Next Happy Hour Thursday May 28

DFW Tailhookers' Historian, Marc began his Naval career when he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy in June 1968.  He was designated a Naval Aviator in July 1969.  During his active duty career, he made deployments to Vietnam, the Mediterranean as well as to the Persian Gulf, Norwegian and Black Seas.  He is a combat veteran of Vietnam and Desert Shield/Storm and flew helicopters on combat search and rescue, special operations missions, anti-submarine warfare and logistics support missions. 

During his career, Marc worked with the armed forces of Australia, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Republic of Korea, the Philippines and the U.K.  In 1991, he was recalled for Desert Shield and Desert Storm and during that conflict, was responsibility for the operational tasking and employment of 140 helicopters from 14 nations as well as special operations forces assigned to the Persian Gulf Battle Force.

An avid historian and book author, Marc also posts a weekly blog on DFWTH Website on US history that focuses on the period from 1775 to the end of the War of 1812. Go to the HISTORY page of DFWTH website to view.

When Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States in January 2025, the war in Ukraine was stalemated and entering its third year. The U.S. was providing the preponderance of military aid and intelligence. 

Intelligence showed the new president that Iran was getting closer and closer to developing a deliverable nuclear weapon and had the military and 

political support from the Axis of Resistance – Russia, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and the Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea). In the Middle East, Iran was encouraging Hezbollah to attack Isreal and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was actively trying to overthrow governments in North Africa, the Middle East, and on the Arabian Peninsula.

Venezuela was cozying up to the People’s Republic of China and selling the oil despite sanctions along with providing Iran with a base in the Western Hemisphere.

In Asia, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was becoming more and more aggressive with regular violations of Taiwanese and Japanese airspace, exercises conducted in international waters close to Japan and Taiwan. Xi Jinping reiterated his promise to reunite Taiwan with the PRC in his lifetime. The PRC’s military build-up had become the pacing threat driving war planning in the Pentagon.

Given the events Marc will provide some insight into what we will see going into 2027 in what could be the most significant shift in the world order since the end of the Cold War.