Past Speakers for the Veteran's Day Observance :
Below is a listing for the year and speaker for the Veteran's Day Observance. The event has been going since 1999. Clicking on the link names will bring you to a biography of the speaker.
1999 - Col Dean Elton Johnson - MN National Guard Chaplain, State Senator
2000 - Col Dean Elton Johnson - MN National Guard Chaplain, State Senator
2001 - Area Service Members (No Featured Speaker)
2002 - BG (Nominated) Dean Elton Johnson
MN Army National Guard Chaplain
2003 - BG Mark Ness - MN Air National Guard
2004 - MG Larry Shellito - MN Army National Guard
Adjutant General-MN National Guard
2005 - CDR Charles Altman - US Navy
Executive Officer - Naval ROTC - U of M
2006 - LtCol (Ret.) Alex Plechash - US Marine Corps
2007 - MG Richard C. Nash - MN Army National Guard
Commander, 34th Division
2008 - MG Jon Trost - MN Army National Guard
Deputy Commander - TRADOC MN National Guard
2009 - MG (Ret.) Robert Pollman - US Army Reserve
Former Commander, 88th RRC, Fort Snelling -
2010 - CDR Keith Wettshreck - US Navy
Executive Officer - Naval ROTC, U of M
2011 - Captain Andrea Bond - US Army National Guard
Blackhawk Helicopter pilot
2012 - BG Robert Cayton - US Air National Guard
Chief Of Staff, MN Air National Guard
2013 - MG Gerald Lang - US Army National Guard
Deputy Commanding General - Army National Guard, Army Materiel Command
2014 - Lt Zack Liebl - US Army National Guard
Operations Officer, 334th BEB
2015 - CDR Mitch Schueler - US Navy Reserve
Executive Officer of Undersea Warfare Detachment AF: Minneapolis MN
2016 - Jon Lindstrand - Founder
United States Military Historical Collection - USMHC
2017 - 4 Veterans - 4 Branches
Scott Thaden - US Army National Guard
Sherman Schueler - US Navy
Jon Schmidt - US Air Force
Bryon Swanson - US Marine Corps
2018 - Rear Admiral Thomas Luscher - Commander, US Navy Reserve Forces Command
2019 - Major Andrew Lang - Garrison Commander - Arden Hills Army Training Site
2020 - No Featured Speaker due to Covid Pandemic - Facebook Live Broadcast
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