Town Hall Meeting On National Security At Morgan State

First-of-its-Kind Forum Presents Retired Generals Leading Discussion on African-Americans in the Nation’s War on Terror

Is the war on terrorism disproportionately impacting Blacks in this country? Are African-Americans suffering higher casualty rates in Iraq? These questions and more will be answered at a special forum on national security issues and the impact on Black Americans sponsored by Career Communications Group, Inc., publisher of US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine, and Morgan State University’s School of Engineering. A Town Hall Meeting on National Security: African-American Participation in the Global ‘War on Terror’ is set for October 25, 2004 at 7:00 P.M. on the campus of Morgan State University.

The interactive town hall event features retired African-American four star and three star general officers with insider knowledge of these subjects sharing what they know about homeland security and the “war on terror.” The forum will include several topics of interest to many Americans at this time, including ‘The War in Iraq,’ ‘The Future of the Military,’ ‘Contracting with the Government After 9/11,’ ‘Civilian Jobs on the Front Lines,’ and ‘Are We Prepared?’

A Town Hall Meeting on National Security: African-American Participation in the Global ‘War on Terror’ is free and open to the public.

WHEN: Monday, October 25, 2004, 7:00 P.M.

WHERE: Morgan State University School of Engineering, 5200 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, MD.

Featured Speakers:

Gen. Lester L. Lyles, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) was vice chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, in Washington, D.C. As vice chief, and subject to the authority, direction, and control of the chief of staff and secretary of the Air Force, he presided over the Air Staff and served as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Requirements Oversight Council.

Gen. Johnnie Wilson, U.S. Army (Ret.) held a wide variety of important command and staff positions culminating in his last assignment as commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. Among his other key assignments were: deputy chief of staff for logistics, Department of the Army, Pentagon; chief of staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command; commanding general, Ordnance Center and School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; deputy commanding general, 21st Theater Army Area Command, U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army; commander, 13th Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas; and commander, Division Support Command, 1st Armored Division, U.S. Army Europe.

Lt. Gen. Joe N. Ballard, U.S. Army (Ret.) was chief of engineers and commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing a budget of more than $10 billion and leading a civilian and military work force of 39,000 in engineering, housing, construction, real property, natural resources, and environmental programs throughout the world.

Lt. Gen. Albert J. Edmonds, U.S Air Force (Ret.) was director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and manager of the National Communications System. He was responsible for providing command, control, communications, computer and intelligence (C4I) support to the nation's war fighters.

And others!