Veterans Day Luncheon Guest Speakers
1983
Lt. Gen. John P. Flynn, USAF (now deceased)
Inspector General, USAF
Senior American POW in Vietnam
1984
Maj. Gen. William J. Mall, USAF
Commander, 23rd Air Force, Military Airlift Command
(General Mall had just returned from Grenada action)
1985
General John T. Chain Jr., USAF
Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
1986
General Charles L. Donnelly, USAF
CINC, United States Air Forces Europe
1987
Lt. Gen. Robert D. Springer, USAF
Vice CINC, Military Airlift Command
1988
Lt. Gen. Spence M. “Sam” Armstrong, USAF
Vice CINC, Air Force Systems Command
1989
Maj. Gen. John B. Conaway, USAF (ANG)
Vice CINC, National Guard
(Former Director, Air National Guard)
1990
Maj. Gen. John M. Nowak, USAF
Deputy Chief of Staff, Military Airlift Command
1991
Chief Master Sergeant Richard A. “Rick” Moon, USAF (ANG)
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Director, Air National Guard
1992
Lt. Gen. Henry Vicellio, Jr., USAF
Director, Joint Staff, JCS
1993
General Ronald R. Fogelman, USAF
CINC, US Transportation Command and USAF Air Mobility Command
(later named USAF Chief of Staff)
1994
General Dennis J. Reimer, USA
Chief of Staff, US Army Forces Command
(later named Army Chief of Staff)
1995
Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda, USN (now deceased)
Chief of Naval Operations
1996
Vice Admiral Donald D. Engen, USN, (Ret.) (now deceased)
Director, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
1997
Lt. Gen. Carol A. Mutter, USMC
Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower & Reserve Affairs
HQ USMC
1998
General Joseph W. Ralston, USAF
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
1999
General Peter J.Schoomaker, USA
CINC, US Special Operations Command
2000
Lt. Gen. Fred McCorkle, USMC
Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation
HQ USMC
2001
Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr.
Second District, Tennessee
(Note: Rear Admiral Gerald Hoewing, USN, was scheduled, but canceled just prior to the event)
2002
Lt. Gen. John D. Hopper, Jr., USAF
Vice Commander, Air Education and Training Command
2003
Command Sergeant Major James D. Pippin, USA
278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Knoxville
2004
Maj. Gen. Jerry D. Humble, USMC (Ret)
Director, Tennessee Office of Homeland Security
2005
Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner, United States Navy, Retired
Captain Mariner is a Visiting Fellow with the Center for the Study of War and Society and Lecturer in History Department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville
2006
Lt. Gen. C. Robert Kehler, USAF
Deputy Commander
US Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
2007
Colonel Thomas D. Vail USA
Chief of Staff
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
2008
Colonel Miles Burdine USMCR
(a Veteran of three combat environments)
President/CEO of the Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce
2009
Rear Admiral Kendall L. Card USN
Director, Concepts, Strategies and Integration (N2/N6F)
for OPNAV N2/N6 Information Dominance
2010
General Craig R. McKinley USAF
Chief, National Guard Bureau
Arlington, Va
2011
Brig. Gen. Gill Beck USA
Commanding general 81st Regional Support Command
Fort Jackson, SC
2012
Lieutenant General Ronald S. Coleman, USMC (Ret)
General Coleman retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in October 2009.
2013
CMDCM (AW) James Barlow
Fighter Squadron Composite Twelve (VFC-12), Command Master Chief