Stephen darrah, major retired from the u. S. Army and steve, start off by spelling your full name. Stephen and darrah. Provide a framework for our here this afternoon. Take us from your early through west t up point into the army and through career. My we will come back and look at more detail. I was borned a raised Providence Rhode island 1943. Providence from country day and went to the military academy in july of 1961. While at the military academy, i Academic Department on a daytoday basis. Squash, played a little tennis and was delighted to graduate. Was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the infantry. Schoolto Airborne Ranger as did most classmates. I was assigned to the first of 502nd battalion at fort campbell, kentucky. Spent in a year and a half there and decided i wanted to go to Flight School and i was on to go to the third bridget and decided i wanted to walk so i went to Flight School in 1967 and 1967. Hed in september of went to vietnam on my first tour first ber of
I was born and raised in providence, rhode island, 1943. I graduated from Providence Country Day School and went to the military academy in july of 1961. And while at the military academy, i fought the Academic Department on a daytoday basis. Played a little squash, played a little tennis, and was delighted to finally graduate, and i was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the infantry. I went to Airborne Ranger school, as did most of my classmates at the time. I was assigned to the first of d battalion at fort campbell, kentucky. That was my spent in a year and first. A half there and decided i wanted to go to Flight School, and i was on orders to go to the third brigade and decided i wanted to fly rather than walk, so in 1967, i went to Flight School and finished in september of 1967. Went to vietnam on my first tour in october of 1967 to the first cav. Came back a year later and did the advance course and back to vietnam for about i think it was seven months or so. Units were sta
EurasianeurAsian Affairs. Live coverage here on thoigs. Cspan3. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We have an unusual procedure today. As usual well defer to the outstanding senators who are here to introduce others, and we thank them for being here. Its an honor to have you here in our committee. We will let them go first so that they can go on to their other business. We will then convene adjourn and convene the business meetings for just a moment and hopefully pass the nominees out and pass some bills out. And then well resume with the great testimony we know well hear from our nominees. So with that, again, we welcome you. If i i dont know if i can remember the seniority order. I know senator cornyn is first in soeniority. Ill let you guys armwrestle over it while senator cornyn gets his comments. Thank you so much for being willing to come and make good comments about outstanding nominees. We thank you. Yes, sir. Thank you, chairman corker. And Ranking Member carden,
Thusburg maryland book festival. Starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, not the cleaver family. At 10 35, Melvin Goodman author of whistleblower of the kraimt yts author Sharon Weinberger at 12 15 p. M. Discussion her book the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the Pentagon Agency that changed the world. At 1 0015 eastern, the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980. At 2 15 p. M. Sidney blumenthal, the political life of Abraham Lincoln 1849 to 1856. And at 3 15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his familys quest to bring him home. Watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2s book tv. Next, the Inspector General for the Transportation Department gives an update on the federal aviation administrations nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellitebased air Traffic Control system. Other topics include whether the air Traffic Control system should be partially private advertised. Congressman bill shuster cha
Thusburg maryland book festival. Starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, not the cleaver family. At 10 35, Melvin Goodman author of whistleblower of the kraimt yts author Sharon Weinberger at 12 15 p. M. Discussion her book the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the Pentagon Agency that changed the world. At 1 0015 eastern, the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980. At 2 15 p. M. Sidney blumenthal, the political life of Abraham Lincoln 1849 to 1856. And at 3 15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his familys quest to bring him home. Watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2s book tv. Next, the Inspector General for the Transportation Department gives an update on the federal aviation administrations nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellitebased air Traffic Control system. Other topics include whether the air Traffic Control system should be partially private advertised. Congressman bill shuster cha