Events

Join us for a luncheon featuring John L. Bush at Montgomery Inn.  Details HERE

December 10th 2011 at the Montgomery Inn Boathouse.

  DETAILS HERE

This event is being heavily supported by USNA AA and various members.  Jon Sanchez will be introducing the guest speaker, LCOL Brad Wenstrup USAR (MC) and an Iraq veteran with a Bronze Star.  Please go to this link to learn more about “Birdies for the Brave” which is the PGA Tour sponsored program for eight various veteran organizations. 

http://www.birdiesforthebrave.org/

As the volunteer chairman for this event for two years, 2006 and 2007, we raised over $550,000 for these very worth organizations.  You can expect to meet veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, wounded warriors who will be out there to thank you for your support and many others who want to be there for the organization.

I was a member at TPC Rivers Bend for almost 10 years and as a 5.2 handicap golfer (back when my back let me play), I felt that although I’d played all over the world and the U.S., including Pebble Beach, this course was the most demanding and FAIR course I’d ever been on.  No two holes are alike in any way, the par 5’s are reachable but challenging, and it is just a pure delight, for golfers of any handicap.  Expect to meet veterans on each tee, supporters, their wives, and many others. 

In my mind, this is THE premier golf outing of the year for military support.  Anthony Munoz will be the MC and you will find him humorous and approachable.  He’s a huge fan of the military and his family has provided us (veterans and active duty alike) with unwavering support.

Here is the link to sign up for this event:

http://www.tpcriversbend.com/default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=274123&ssid=145664&vnf=1 

Enough said.  This is a great one!

October 28 from 1700 – 1900 at Bartini’s downtown Cincinnati
Army – Navy Happy Hour . 

The president of the local West Point Society, Jason Cornett, and I have been collaborating to get our groups together in advance of the Army – Navy football game event, which we intend to do jointly.  As a warm up, we thought a joint happy hour would be a great starter.  We’ve had a happy hour there before, the staff was very attentive, and we thought this would be a nice event.  You will get more information about this in a later email as I remind you. 

Please sign up with Jon Sanchez:  jonathan.m.sanchez@wfadvisors.com

This is another event, like the TPC, that deserves your attention and consideration.   LGEN Snowden is a veteran of WW II, Korea, and Viet Nam (where he commanded an entire USMC Division).  I have read a number of LGEN Snowden’s speeches and let me tell you, he does not spare anyone in his laser like articulation of what we did right, what we did wrong, and what we should be doing in the future of asymmetrical warfare.  He is entertaining, blunt (I know that’s a surprise for a Marine), and inspiring. 

His grandson lives in Cincinnati and thus we were able to get him to come to this event.  He will be spending all of November 10 visiting our wounded veterans in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area.

Here are the details from the World Affairs Council:

Dinner and Discussion with Lieutenant General Lawrence F. Snowden (USMC ret.):
 
Please join us, and the Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council, on November 11th in welcoming Lieutenant General Snowden to Cincinnati. General Snowden saw service in three major wars (WW II, Korea, and Vietnam), finishing his 37 year career as Chief of Staff for U.S. Marine Corp HQ. General Snowden will offer an informed and interesting perspective on the country’s recent decade of war on terrorism.
 
To register for the evening dinner with General Snowden please visit “www.cincyworldaffairs.org” or phone Katie Krafka at 513-621-5222. Details follow…
 
Date: November 11, 2011
Time: 6:00PM – 9:00PM
Location: Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246

In case you are wondering what the Cincinnati World Affairs Council does, you can go to this site to learn more. 

http://www.globalcincinnati.org/

They are serving our community in a superb way by making educational opportunities available to regional schools and classrooms on world affairs, and “no” it’s not what appears in the newspaper.  Our children need to know more about the world and what’s going on.  Who among us could disagree with that mission statement?  Remember how we all had to memorize at least two stories from the front page of the newspaper for morning chow and come-arounds.  That practice served me very well.

Please try to attend this event.  The West Point Society will be circulating this information also.

General McChrystal Visits Cincinnati

General Stanley McChrystal was the featured guest at a “Yellow Ribbon” fundraiser on April 30^th. The function, sponsored by Jonathan Sanchez ’95 (a former Navy SEAL) and his wife Anya, was attended by over 100 guests including Navy SEALs and Special Forces members who served as bartenders, Annie McChrystal, and a host of Navy, West Point and Navy League representatives.

The General was introduced by Brad Thor, New York Times bestselling author. General McChrystal gave an inspiring talk on the work the Yellow Ribbon Fund does to support our wounded warriors. The event included a silent auction and raised over $40,000 for the Yellow Ribbon fund. We learned the following day that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by Navy SEALs!

General McChrystal talks as Jon (USNA ’95) and Dr. Anya Sanchez look on

Shown above, Gerry Motl ‘68 (Chapter President), General McChrystal, Annie McChrystal, Roxanne Motl, Betsy Schram, Tom Schram ’69 (Chapter VP.

Poinsettia Bowl Navy vs. San Diego State

Date/Time: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 8 PM

Location: O’Bryons Irish Pub
                 1998 Madison Road
                 Cincinnati, OH 45208       
                 +1 513-321-5525

Snacks: We’ll provide some small snacks. Everyone is responsible for their own food/drink tab
Cost: Free, kids are welcome!
RSVP: Please RSVP to Tom Schram at  tomschram@yahoo.com or (513) 871-7266 so we can get an approximate count.

11 November 2010      ARMY - NAVY

This year's Navy victory over Army was celebrated at the Montgomery Inn Boathouse.  A special thanks to Dean Gregory for hosting us.  The admission at the door and a score pool raised about $400 for charity.  We were fortunate to have three World War 2 vets join us for the activity.

