2011 Guest of Honor confirmed

U.S. Marine Corps MajGen. Steven A. Hummer

Lt. Gen. (s) Steven Hummer has been designated by the Commandant to be the Guest of Honor at the USMCCCA Annual Merit Awards Banquet on Thursday, September 15 at the Westin Hotel in New Orleans.

General Hummer is in the process of taking over the New Orleans-based Marine Forces Reserve.  An active-duty Marine, he is expected to receive his third star in early August.  He is an infantryman who led combat forces to Baghdad during the 2003 Iraq invasion.  He is a “mustang” Marine and a career war fighter who has held command posts at all levels except for a Marine division.  As commander of the 7th Marines during the Iraq invasion, Hummer and Marines under his command launched from Kuwait and fought to Baghdad,  In that job he worked directly under Gen. James Mattis, who currently leads the U. S. Central Command.  His other assignments included commander of MCB, Hawaii, and chief of staff for the U. S. Special Operations Command.