Speaker and Meeting Recap: The April meeting featured Steven Koehler, a U.S. Navy Seal and Gulf War I veteran as well as a panel discussion on Operation Iraqi Freedom. Steven gave a very informative brief on Navy Seal operations and compared what he did in GW I with what the special ops personnel were doing […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: The March meeting of the Houston Military Affairs Committee featured LtCol Charles “Dude” Hall, who is the PWST (Peacetime Wartime Support Team) OIC for 1st Bn 23d Marines in Houston, TX. LtCol Hall discussed Family Support for the Marines that have been deployed. This support is extremely important for the families […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: The speaker was LtCol Guy Womack, USMC (Ret) who represented SGT Mark Walker, U.S. Army, in his General Court-Martial, this past November, at Camp Casey, Republic of Korea. He was the driver of the armored engineering vehicle that ran over and killed two Korean teen-aged girls. His acquittal at the GCM […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Dr. Thomas Hargrove’s presentation was one of the most entertaining and enlightening talks we have had since we restarted HMAC 15 months ago. His talk was entitled “A Year in the Valley of the Shadow,” which recounted many of his experiences after being kidnapped by a group of FARC terrorists in […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Mr. Gary Rodgers spoke about his days in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot with the Special Operations Group.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Col. (Sel) Pat Ferral, USMCR, was our guest speaker and updated us on his recent tour of duty in Kuwait with the G-3, Current Ops , I MEF, USMC.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: State Senator Eliot Shapleigh, District 29, Acting Chair of the Texas Senate’s Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Committee, and Brigadier General Michael Smith, Texas Air National Guard (Ret), the Staff Director of the Committee, were our special guests. An enlightening discussion was had concerning the next BRAC cycle and what we […]
Speaker: Col Bob Weniger, USAF (Ret), WWII pilot and former POW
Speaker: Mr. Mike McReaken from the Texas Veterans Land Board
Speaker: Brigadier General David Van Kleeck, Assistant Division Commander and Commander 1st Brigade, 75th Division