Speaker and Meeting Recap: BRAC Update – Over the past few weeks members of the Ellington Field Task Force attended regional BRAC Hearings in St Louis and Atlanta, as well as visiting BRAC Commission office in Washington DC. On Thursday, July 7 BRAC Commissioner James Hansen conducted a site visit at Ellington Field. On Monday, […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: The speaker was Mr. John Martinec, the Director of the Ellington Field Task Force. He discussed some of the efforts of the Ellington Field Task Force to counter the recommendations and convince the BRAC Commissioners to ensure that Houston has a full F-16 wing. His conclusion was that the removal of […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: There was no meeting schedule for May 2005.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: There was no meeting schedule for April 2005.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: LTC Robert Morecook PhD, Texas State Guard, presented an informative program on the role of the Texas State Guard in response to natural disaster or terrorist attack within the state of Texas. He focused on the state guard’s Medical Reserve Corps, also known as the Texas Medical Rangers. Texas Medical Rangers […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: The speaker was Bill Ehrie, Chairman of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission who spoke about the state of the military within Texas and the missions of the TMPC. We are very close to decisions in the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. The BRAC Commissioners who will decide the final list […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for the January meeting was Major Shannon Wiley, Assistant PWST Officer for 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines. He gave a very informative update on the battalion which is currently serving in Iraq. He also brought us up to date on the support program for the families of our deployed Marines. […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: The members of HMAC were presented an in-depth report on the status of Army recruiting in Texas and the other recruiting areas across the nation by LTC Roger Jones. It was a very positive report and is contrary to much of what has been reported in the national media. The bottom-line, […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for this meeting was 1stLt. David Lewis, B Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines who is home recuperating from injuries he received during his second tour in Iraq. He has a unique perspective on the war having been there once and then spending time at home before returning for a […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our October Luncheon speaker was Major General Thurman, USA, Commanding General 4th Infantry Division who gave an informative presentation on Modularization in the Army. General Thurman (shown here with Private Brian Williams) indicated that as part of the Army’s transformation, it is migrating capabilities previously found with divisions and corps to […]