Bexar county buffalo soldiers association



BEXAR COUNTY BUFFALO SOLDIERS ASSOCIATION





2024 VETERAN'S DAY COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY
Monday, November 11, 2024
San Antonio National Cemetery
517 Paso Hondo
Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Guest Speaker: TBA



All Dignitaries Please RSVP by November 8, 2024. You can RSVP online by clicking on the Online RSVP Registration Form below or by contacting Jerry Cheatom
eMail: shurricane06@aol.com
cell: (210) 296-4311


ONLINE RSVP REGISTRATION FORM

2023 Guest Speaker:

Mr Joseph "Joe" Bray
Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army





Mr Joseph "Joe" Bray retired from BBVA Compass Bank, San Antonio, TX in June 2016. Since retirement, Mr. Bray has been active supporting the United States Army’s Recruiting efforts. Mr. Bray is the current Co-Chairman of the San Antonio Community Action Committee (“SACAC”) and works with United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) leadership, and with the 5th Recruiting Brigade, the San Antonio Recruiting Battalion, and the San Antonio Medical Recruiting Battalion, to assist Army recruiters in gaining access to potential recruits throughout central and south Texas. Mr. Bray is also a United States Army North (ARNORTH) Distinguished Quartermaster. Mr. Bray and his wife, Rita, have two children.

EDUCATION: Abbot Pennings HS, Green Bay, WI, BA and MBA – Finance, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI MILITARY SERVICE 1970 - 71. Served with the 720th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade Long Binh, Vietnam from November 1970 to December 1971.

MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS MILITARY: Distinguished Quartermaster, United States Army North (ARNORTH), 2014. Member Association of the United States Army (AUSA), San Antonio, TX. Lifetime Member of Veterans of Foreign War, VFW Post 76, San Antonio, TX. Co-Chairman, San Antonio Community Action Committee (SACAC), 2010. CIVIC: Board Chairman, Bexar County Military and Veterans Services Foundation Member of the Edgewood School District Veterans, Inc. Past board member of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, past Chairman of the Legislative, Transportation Committees and the Economic Development Council and is currently an active member of the Chamber’s Military Affairs Council. Past member of the San Antonio Rotary Club. Past Board member of the Temple Parks Foundation, Past Chairman of the Temple Independent School District – Finance Committee, past Board member of the Temple Business League, past Board member of the Temple Education Foundation, past Board member and Chairman-Elect of the Temple Economic Development Corporation, past Board member of Kings Daughters Hospital and past Chairman of the Scott & White Children’s Hospital Advisory Board.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS: Mr. Bray has earned several awards and decorations to include the National Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Vietnam Service Medal W/2 Stars and the Vietnam Campaign Medal W/60 Device. Honorary Tiger Society Member, United States Army, San Antonio Recruiting Battalion.

ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT December 2019



PREVIOUS GUEST SPEAKERS



2023 - Mr Joseph "Joe" Bray, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army


2022 - Major General William L. Thigpen (USA), Commanding General, U.S. Army South


2021 - Brigadier General Shan Bagby (USA), Commanding General, Regional Health Command-Central and Chief of the Army Dental Corps


2020 - Cancelled due to pandemic


2019 - Brigadier General James S. Moore (USA), Chief of Staff, Installation Management Command, Joint Base San Antonio TX


2018 - Major General Patrick D. Sargent (USA), Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School Health Readiness Center of Excellence


2017 - Major General Mark Anthony Brown (USAF), Deputy Commander, Air Education and Training Command


2016 - Rear Admiral Rebecca McCormick-Boyle (USN), Commander, Navy Medicine Education and Training Command


2015 - Brigadier General John L. Poppe (USA), Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Health, US Army Medical Command


2014 - Brigadier General Robert LaBurtta (USAF), Commander, 502 Air Base Wing


2013 - Brigadier General Kirk Vollmecke (USA), Commanding General, Mission Installation and Contracting Command


2012 - Major General Alfred J. Stewart (USAF), Commander, Air Force Personnel Center


2011 - Major General Simeon G. Trombitas (USA), Commanding General, U.S. Army South


2010 - Major Michael Burns (USA), Minority Admissions Officer, U.S. Military Academy at West Point


2009 - Brigadier General Toreaser Steele (USAF), (1st female speaker) Commander HQ Army & Air Force Exchange Service


2008 - Kenneth Pollard, Program Supervisor of Community Services Education & Outreach Program Texas Parks & Wildlife


2007 - Dr. (Trooper) Joseph Harrison, Member Bexar County Buffalo Soldiers


2006 - Eddie Harrison, Municipal Court Judge, (Retired)


2005 - Colonel William (Bill) McAtee, U.S. Army (Retired)


2004 - Chaplain (Colonel) Edward Manney, Installation Chaplain Ft. Sam Houston


2003 – Brigadier General Eddie Cain, U.S. Army (Retired)


2002 - Brigadier General. Edward A. Rice Jr. Commander, Air Force Recruiting Service, HQ. Air Education & Training Command Randolph AFB Texas


2001 - Dr. John H. Fuller, Professor Electrical Engineering Prairie A & M University


2000 - Sergeant Major Howard T Ray, U.S. Army (Retired) Member Bexar County Buffalo Soldiers


1999 - Reverend Claud Black, Pastor Emeritus Mount Zion First Baptist Church



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