Speaker and Meeting Recap: Mr. Gary Rodgers spoke on the topic of Private Military Corporations – PMC’s – Who and What they are and do. These are the firms that provide contracting security and high technologies/working knowledge to the DoD, State Department, DoE and ” other ” federal agencies. Many retired military persons are employed […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Colonel Paul Brennan and Sgt. Tony Martin talked about the Marine Corps’ Long Term Casualty Support Program which is operated in conjunction with Marine for Life. This program has made significant strides in providing support for our wounded Marines and the families of those killed in action. This is a very […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Colonel JAY R. HILDEBRAND, Assistant Chief of Staff, G3, 75th Division (TS) who updated us on the plans for the new Armed Forces Reserve Center which will be located at Ellington Field.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: This month’s speaker was Mr. Sibley Cooley. He spoke about an exciting new program of the Houston Military Affairs Committee. Mr. Cooley is HMAC’s lead on producing a Military and Veterans TV program on Houston Media Source (a public TV entity). He explained the program and what we can do to […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was LtCol. Gerry W. Leonard, Inspector – Instructor, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines. He updated us on what our Houston Marines were doing during the summer AT period. The Battalion went in many different directions as they provided optemp relief for the active forces in various exercises worldwide. The hope […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for this meeting was LtCol Robert Heidenreich. He was the Plans and Operations Officer, RCT-7, 1st Marine Division during the battle for Fallujah. LtCol Heidenreich just recently completed a tour of duty as the Inspector-Instructor, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division here in Houston.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was CSM Lawrence Wilson, who was a member of the team that caught Saddam Hussein in 2004. He is assigned to the Operation Test Command (OTC), the Army’s only independent test organization. OTC tests all equipment before it gets into the hands of the warfighter in realistic environments to […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for this meeting was Captain Larry Watson, USN, Professor of Naval Science and Associate Professor at Rice University as well as the Commanding Officer, Naval ROTC Houston Consortium. His Executive Officer gave the presentation and told us all about the new generation of men and women who are learning […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our usual May meeting was a joint meeting with The Navy League of the United States and the Naval Order of the United States. The Honorable Donald C. Winter, Secretary of the Navy, was the guest of honor at a dinner event on May 12, 2006.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: The speaker for our April meeting was Mike McReaken of the Texas Veterans Land Board. He brought us up to date on developments at TVLB, how to get low cost loans for new home loans and home improvements, Texas Veterans Homes, and other valuable benefit information.