Pictures are posted HERE and HERE

18 October 2010
Naval Academy Superintendent Speaks in Cincinnati

VADM Michael Miller, the new USNA Superintendent, was the featured speaker at The George E Brown Lecture Series, sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Council of the Navy League and USNA Alumni Association Cincinnati Chapter.  The October 18^th   event was held at Paul Brown Stadium and attended by over 250 Navy Leaguers, USNA Alumni, local community and military leaders, NROTC Midshipmen, prospective USNA Midshipmen and their parents, and the Cincinnati Division of the Sea Cadets, who served as side boys for VADM Miller and provided the color guard.  Bud Babcock, VADM Miller’s classmate in the class of 1974, provided a warm introduction for VADM Miller, with amusing anecdotes from their days at the Academy.

In his remarks, VADM Miller gave an excellent overview of what’s going on at USNA, and discussed how important the concepts of honor and ethics are inextricably linked with effective leadership, and how he is ensuring these concepts continue to be part of the total experience of today’s Midshipmen.

15 June 2010 - Luncheon with Lt. General John C Allen, USMC, Deputy Commander of USCentCom. 

On June 15^th, a sellout  crowd of USNA Alumni and Navy Leaguers were honored to have Lieutenant General John R. Allen, Deputy Commander, U. S. Central Command and USNA ’76, speak at our monthly luncheon!  Introductions were made by Steve Carrington ’92 and Jim Gallagher ’57. Steve described how General Allen had been one of Steve’s USNA instructors and the effect General Allen had on Steve and his career. Jim completed the intro citing General Allen’s long family history in Ohio and Cincinnati.

 General Allen delivered an excellent presentation on the role of the Central Command in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He provided a lucid description of the situation on the ground in Afghanistan and we were all encouraged by his comments and prognosis for success. We can all be proud and thankful that our country has individuals with General Allen’s ability and character in such positions of authority.

Lou Brothers, Valley Forge Composite Technologies Luncheon, April 14, 2010

On April 14, USNA Alumni and the Navy League gathered at the Montgomery Inn to hear a talk by Mr. Lou Brothers, President of Valley Forge Composite Technologies. Lou’s company has developed a low-energy gamma ray technology to survey shipping containers, baggage and people for fissile material, explosives and narcotics. The technology is fast, has never given a “false positive” and causes extremely low radiation exposure. The new technology has been under development for eight years with the support of the US Department of Energy and is now ready for commercialization.  Lou is shown seated below (he’s #1) with Navy Leaguers, two priests and two young  ladies representing US Congresswoman Jean Schmidt!

Luncheon with Frank Weishaupt,   Wednesday March 10, 2010

On March 10^th, Mr Frank Weishaupt was the featured speaker at the joint USNA/Navy League Montgomery Inn luncheon. Well over 100 attendees were treated to one of most intriguing presentations ever!

Frank described growing up in a Cincinnati German immigrant family with a father who had served in the German Army in WW1. Speaking fluent German with no American accent, he joined the U.S. Navy as WWII started and was secretly funneled into the OSS, the forerunner of the CIA . Shortly before D-day, he met personally with General Patton and Bill Donovan (OSS) in London. He landed in France on D-day plus 2 carrying a bicycle over his head and a Swiss passport! From D-day until Germany’s surrender, Frank was able to use his keen intellect and German language skills to travel freely behind German lines and in the battle zone. He described how he was able to mingle with the Germans to gather intelligence on German tank/troop movements. He was able to return to the American side periodically and relay info personally to General Patton! He was once prevented from talking to General Montgomery who was at his “afternoon tea.”

He described numerous incidents. A Frenchman recruited by the OSS turned out to be a German spy lured Frank and another OSS agent to a French Farm for dinner. A German soldier emerged from the barn with a grenade killing Frank’s OSS partner and wounding Frank. He was able to kill the German and the French OSS spy by pulling a pistol from his boot, the same boots he wore to this presentation 65 years later!

He also described escorting a young French woman home from a café one night because of her fear of German soldiers. Three Germans attacked them late in the evening. While one guarded Frank, the two others attacked the young woman. As the guard looked on, Frank was able to slit his throat with his dad’s WW1 knife, hidden in backpack. He then saved the young lady by shooting both Germans between the eyes as they perpetrated their evil deed.

Frank has kept these stories secret for the past 65 years! After returning from the war, Frank quietly returned the knife he had borrowed from his Dad back to its shelf…his Dad used the knife for many years after to skin rabbits. What a story…a book is in the works!

Frank Weishaupt (second from right) with Bob Saul, Navy League Director, Tom Schram ’69 and DJ Crane ‘72

Ken Lucas Luncheon, January 21, 2010

On January 21^st, a group of 50 USNA and Navy League members attended a luncheon at the Montgomery Inn to hear Ken Lucas, former US congressman and current Kentucky Director of Veterans Affairs. Ken gave a good overview of the functions performed by state Veterans Affairs organizations as compared with the federal government. Most veterans are Army veterans. Ken said that improved medical technology and PTSD have resulted in the need to assist veterans who in past wars may not have even survived. The just reported Senate race in Mass. provided the source of lively discussions at many of the luncheon tables!

Tom and Midshipman 1/c Shelly Moeller of Cincinnati.

On December 30, 2009, the Tri-State All Service Academy Ball was held in Cincinnati.  The attendees included families along with midshipmen and cadets from all service academies.  The chapter vice president, Tom Schram '69, was asked to be the guest speaker at the event and also handed out American flags packaged in a wooden case, each of which had flown over our Nation's Capitol.  Tom's theme in the address was to always remember that the word "quit" is not in the vocabulary of a service academy graduate.