MOWW News:Col. Robert Duff USAF, is the speaker at this month’s meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars Tuesday, Oct. 20. He will present the story of an Air Force nuclear weaponeer.
From 1942 to 1972, he will explain the importance of communication between the military and scientists and engineers in the DOE national laboratories which can lead to effective nuclear weapons systems and operational deterrence of nuclear warfare.
The meeting is in the Los Alamos Research Park on the 2nd floor conference room. The Los Alamos Research Park building is west of the South Mesa Fire Station.
Parking is available east of the fire station (accessible from southbound land of the Los Alamos Canyon Bridge) or east of the Research Park building (access is through the LANL control stations to West Jemez Road.)
Entrance to the Research Park main conference room is from the ground level by use of the ground level elevator on the east side of the building to the 2nd level.
The meeting begins at 6 p.m. with a social period, followed by a brief business meeting and dinner at 6:25 p.m. and at 7:15 p.m., the presentation begins.
The Military Order of the World Wars dinner meetings are open to interested citizens for the dinner and program with RSVP, or the program only at no cost.
The Hot Rocks Java Cafe staff is catering the dinner: Fajitas and appropriate side dishes. Cost of the dinner is $25 per person. Please note that a dinner
reservation made is a commitment to the chapter to pay for the reserved dinner(s).
RSVP (yes or no) for the dinner is needed by Sunday, Oct. 18; lcall Ltc. Gregg Giesler, USA Retired, Chapter Commander, 505.662.5574 (email g.giesler@computer.org) or Adjutant Eleanor Pinyan, 505.672.3750 (email depinyan@cybermesa.com).
Act of Congress chartered the Military Order of the World Wars in 1919 as a national patriotic organization.
The principal objectives of the MOWW are continuing service to the Nation, and patriotic educational opportunity for the nation’s youth and citizens.
Current youth programs are focused upon annual Youth Leadership Conferences for high school students presented in New Mexico by its related Sunbelt Patriotic Youth Leadership Conferences, Inc.
Current, former and retired federally commissioned officers of all branches of the United States Uniformed Services are eligible for membership in the MOWW and are especially invited to attend our meetings.
For additional information about MOWW membership, call Commander LTC Giesler or Adjutant Pinyan.
