Executive Director's Report, 0120 ALBJ, 81 The Alabama Lawyer 10 (2020)

• Author: Phillip W. McCallum
• Position: Vol. 81 1 Pg. 10

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT

Vol. 81 No. 1 Pg. 10

Alabama Bar Lawyer

January, 2020

Phillip W. McCallum

Saluting Our Veterans

January isn't typically the month you might expect to read a column about veterans, but in our case, the timing makes perfect sense. This past November, we launched a new feature series, "Salute to Veterans." The response was so great that we realized it wasn't something we should limit to only one month.

To get this new series off the ground, we asked member veterans to send us photos and stories from their time in service. In the first few weeks, thanks to the help of folks who assisted in spreading the word (like Col. Chuck Langley, state judge advocate for the Alabama National Guard), we had dozens of submissions. In addition to placing those photos on a newly-created page on our website, we also shared a group of them each Friday on Facebook.

Judge John L Carroll was in the United States Marine Corps from June 1965 to December 1969. He was a bombardier/ navigator in the A6A Intruder aircraft, and from October 1967 to October 1968, he was with Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron 242 at the Danang Airbase in Vietnam. During that time, he flew more than 200 combat missions, many of them over North Vietnam.

Luke Bentley, who was a C-130 pilot in the 908^th Airlift Wing, told us about going to law school while flying for the 908^th "Once during law school, I skipped a few days of classes to fly supplies to Haiti after the big earthquake," he said. "I was glad that I was able to support that relief mission to Haiti, and I enjoyed responding to professors asking why I had missed class."

Amy Quick Glenos's civilian law practice focuses on employment-related disputes and litigation. In addition, Glenos is a reserve component soldier and captain in the United States Army JAG Corps., Alabama Army National Guard. She is assigned to the 167^th Theater Sustainment Command in Fort McClellan, Alabama, where she serves as trial counsel in administrative separation boards and personnel disciplinary matters.

Retired Col. Bryan E. Morgan served more than 34 years in the Guard and Reserve, including tours at the Pentagon and as the state judge advocate for the Alabama Military Department. He is a graduate of the Army Airborne School, the Army Judge Advocate General's School and the Army and Air Force War Colleges, and received the Legion of Merit. He is a 1977 graduate of the University of Alabama and a 1981...