CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY ELECTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Ramon Marks, Chair of the Communications Committee
Kristi Rogers, Chair of the HR Practices and Compensation Committee
Sam Cole, At Large Member to the Executive Committee
PODCASTS
ICYMI: Building the Base Interviews Congressman Michael John Gallagher, U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District
In this week’s episode of Building the Base, our own Hondo Geurts and Lauren Bedula talk with Michael Gallagher, U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 8th District.
Congressman Gallagher touches on the role of increased automation in cutting edge technology, investing in the workforce, and the Pentagon’s procurement efforts. He highlighted the importance of collaboration between DoD and the Hill, especially enhancing our domestic infrastructure and abandoning our dysfunctional budget cycle.
This Veterans Day we hope you will consider supporting a veteran’s charity of your choice. If you are not familiar with an organization that does good work in the veteran’s space, we have provided the following links to national organizations that we know are meeting the needs of those with the physical and psychological wounds of war, families of the fallen, those transitioning from service to civilian life, as well as an organization that works in advocacy to advance legislative efforts to support the veteran community.
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‘The Big One Is Coming’ and the U.S. Military Isn’t Ready
President Biden’s Leadership to Tackle the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad Galvanizes Unprecedented Momentum at Start of U.N. Climate Conference (COP27) (White House.gov)
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BENS EVENTS
November 17 | Washington, DC Discussion with James D. Rodriguez, U.S. DOL Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), Workforce Development.
November 17 | Southeast Join us for a luncheon with Latham Saddler where he will discuss the execution of national security policy, national security decision making from the White House national Security Council, greatest threats to the homeland, and much more.
November 30 | Dallas Luncheon Discussion of the Southern Border with Todd Bensman, Author, America’s Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation’s Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration.
Multiple Dates, Locations BENS Texas luncheon discussions on China and the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party with Col Heino Klinck, USA (Ret.), Senior Associate, CSIS, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia.
In episode one of Building the Base, hosts Lauren Bedula and Hondo Geurts chat with Balan Ayyar, retired US Air Force General Officer and now CEO of Percipient AI, a…
BENS hosted a panel for the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to discuss communication and cooperation between the private sector and federal law enforcement. In attendance were law…
BENS NY Member Bob Sappio, CEO of SeaCube Containers LLC
September 17, 2023
BENS NY Member Bob Sappio, CEO of SeaCube Containers LLC, will be honored with the 2023 Connie Award from the Containerization & Intermodal Institute. The Connie Award, founded by CII…
