Advisory Board
Advisory Board
General Richard B. Myers
U.S. Air Force, Ret.
15th Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Advisory Board Chairman
Col. Clarence “Bud” Anderson
U.S. Army Air Corps, Ret.
Triple Ace Pilot during World War II
Gen. Julius Becton
U.S. Army, Ret.
Veteran of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam
David Bellavia
U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Recipient, Iraq
Col. Bill Davis
USMC, Ret.
CEO, The Young Marines
Col. Roger Donlon
U.S. Army, Ret.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Vietnam
Sgt. Charles Eggleston
U.S. Army, Ret.
Purple Heart Recipient
Admiral Thomas B. Fargo
29th Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and 20th Commander, United States Pacific Command
Kenneth Fisher
Chairman and CEO, Fisher House Foundation
Admiral Edmund Giambastiani
U.S. Navy, Ret.
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(2005-2007)
Ernesto Hernandez
U.S. Air Force, Ret.
Purple Heart Recipient
J. Bruce Huffman
Chairman, Distinguished Flying Cross Society
W. Brian Jackson
Captain, U.S. Army
Distinguished Service Cross, Iraq
Capt. Stephen Maguire
U.S. Army, Ret.
Former President, U.S. Army Rangers, Author
Rear Admiral Thomas F. Marfiak
U.S. Navy, Ret.
Former Chief Executive Officer/Publisher of our nation’s foremost military and scholarly organization, the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD
Marco A. Martinez
U.S. Marine Corps
Former Sergeant, Navy Cross Recipient, Author
Donald Mates
U.S. Marine Corps, Ret.
Veteran of the Third Marine Division, World War II, Iwo Jima
Jonathan Moak
Served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)
Bruce Mosler
Chairman of Global Brokerage & the Veterans Initiative Program at Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Lt. Gen. Dave Palmer
U.S. Army, Ret.
Former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy
Colonel Robert W. Patrick
Previous Director of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, and Director, National World War II Memorial Dedication for the American Battle Monuments Commission
Harry J. Pearce
U.S. Air Force
Recipient, U.S. Air Force Academy’s Distinguished Graduate Award
Former General Counsel, General Motors Corporation
Brig. Gen. Steve Ritchie
U.S. Air Force, Ret.
Only Air Force Ace Pilot, Vietnam
VADM Ann Rondeau
U.S. Navy
Former Director, Navy Staff and Deputy Commander, United States Transportation Command
Barry Steelman, Esq.
U.S. Navy
Attorney/Mediator; United States Naval Academy, Class of 1970
CPT Kevin Wensing
United States Navy, Retired
Surface Warfare Officer and Public Affairs Officer
Col. Warren H. Wiedhahn
U.S. Marine Corps, Ret.
President, Military Historical Tours
MSgt. Rob Wilkins
U.S. Air Force, Ret.
26-year Air Force veteran, former Superintendent, Operations, Legislative Liaison Office, Secretary of the Air Force.
(2005-2007)
Jeremiah Workman
U.S. Marine Corps
Former Ssgt,Navy Cross recipient in Operation Iraqi Freedom, author of Shadow of the Sword
In Memoriam – Previous AVC Advisory Members
Colonel Richard E. Cole
U.S. Air Force
1915-2019
Co-pilot alongside Jimmy Doolittle, Plane #1, The Doolittle Raid
General Andrew J. Goodpaster
U.S. Army
1915-2005
NATO Supreme Allied Commander; Superintendent, United States Military Academy
Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
U.S. Navy
1912-2004
18th Chief of Naval Operations, 7th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
George T. Sakato
U.S. Army
1921-2015
Medal of Honor, World War II
Lt. Col. Carlo D’Este
U.S. Army, Ret.
1936-2020
Author and Historian
Col. Edward Shames
U.S. Army, Ret.
1922-2021
E Company, 101st Airborne Division, “Band of Brothers” World War II Veteran
Major Gen. John K. Singlaub
U.S. Army, Ret.
1921-2022
OSS Veteran of WWII, Founding Member of the CIA