American Cold War Veterans Annual Meeting and Commemoration 2015

Feb. 26, 2015 - PRLog -- American Cold War Veterans
Annual Meeting and Commemoration 2015
“We Remember”
WHEN: 30 April-01 May 2015
WHERE: Washington, D.C.
Holiday Inn Rosslyn
1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington VA 22209
703-807-2000 ext. 2200; 703-522-7480 fax

A special rate of $99.00 (+tax) is available to attendees.
Please mention the American Cold War Veterans when making your reservation.
Room reservations must be made no later than 30 March 2015.
Conference Buffet Luncheon: $21.95/person; Conference Banquet: $35.95/person; Business Meeting Only-25.00; Full Event (both meals) $65.00

We have an outstanding group of speakers and wonderful events to honor all who served in the “longest war”. Special room rates are available, but reservations must be in by 30 March. We encourage all to attend the luncheon and the dinner programs by our speakers, as well as the special commemorations at the Victims of Communism Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
We are very proud to have the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and the National Association of Uniformed Services participating in our programs.
Finally, we are hoping to be joined by Congressional representatives in connection with the Cold War Service Medal bill (shortly to be reintroduced) and well as honored guests from both Allied and former Bloc countries and from refugee organizations.
Please share this e-mail with all who may be interested and post to your relevant social media groups and lists.

DINNER SPEAKER-01 May 2015

Jack Klimp

Lt Gen, US Marine Corps, Retired
President
Jack assumed the position of President of the Association in June 2011 after a distinguished career in the military and the private sector. An Air Force brat, Jack’s hometown was Utica, Michigan. After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968 and completion of The Basic School (TBS), he went to Vietnam as a rifle platoon commander, company XO and then company commander.  Command tours during his Marine career included: two recon companies; a recruit training company; a recruiting station, an infantry battalion, and Task Force Mogadishu and Marine Forces Somalia during Operation Restore Hope. Staff assignments included USNA company officer, tactics instructor, staff platoon commander at TBS, assistant provost marshal, aide-de-camp, recruit training battalion XO, recruit training regiment S-3, amphibious unit S-4, plans officer for Korea’s Combined Forces Command and Assistant G-3, 1st Marine Division.  At Central Command he served as Chief, Field Training Exercise Branch then Chief, Exercise Division and finally as Director of General Schwarzkopf’s JOC during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

In 1993, while serving as Commander, Task Force Mogadishu, during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, Jack was selected for promotion to brigadier general and then commanded the Recruit Depot and Eastern Recruiting Region at Parris Island. His final command assignment was CG, Marine Corps Recruiting Command.   As a lieutenant general he served as Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

Upon retirement, Jack joined Phoenix House as Senior VP and director of its New York region.  Responsible for 40+ drug rehab programs, he supervised the treatment of about 2,700 addicts daily.  In 2005 he returned to Arlington as the President of an association of space and water heating appliance and equipment manufacturers (GAMA) where he led a merger of GAMA with ARI (Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Institute) creating AHRI (Air-conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute) where he was the CEO.  In May 2009 Jack was asked by its board of directors to take on the leadership of Second Genesis, a substance abuse recovery program similar to Phoenix House.

LUNCHEON SPEAKER-01 May 2015

Lee Edwards, PhD

Chairman, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

Lee Edwards, Ph.D. is co-founder and chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. A leading historian of twentieth century politics and American conservatism, Edwards is the author or editor of more than 20 books, including biographies of leading anti-communist leaders such as Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, Walter Judd. His works have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Swedish and French.

Edwards is a distinguished fellow at the Heritage Foundation and an adjunct professor of politics at the Catholic University of America. He was the founding director of the Institute of Political Journalism at Georgetown University and a fellow at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Edwards is a past president of the Philadelphia Society and a media fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Among his awards and honors are the Millennium Star of Lithuania, the Cross of Terra Mariana of Estonia, the Friendship Medal of Diplomacy from the Republic of China (Taiwan), the John Ashbrook Award, the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award, the Walter Judd Freedom Award, and an honorary doctoral degree in humane letters from Grove City College.

Edwards earned a doctorate in world politics from the Catholic University of America. He has a bachelor of arts degree in English from Duke University and did graduate work at The Sorbonne, Paris.

He lives in Alexandria, Va., with his wife Anne, who assists him in all his writing.

MEMORIAL ADDRESS-30 April 2015

Marion Smith

Executive Director Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

Marion Smith brings his unique experience as a civil-society leader, expert in international affairs, and student of politics to bear on his current position as Executive Director of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. In addition to his work at VOC, Smith is also founding president of the Common Sense Society, an international foundation that promotes civic engagement, entrepreneurship, and leadership virtues among young professionals in the United States and Europe.

Smith is a native of South Carolina, where his ancestors fought as both Patriots and Tories during the American War of Independence. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wofford College with a bachelor of arts degree in Government & History. He has studied in England, France, The Netherlands, and Hungary, where he received a masters’ degree in International Relations from Central European University.

Smith’s research focuses on the role of ideas in American foreign policy, U.S. diplomatic and military history, and on the future of transatlantic security cooperation. Marion’s articles have appeared in various publications, including the Washington Times, National Review, and Wall Street Journal.

He is chairman of the National Civic Art Society and was previously a visiting fellow at the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at The Heritage Foundation.

Conference Coordinator (e-mail preferred):
ACWV Legislative Director
CH (COL) Charles H. Nalls
1-888-312-8884 (office)
acwvdc@outlook.com