MOWW News:
The Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) has announced its April 18 meeting speaker will be Rep. Christine Chandler.
Rep. Chandler is a longtime resident of Los Alamos County serving in the New Mexico House of Representatives, District 43 (Los Alamos, Sandoval and Santa Fe).
Her legislative committee assignments include House Taxation & Revenue and Judiciary.
Rep. Chandler will give an overview of the 2023 legislative session. She will highlight the major pieces of legislation that prevailed in both chambers as well as some that didn’t.
Rep. Chandler will offer personal observations about working with the current administration as well as House/Senate dynamics.
Rep. Christine Chandler
MOWW meets in the Los Alamos Research Park 2nd floor conference room. The Los Alamos Research Park building is west of the South Mesa Fire Station. Parking is available east of the fire station (accessible from southbound lane of the Los Alamos Canyon Bridge) or east of the Research Park building (access is through the LANL control stations to West Jemez Road.) Entrance to the Research Park main conference room is from the ground level by use of the ground level elevator on the east side of the building to the 2nd level.
The Military Order of the World Wars meetings are open to all citizens for dinner and program with RSVP, or the program only at no cost.
The meeting will begin with a social period at 6 p.m. followed by a brief business meeting and dinner at 6:25 p.m. The presentation is scheduled to begin at about 7:15 p.m. The dinner will be braised brisket with appropriate sides. The cost for dinner is $25. Please call Robert Hull at 505.328.1502 for reservations. Remember … a reservation is a commitment to pay.
Because of the ongoing COVID situation, the meeting will be a hybrid session including Zoom. Zoom will start at about 6 p.m. Zoom details will be in the reminder email on the Sunday before the meeting.
About MOWW:
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.
