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- From: ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca (Nigel Allen)
- Subject: Reserve Officers Association 1993 Mid-Winter Conference
- Organization: Echo Beach, Toronto
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:14:45 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.001445.44204@r-node.pci.on.ca>
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- Here is a press release from the Reserve Officers Association.
-
- Reserve Officers Association 1993 Mid-Winter Conference
- To: Assignment Desk, Defense Writer, Daybook Editor
- Contact: Col. Herbert Hart of the Reserve Officers Association of
- the United States, 202-479-2200
-
- News Advisory:
-
- The Reserve Officers Association of the United States will
- hold its 1993 Mid-Winter Conference next week. Media highlights
- follow.
-
- Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993
- Noon -- Registration opens (photo opportunity). Exhibit Hall,
- Washington Hilton Hotel.
-
- Monday, Jan. 25
- 9 a.m. -- Keynote Address. Speaker to be announced.
- Ballroom Center.
- Noon -- Defense Education Luncheon. Mr. Reed Irvine,
- chairman, Accuracy in Media, "Media and the
- Election." Lincoln West
- 1:30 p.m. -- U.S. Special Operations Forces Strategic
- Potential. Gen. Carl W. Stiner, USA Commander
- in Chief, U.S. Readiness/U.S. Special Operations
- Command. Ballroom Center.
- 5-7 p.m. -- President's Reception. Brig. Gen. William W.
- Basnett, USAFR (Ret.), ROA National President,
- 1992-93. Exhibit Hall.
-
- Tuesday, Jan. 26
- 8 a.m. -- ROTC Midshipman & Cadets Breakfast. Rep. Dave
- McCurdy (D-Okla.), Russell Senate Bldg.
- Caucus Room.
- 12:15 p.m. -- Luncheons
- Army. Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA Chief of
- Staff, Army. Ballroom Center.
- Air Force. Dr. Elizabeth Pickering, professor,
- Soviet Studies, Defense Intelligence College.
- Ballroom West.
- Navy. VADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., USN, Deputy
- Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy &
- Operations), and Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Wilkerson,
- USMC, Asst. Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans, Policy &
- Operations). "From the Sea." Ballroom East.
-
- Wednesday, Jan. 27
- 6 p.m. -- Reception. 1993 Mid Winter Banquet Reception.
- Exhibit Hall.
- 7:30 p.m. -- Annual Banquet and presentation of Minute Man
- of the Year Award. Honoree and speaker: Sen.
- Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the
- Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense,
- the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs,
- and the Senate Commerce Science and
- Transportation Subcommittee on Communications.
- International Ballroom.
- Media are invited to cover all events. Please advise of any
- support requirements, especially need for mult box, platforms,
- lighting in the case of television. Print media: all presentations
- noted will be videotaped; copies can be given to reporters if
- requested.
- Press Room: Washington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Ave, N.W.,
- phone 202-483-3000, ext. 3835 (beginning Noon Sunday, Jan. 24).
- Convention Office #4 in exhibit hall. Prior to that call
- 202-479-2258 or 202-646-7707, Col. Herbert M. Hart, USMC (Ret.),
- Public Affairs Officer, or Diane Markham, assistant. Additional
- at hotel: Col. Thomas Royals, USAF (Ret.), Col. William Neely,
- AUS (Ret.), and Capt. John Lynker, USCGR, in press room.
-
- -30-
- --
- Nigel Allen, Toronto, Ontario ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca
-