Trips:
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Sixth fact-finding/medical mission to Haiti in January
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Trip to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic to observe Coast
Guard operations fighting drug trafficking and illegal immigration
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Two fact-finding trips to Colombia to get first-hand information
on the Drug War, one of which was with columnist Robert Novak
who then wrote two nationally syndicated articles on the issue
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Trip to Mexico to meet with U.S. Ambassador Jones and the Chief
of Staff of the Mexican Army to try and resolve the problem
of transporting surplus UH-1 Huey helicopters to be used in
the Drug War
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Went to El Salvador and met with political leaders to discuss
how the Drug Lords have taken over their banking system
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Major Gil Macklin took the crew from 60 Minutes into
Colombia on several occasions to film a story on drugs for their
show
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Went on trips to Saipan to assess the expansion of the Red Chinese
in the Pacific
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Travelled to Manila to meet with Philippine President "Eddie"
Ramos and the Deputy head of the Philippine Intelligence Service
Humanitarian
Aid Provided:
Delivered
$95,000 in medical supplies to Mother Teresa's "Missionaries
of Charity" orphanage
Went on
two medical relief missions to El Salvador supplying medicine
for hospitalized children of this war-torn country
Saved over
3,000 lives through these trips this year alone
Writing/Features/Research/Studies:
Op-Ed Pieces:
14 January
1996,
Orlando Sentinal, "Conflicts, Wars Cover Most of
Globe" by Major Andy Messing and Major Gilbert Macklin
24 March
1996,
The Washington Times,
"Multinational
Force Field Complications" by Major Andy Messing and
Mr. Kevin Volpe
19 May
1996,
The Orlando Sentinal, "Marijuana
Use Still a Threat" by Mr. Kevin Volpe
28 July
1996,
The Washington Times, "Against
a Sea of Drugs..." by Major Andy Messing and Mr. Mark
DeMier
13 September
1996,
Waco Tribune Herald, "Clinton
Bungling the War on Drugs" by Mr. Mark DeMier
22 September
1996,
The Washington Times, "Front
Line of the Drug War" by Major Gilbert Macklin
29 October
1996,
The Harrisburg Patriot News, "To
Fight Drugs, US Must Drop Double Standard" by Mr. Carson
Nightwine, Jr.
22 November
1996,
Los Angeles Times, "Marianas
Could Be Pivotal Again" by Major Andy Messing
and Mr. Milton Copulos
Featured In/Quoted In:
3 January
1996,
The Washington Times, "Defense Group Reports Rise
in Small-scale Conflicts" circulated via the Associated
Press
11 September
1996,
Congressional Record, "Squeezing
Blood from a Stone: The Elusive
Nature of an Effective US Antidrug Policy" by Mr. Mark
DeMier, submitted as testimony before the House International
Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, regarding
current US Drug Control Strategy
Research:
Research
paper published 21 February 1996, "Domestic Refining:
Target of a WTO Power Grab"
Research
paper published August
1996,
"Hypothermic Techniques and Cryopreservation Advanced in
Forward Combat Casualty Care"
Lobbying
/ Public Policy Making:
Lobbied
for the Department of Defense Authorization Bill, including
DAGGR technology, discharge of HIV+ service members, recognition
of U.S. military personnel who served in El Salvador, and 2.1%
pay raise
Briefed
Members of Congress on drug trafficking and illegal immigration
between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico
Briefed
Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on future warfare trends
Briefed
Members of Congress and the Media on the military movements
of the Chinese Army
Lobbied
on Capitol Hill for a stronger national defense and a more cogent
foreign policy
Sponsored
three informational seminars on Capitol Hill updating Congressional
members on issues important to our national defense
Appearances:
Appeared
regularly on National Empowerment Television (NET) regarding
Chinese military actions, instability/proliferation in Russia,
and UN peacekeeping forces
Lectured
at American University on "Conflicts in the 21st Century"
Miscellaneous:
Helped 60
Minutes and 48 Hours put together stories on the
Drug War
Received
a letter of commendation from the Colombian National Police
for our help in combating narco-guerrillas
Trained
10 college interns
Sponsored
the American Hero Awards in Manila honoring Philippine President
Fidel Ramos and Northern Mariana Islands Governor Froilan C.
Tenorio
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