Events

BENS hosts a wide variety of in-person and virtual events. Most events are only open to members.

Lunch Discussion with Kelly McKeague

Crescent Club of Dallas 200 Crescent Ct # 17, Dallas, TX

Please join us for a luncheon discussion on the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency with Kelly McKeague, Director of the Agency. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense whose mission is to recover American military personnel listed as prisoners of war or missing in action from designated past…

$60

Spring BENS Dining Out

Blue Ridge Grill 1261 W Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, Georgia

Please join us for a BENS Southeast dinner event of good friends, good conversations, and good food. You and your spouse/significant other are cordially invited to the 2023 BENS SE: BENS Dining Out. We are proud to be able to continue this SE tradition with this much appreciated and anticipated event. This event will take…

Atlanta FBI Visit w/SAC Keri Farley

Join us for a small Southeast regional trip to visit our friends at the Atlanta FBI. We are honored and excited for the FBI team to host us and for the new FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC), SAC Keri Farley to speak with our group on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 from 11:30 am –…

Free

Discussion with Lt. Gen. David Bellon, USMC

The Union League Club 38 East 37th Street, New York, New York

Please join BENS for a luncheon conversation with Lt. Gen. David Bellon, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, on Thursday, March 30th. We will discuss the U.S. Marine Corps' dramatic modernization under the Commandant's Force Design 2030. As part of Force Design, Gen. David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, called for…

$75 – $500

Lunch with General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. USMC (Ret.)

The Capital Grille 500 Crescent Ct, Dallas, Texas

Luncheon discussion on the Afghanistan withdrawal and post-US Afghanistan with former CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., USMC (Ret.).

$60

Luncheon Discussion with Tom Cosentino

Headliners Club 221 W 6th St, Suite 2100, Austin, Texas

Luncheon Discussion on BENS with Chief Operating Officer Tom Cosentino

$50

Discussion on Information Warfare

Club Giraud 707 N. St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas

Please join BENS members and guests for a luncheon discussion on information warfare with Brian Murphy, former Department of Homeland Security Acting Under Secretary for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and currently Vice President for Strategic Operations at Logically.  The US Air Force Air College defines Information Warfare as any action to Deny, Exploit, Corrupt…

$50

Discussion on Information Warfare

Houstonian Hotel, Club and Spa 111 North Post Oak Ln, Houston, Texas

Please join BENS members and guests for a luncheon discussion on information warfare with Brian Murphy, former Department of Homeland Security Acting Under Secretary for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and currently Vice President for Strategic Operations at Logically.  The US Air Force Air College defines Information Warfare as any action to Deny, Exploit, Corrupt…

$60

Lunch with Dr. Fei-Ling Wang, Ph.D.

The Buckhead Club 3344 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, Georgia

Join us for an exciting and timely discussion with Professor Fei – Ling Wang, PH.D. who is a China expert and currently teaches at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Wang will speak to us on Wednesday, May 3 from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm at the Buckhead Club…

$35

Luncheon with MG Burke Whitman and An Afternoon of Sporting Clays

The Burge Club 44 Jeff Cook Rd, Mansfield, Georgia

Please plan to join us at The Burge Club for a great afternoon of discussion and fellowship. We will begin with a luncheon with Major General Burke W. Whitman, USMC (Ret.). MG Whitman will provide us with his thoughts and perspective from his career both in and out of uniform as well as lessons learned.…

TBD