Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our meeting featured representatives of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force recruiting commands who spoke about recruiting efforts in the Greater Houston Area. We learned the typical recruit’s qualifications, what specialties the services need, and the answers all those questions you wished you asked your recruiter. […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: There was no meeting scheduled for November 2010.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speakers for this meeting were MAJ Jose Rivera, Executive Officer for the 72nd IBCT and LTC John Laing, Chaplain for the 72nd IBCT. Both were part of the unit’s just-completed deployment to Iraq. MAJ Rivera presented the overall background information on the unit (including a summary of the units just […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Sibley Cooley who talked about Military and Veterans Television. Working with the Houston Military Affairs Committee Mr. Cooley films events and conducts interviews of military personnel and veterans. Recently he was in Washington, DC to work on Operation Dragoon (WWII). Mr. Cooley will show some excerpts of his […]
Speaker and Meeting Recap: There was no meeting scheduled for August 2010.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was Jonathan Sandys, the great grandson of Winston Churchill who provided historical insights on the Prime Minister and World War II.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker was John Martinec, Director, Ellington Field Task Force. You may have seen the construction taking place at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base. Mr. Martinec will give you an update on Ellington Field JRB and future plans for the base.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: There was no meeting scheduled for May 2010.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker for this month was Tom Moran of Schneider & McKinney, P.C. Mr. Moran is a retired reserve JAG officer with experience in defending war crimes cases at UN tribunals.
Speaker and Meeting Recap: Our speaker this month was Joan Neuhaus Schaan, Texas Security Forum, Fellow for Homeland Security & Terrorism Programs, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University. She spoke on the topic of why terrorists would be attracted to Houston. What makes Houston a great entrepreneurial city also makes it […]