WEBVTT 00:01.692 --> 00:04.025 (logo thud) 00:07.030 --> 00:08.760 - It's my honor to represent 00:08.760 --> 00:10.680 the men and women of our chapter. 00:10.680 --> 00:13.530 When it was initially established General Schriever 00:13.530 --> 00:16.330 wanted to be an intimate part of selecting the winners, 00:16.330 --> 00:20.460 and for 30 years until his death in 2005, he was. 00:20.460 --> 00:22.510 And since then we have been the proud stewards 00:22.510 --> 00:24.900 of this award, making sure that we take 00:24.900 --> 00:27.830 into the thoughts of General Schriever 00:27.830 --> 00:30.203 as we select the recipients each year. 00:32.030 --> 00:34.060 - [Instructor] The origin of the Air Force Association, 00:34.060 --> 00:35.530 General Bernard A. Schriever, 00:35.530 --> 00:39.470 National Space Leadership Award, began in 1917. 00:39.470 --> 00:41.340 When a young Bernard Schriever immigrated 00:41.340 --> 00:44.730 from Bremen, Germany, the Texas A&M graduate 00:44.730 --> 00:48.010 eventually joined the US Army Air Corps in 1933, 00:48.010 --> 00:52.270 and fought in World War II, where he flew 63 Combat Missions 00:52.270 --> 00:54.493 and B-17 Bombers in the Pacific. 00:56.150 --> 00:59.560 In 1942, Schriever earned an Aeronautical Engineering degree 00:59.560 --> 01:00.893 from Stanford University. 01:01.730 --> 01:04.733 Then promoted to Colonel on December 1943. 01:05.860 --> 01:08.840 By August 1954, Brigadier General Schriever, 01:08.840 --> 01:13.840 assumed command of the Western Development Division or WDD. 01:14.070 --> 01:15.910 Which was responsible for the management 01:15.910 --> 01:18.610 of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Development. 01:20.020 --> 01:23.150 Through the years they developed the Atlas, Titan, 01:23.150 --> 01:26.330 and Thor Missiles, which started the US Air Force 01:26.330 --> 01:29.260 and the nation to the path of space defense systems 01:29.260 --> 01:32.860 of today, that includes global communications, 01:32.860 --> 01:37.850 surveillance and position navigation and timing systems, 01:37.850 --> 01:39.893 better known as GPS. 01:40.850 --> 01:42.970 It's with the spirit of innovation and dedication 01:42.970 --> 01:45.730 to the advancement of space and missile defense systems 01:45.730 --> 01:48.600 that the AFA created the General Bernard A. Shriever, 01:48.600 --> 01:50.293 National Space Leadership Award. 01:51.710 --> 01:53.393 It's past recipients include, 01:54.540 --> 01:56.620 Honorable Edward Pete Aldridge Junior, 01:56.620 --> 01:59.040 the Georgia Tech and Texas A&M alumni, 01:59.040 --> 02:01.490 and former US Department of Defense Official, 02:01.490 --> 02:03.923 was the 16th Secretary of the Air Force. 02:05.240 --> 02:07.140 General Thomas S. Moorman Junior, 02:07.140 --> 02:08.670 credited for being deeply involved 02:08.670 --> 02:10.860 in the planning and organizing for the establishment 02:10.860 --> 02:12.210 of Air Force Space Command. 02:13.210 --> 02:14.650 General Moorman was responsible 02:14.650 --> 02:16.880 for operating military space systems, 02:16.880 --> 02:19.620 ground based radars and missile warning satellites. 02:19.620 --> 02:21.940 The nation's space launch centers, 02:21.940 --> 02:24.850 the worldwide network of space surveillance radars, 02:24.850 --> 02:28.250 and maintaining the ICBM force. 02:28.250 --> 02:31.570 Honorable Sheila E. Widnall, an aerospace researcher 02:31.570 --> 02:34.920 and Institute Professor Emerita at MIT. 02:34.920 --> 02:37.090 She's the first female Secretary of the Air Force 02:37.090 --> 02:40.640 and the first woman to lead a branch of the US military. 02:40.640 --> 02:42.710 In 2003, she was inducted 02:42.710 --> 02:45.200 into the National Women's Hall of Fame. 02:45.200 --> 02:48.160 Honorable F. Whitten Peters, a US Navy officer 02:48.160 --> 02:49.710 and Harvard Law School alumni, 02:49.710 --> 02:52.490 who became the 19th Secretary of the Air Force, 02:52.490 --> 02:55.610 and demonstrated airpower in the possible conflict, 02:55.610 --> 02:58.483 then secured the funding for the F-22 Fighter jet. 02:59.820 --> 03:02.930 Honorable Peter B. Teets, the former Under secretary 03:02.930 --> 03:06.520 of the US Air Force, and retired president and COO 03:06.520 --> 03:08.760 of Lockheed Martin Corporation, 03:08.760 --> 03:10.230 is credited with the formation 03:10.230 --> 03:13.600 of a comprehensive National Security Space Enterprise, 03:13.600 --> 03:15.500 laying the groundwork for integration 03:15.500 --> 03:17.810 of open and classified space activities 03:17.810 --> 03:20.700 to support national security objectives. 03:20.700 --> 03:22.330 Honorable Michael B.Donley, 03:22.330 --> 03:24.750 a University of Southern California alumni 03:24.750 --> 03:28.010 and US Army veteran, who served in the XVIII Airborne 03:28.010 --> 03:30.030 for the 5TH Special Forces Group, 03:30.030 --> 03:34.060 and served as a 22nd Secretary of the Air Force. 03:34.060 --> 03:35.330 Joining this illustrious group 03:35.330 --> 03:37.550 of recipients today, we are recognizing a woman 03:37.550 --> 03:39.810 who by the age of 30, was an executive 03:39.810 --> 03:42.650 of two global fortune 500 companies, 03:42.650 --> 03:44.360 a fellow teaching leadership 03:44.360 --> 03:47.240 at Harvard University's JFK School of Government. 03:47.240 --> 03:49.360 She is an instrument rated pilot, 03:49.360 --> 03:52.500 who was the first civilian woman to land an F/A-18 Hornet 03:52.500 --> 03:55.870 on an aircraft carrier, a trained Astronaut, 03:55.870 --> 03:57.863 the former Deputy Director of the AFA, 03:58.820 --> 04:01.050 Vice Chair of the US Civil Aeronautics Board, 04:01.050 --> 04:03.630 and the former ambassador to Finland. 04:03.630 --> 04:05.240 She is Secretary Barbara Barrett, 04:05.240 --> 04:08.870 the current and 25th secretary of the US Air Force, 04:08.870 --> 04:10.360 which includes responsibility 04:10.360 --> 04:12.600 over the sixth military branch, 04:12.600 --> 04:16.323 the US Space Force, led by General John W. Raven.