Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for this month’s meeting was the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Thomas Hall. A native of Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Secretary Hall was sworn in a on October 9, 2002. A Presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate, he serves as the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Colonel Randy Pais, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army, was our speaker for this meeting. He gave an informative talk about a Call to Duty theme that the Secretary has asked be addressed in presentations. His topic sparked quite a few questions and comments among the attendees. […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Major Robert H. Moore, S-2 for 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines spoke on a variety of topics including terrorist and insurgent activities in Iraq, foreign fighters, the state of the New Iraqi Army, intelligence operations (on an unclassified basis), and ETTPs (Enemy Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures).
Speaker and Meeting Recap: As part of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, we had as our speaker Mr. Claude Isnard who spoke about life in France during World War II – The war and occupation seen from the prism of a child fast reaching adolescence. His personal […]
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 […]