Patrick we go to patrick mordente. He is a veteran of the u. S. Air force and command pilot of thousands of flight hours in the t 37, 238, and c130. The graduate it the air force academy and attended Pilot Training at Columbus Air Force base in mississippi. He served on multiple highlevel staffs within the Defense Department including the joint staff at the pentagon. He is a combat veteran who served in bosnia, afghanistan, iraq, and as a Wing Commander he worked closely with military historians to preserve installation records and in 2016 he retired as Vice Commander of the 18th air force base in illinois. Patrick, are you there with us . Brig. Gen. Mordente i am here. Thank you for the introduction. It is good to see you. Mr. Madden it is good to see you. Before we jump into things, how are you and the family doing and how are the staff doing at the museum . Patrickbrig. Gen. Mordente thee doing quite well. We are all under covid across the nation. Currently our museum is closed and
Talks about his book, black cowboys in the American West on the range, on the stage, behind the badge, using images the professor uses the experience about the black cowboys. The Tesoro Cultural Center in colorado hosted this event. I met cowboy mike at the western History Association conference, its a conference of academics from many universities and historians, and they give their papers and are recognized as western historians. I also would see him at these conferences at the western writers, which are authors. I have authored several books including the ft. Cook book, and i was sitting next to cowboy mike, and i said what do you do, mike, i see you at all these conferences . He said, heres my book. I said, youre going to come and lecture for us. So i am delighted, because i have known mike for years and years and i just i should have had you here sooner, and now he brought cspan as well. So cowboy mike is the persona created by michael searies. Beneath his black hat but its tan no
The u. S. Air force and a commander pilot with thousands of flight hours in 1837, t 38 and c130, thats a little plain if you didnt know that. He graduated from the air force academy and attended undergraduate Pilot Training at Columbus Air Force base in mississippi. He served a multiple highlevel staffs within the dissents department including the joint staff at the pentagon. Hes a combat veteran and served in bosnia, afghanistan and iraq and as a Wing Commander he worked closely with military historians to preserve unit and installation records and in 2016 he retired as the Vice Commander of the 18th air force at Scott Air Force base in illinois. Patrick, are you there with us . I am here. Thank you for the introductions. Good to see you. Its good to see you. Before you jump into things, i have asked carol you and the family doing how was the staff doing at the museum . They are doing quite well. Of course we all under these covid restrictions across the nation. Currently the museum i
Art, nature, and culture and describes of the 19th century german author and naturalist influenced several generations of americans. Lets jump right to it with our featured speaker, Brigadier General patrick mordente. A command pilot with thousands t 38, at hours ndt 37, little plane. He graduated from the air force academy and attended Pilot Training at Columbus Air Force base in mississippi. He served on multiple highlevel staffs within defense department. He is a combat veteran who served in afghanistan and iraq, and as a Wing Commander he worked closely with military history unit to preserve installation records and in 2016 he retired as Vice Commander of the 18th air force base in illinois. Are you there with us . Mr. Mordente i am here. Thank you for the introduction. Mr. Madden before we jump into things, how are you at the family doing . How was the staff at the museum . Mr. Mordente they are doing quite well. Covid all under approximations. Our museum is closed and our Researc
, aeral Patrick Mordente pilot with thousands of flight t37, 738, and c130. Those are little planes, if you did not know that. He graduated from the air force academy and attended Pilot Training at Columbus Air Force base in mississippi. He served on multiple highlevel staffs within the defense department. He is a combat veteran who served in afghanistan and iraq, and as a Wing Commander he worked closely with military historians to preserve installation records and in 2016 he retired as Vice Commander of the 18th air force base in illinois. Are you there with us . Mr. Mordente i am here. Thank you for the introduction. It is good to see you. Mr. Madden it is good to see you. Before we jump into things, how are you and the family doing and how are the staff doing at the museum . Mr. Mordente they are doing quite well. We are all under covid across the nation. Currently our museum is closed and our Research Rooms are closed due to covid. We have taken the positive from this one and lear