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9-11 Remembrance & Memorial events this week

The Patriot Guard Riders are having a Memorial Ride Thursday:

The PGR (Patriot Guard Riders) will be hosting an honor ride on Thursday Sept 10. The escorted ride will start at the front of Bryant Denny Stadium and proceed to the quad where we will park and line up for a ceremony Honoring America’s Heroes. You do not have to be a PGR member to participate in this ride. Simply loving America is all that’s required. We are standing in honor of those Military and uniformed personnel that serve us while remembering 911. Come on out and enjoy a short escorted ride and ceremony that should last about 30-45 minutes. I will have some flags available, but if you have a flag please bring it and “Show your colors” in support of America’s heroes.

http://www.patriotguard.org/ALLForums/tabid/61/forumid/53/view/topic/postid/1234338/Default.aspx

Please be at the front of Denny Stadium by 5:20 PM KSU (kick stands up) at 5:50. Ceremony starts at 6pm.

Speakers will include UA President Robert Witt, Colonel Duane Lamb USAF (retired), Tuscaloosa Fire Chief Alan Martin and others.

Mission Coordinator: Eddie Fulmer 205-242-0950

Courtesy of The Birmingham News, there is a 9-11 remembrance Friday in Birmingham:

9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at 9 a.m. Friday at Homewood City Hall. The fourth annual 9/11 ceremony in the Home­wood City Hall courtyard with the cities of Homewood, Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills participating.

Note: If your city or organization is having a memorial event, please email me and I’ll post the details here!

Homewood resident achieves Army brigadier general rank

Courtesy of The Birmingham News:

Longtime Homewood resident to become Army brigadier general

Army Col. N. Lee S. Price, a longtime Homewood resident and a Shades Valley High School graduate, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the rank of brigadier general.

The daughter of Homewood resident Phyllis Sherk and the late Maurice D. Sherk, Price had been nominated by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. She will be the first woman in the Army Acquisition Corps to become a brigadier general and the first woman to become a general officer while serving in a special operations unit. It is not yet known when Price will formally receive her brigadier’s star and what kind of command assignment she will receive.

Price was recently assigned as the deputy program manager for the Army’s Future Combat System (Brigade Combat Team) at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. In that post, she is responsible for managing development of the system’s integrated network.

She previously was deputy acquisition executive for the U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., where she oversaw the procurement and acquisition of specialized equipment for Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, Air Force Special Operations units and the Marine Special Operations Command.

Congratulations, Lee!