Dr. Glen McDuff
MOWW News:
This month’s Military Order of the World Wars meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 18. This month’s speaker Dr. Glen McDuff who will present a talk on Ballistic Missile Defense.
A quick look at ballistic missile defense (BMD), from its beginnings in WWII with the Nazi V2 to the proposed hypersonic delivery vehicle is presented. As BMD is one of the most, if not the most difficult of technological challenges, we assess the meager successes and plentiful disappointments. Not to be too discouraging, a fleeting review of the incredibly successful and expensive ($800 billion) air defense systems constructed by the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s is reviewed. Finally, current and future BMD schemes are examined.
Dr. Glen McDuff has a PhD in Physics from the University of St. Andrews and a degree in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University, where he was also a professor. Dr. McDuff is retired from Los Alamos Narional Laboratory but continues to serve as a consultant to the Weapons Division and to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Nuclear Weapons School at Kirtland Air Force Base
The Feb. 18 MOWW meeting is in Room 203A at the Los Alamos Research Park. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. with a social period followed by a brief meeting at 6:30 p.m. with the talk beginning about 7:15 p.m. For further information, call Gregg Giesler at 505.662.5574 or email at g.giesler@computer.org.
The Military Order of the World Wars meetings are open to all interested people for dinner and program with RSVP, or the program only at no cost. The cost for dinner is $25. Please call Robert Hull at 505.328.1502 for reservations. A reservation is a commitment to pay. The dinner menu is TBD with appropriate sides.
The meeting is a hybrid session including Zoom. Zoom will start at about 6 p.m. Zoom details will be in the reminder email two days before the meeting.
About the Military Order of the World Wars:
An 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 Gregg Giesler at 505.662.5574.