Select year to browse highlights:  

1978-84 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 ||

Highlights 1993
 


Trips

Major Messing - escorted by Major Mike Collier, far left -- in Somalia with U.S. Marines and a Swedish medical team (background), 1993.

Traveled to seven different countries on missions which were either medical or academic in nature. These countries included Russia, Somalia, El Salvador, Mexico, Haiti and Nicaragua

Humanitarian Aid Provided:

Delivered over $148,857 worth of high impact medical supplies to Somalia, El Salvador, Mexico, Haiti and Nicaragua; delivered almost 400 pounds of antibiotics alone

Writing/Features/Research/Studies:

Op-Ed Pieces:

15 August 1993, The Washington Post, Will NAFTA Free the Drug Trade by Major Andy Messing and Mr. W. von Raab

19 September 1993, Los Angeles Times, "A Strong Military for a Dangerous World" by Major Andy Messing and Mr. K. Meyer

20 September 1993, The Christian Science Monitor, "Global Warming: Not Just for the Rich Nations" by Mr. Milt Copulos

Featured In/Quoted In:

War and Anti-War: Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century by Alvin and Heidi Toffler, pages 92-94, RE: Lobbying for low-intensity conflicts

Research:

Research paper published 22 April 1993, "The BTU Tax and the Defense Industrial Base"

Research paper published 4 May 1993, "Solving the Soviet Plutonium Dilemma"

Research paper published 4 May 1993, "Surge Production During Desert Shield/Desert Storm"

Research paper published 30 June 1993, "Defense Implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement"

Research paper published 23 July 1993, "Refineries in Crisis: The Threat to National Security?"

Research paper published 3 August 1993, "NAFTA and the Environment: Defense and Security Implications"

Research paper published 3 August 1993, "Security Implications for NAFTA I: Narcotics"

Research paper published 3 August 1993, "Security Implications of NAFTA II: Illegal Aliens and Crime"

Research paper published 3 August 1993, "Security Implications of NAFTA III: Terrorism"

Research paper published 30 August 1993, "Fast Facts: NAFTA and Logistics"

Research paper published 13 September 1993, "Fast Facts: Eroding Sovereignty: The Threat to National Defense"

Research paper published 28 September 1993, "Fast Facts: NAFTA and the Drug Trade I"

Research paper published 28 September 1993, "Fast Facts: NAFTA and the Drug Trade II"

Research paper published 28 September 1993, "Fast Facts: Criminal Aliens"

Research paper published 30 September 1993, "Fast Facts: The Scope of Illegal Immigration

Research paper published 6 December 1993, "Imported Oil: The Continuing Threat to National Security," by Mr. Milt Copulus

Lobbying / Public Policy Making:

Testified before the Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives on October 21, 1993 about the administration's plan for continued U.S. military participation in Somalia

Briefed key Pentagon, CIA, Department of State, White House National Security Council, and military officials on Somalia

Designed legislation with Cong. Bob Dornan which would allow and ensure U.S. troops in Somalia A) Receive the Purple Heart should they be wounded, B) Receive combat pay, and C) Receive a tax-break for the extreme hardships they faced

In June, took Cong. Dan Burton, Cong. John Duncan and former U.S. Customs Commissioner William von Raab into Mexico to investigate the North American Free Trade Agreement

NDCF's World-Wide Security Briefing to the Central Intelligence Agency; the briefing included Cong. Dan Burton and former U.S. Customs Commissioner William von Raab

Testified before the full House Armed Services Committee on Somalia and Haiti regarding what we did right and wrong in these countries

Appearances:

Presented lectures at the CIA, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and to Interns in Washington, DC regarding the DRUG WAR and future warfare trends

Interviewed on CBN and C-SPAN about downsizing our U.S. Military, their morale and future warfare trends

Appeared on national TV and radio shows with MacNeil-Lehrer and Pat Buchanan

The National Defense Council Foundation
1600 Wilson Blvd. Suite #960
Arlington, VA 22209
Telephone: (703) 807-2070
Fax: (703) 807-2073