MOWW NEWS RELEASE
This month’s meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars will be held June 18 and will address the MG Franklin E. Miles Chapter Past, Present, and Future.
Under the guidance, a few former military officers in Los Alamos, New Mexico petitioned the national headquarters of MOWW to form a local chapter. This group was approved andreceived a charter dated 28 June 1994. This chapter prospered and grew tripling its size in the next decades. It further increased when the chapters in Santa Fe and Albuquerque were closed and their members were added to this chapter. Chapter Commander Gregg Giesler will relate some of this history honoring his predecessors as chapter commander and some of the activities the chapter has supported.
This month’s meeting will be held in Building 2 of the UNM-LA campus. The campus can be reached on University Drive off of Diamond Drive across from Griffith Gym or by 40th Street. An elevator is available inside the door to the right of the stairway.
The meeting will begin with a social period starting at 6:00 pm. A brief meeting will start at 6:30 pm with the speaker at about 7:15 pm. For further information, call Gregg Giesler at 505-662-5574 or email at g.giesler@computer.org.
The Military Order of the World Wars meetings are open to all interested people for dinner and program with RSVP, or the program only at no cost. The cost for dinner is $25. Please call Robert Hull 1-505-328-1502 for reservations. A reservation is a commitment to pay. The dinner menu is to be determined with appropriate sides.
Because of the ongoing COVID situation, the meeting will be a hybrid session including Zoom. Zoom will start at about 6:00 pm Zoom details will be in the reminder email two days before the meeting.
An Act of Congress chartered the Military Order of the World Wars in 1919 as a national patriotic organization. The principal objectives of the MOWW are continuing service to the Nation, and patriotic educational opportunity for the nation’s youth and citizens. Current youth programs are focused upon annual Youth Leadership Conferences for high school students presented in New Mexico by its related Sunbelt Patriotic Youth Leadership Conferences, Inc.
Current, former and retired federally commissioned officers of all branches of the United States Uniformed Services are eligible for membership in the MOWW and are especially invited to attend our meetings. For additional information about MOWW membership, call Commander Gregg Giesler at 505-662-5574.