Marine Forces Reserve, New Orleans, will be involved in the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend from Friday, February 14-16. Various events will be held throughout the weekend, starting Friday, with the 2014 NBA All-Star Game starting Sunday night, at 7:00.
-POCs
-Primary
1st Lt. Tyler Hopkins
504.697.8308
Michael.hopkins2@usmc.mil
-Secondary
Capt. Ryan Alvis
504.697.8199
Ryan.alvis@usmc.mil
The MEAC is a collegiate athletic conference of thirteen Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Southeastern United States. Established in 1970, MEAC is headquartered in Norfolk, VA. The MEAC is one of two Division I NCAA HBCU leagues and participates in eight men's and eight women's sports. The United States Marine Corps recognizes that the recruitment of qualified and skilled...
The 2015 WBCA National Convention is taking place April 3-7 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fl. Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport of women's basketball and fosters and promotes the development of the game in all of its aspects as a sport for women and...
The Navy League’s 2014 Sea, Air and Space Exposition will be held in Washington, D.C, April 7-9, 2014. Navy and Marine Corps senior leaders will discuss future strategies, initiatives, and capabilities during the expo. The Navy League’s annual exposition was founded in 1965 as a means to bring the U.S. defense industrial base, private-sector U.S. companies and key military decision makers...
The Army Reserve’s Best Warrior Competition will be held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst June 23-27, 2014. This is the first year the competition will be conducted at this location. The two winners will be selected as the Army Reserve’s Soldier and NCO of the Year and will compete against winners from the major Army commands in October at Fort Lee, Va. Approximately 52 Soldiers from...
Fleet Week Port Everglades 2014 takes place April 28 through May 5. It is an opportunity for the South Florida public to meet their Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard team and to see modern maritime forces up close. The event showcases our personnel, technology and capabilities. It is essential that every unit, Sailor, Marine and Coast Guardsman take an active role in serving as an ambassador for...
June 6, 1944: 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany. At the invitation of the French government, Task Force Normandy, led by the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), has organized more than 650 U.S. military personnel to support approximately 30 ceremonies in the Normandy region of France from 4-8 June 2014,...
Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) is the final resting place for more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans and their families. Service to country is the common thread that binds all who are remembered and honored there. On June 15, 2014 Arlington National Cemetery will celebrate 150 years of history; in recognition of this occasion ANC will host a series of special events from...
