1972 Lieutenant General Harris W. Hollis, US Army, Chief of Reserve
1973 Vice Admiral Damon W. Cooper, US Navy, Chief of Naval Reserve
1974 Major General James R. Allen, US Air Force
1975 The Honorable Howard H. "Bo" Calloway, Secretary of the Army
1976 The Honorable Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States
1977 The Honorable R. James Woolsey, Undersecretary of the Navy
1978 Major General Donald S. Dawson, US Air Force Reserve
1979 General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, US Army (Retired)
1980 Major General George J. Keegan, Jr., US Air Force (Retired)
1981 General Russell E. Dougherty, US Air Force (Retired)
1982 Brigadier General James L. Dozier, US Army
1983 Name Unavailable, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
1984 General Richard L. Lawson, US Army, Deputy Commander in Chief, USEC
1985 The Honorable John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary of the Army
1986 Admiral Kinnard R. McKee, US Navy, Director of Navy Nuclear Propulsion
1987 Major General John B. Conaway, Director, Air National Guard
1988 The Honorable Robert B. Oakley, Career Minister, US Foreign Service
1989 General Robert T. Herres, US Air Force, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
1990 Lieutenant General Jimmy D. Ross, US Army, Deputy Chief of Staff
1991 The Honorable John W. Shannon, Undersecretary of the Army
1992 Admiral David Jeremiah, US Navy, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
1993 General James J. Lindsay, US Army (Ret.), US Special Operations
1994 The Honorable Sam Nunn, US Senator, Georgia
1995 The Honorable Wendell H. Ford, US Senator, Kentucky
1996 The Honorable Dr. John J. Hamre, Undersecretary of Defense - Comptroller
1997 General Lloyd R. "Fig" Newton, US Air Force, Commander, Air Training
1998 BG Billy Cooper, USA, Joint Rear Area Coordinator, US Central Command
1999 General Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
2000 General Anthony Zinni, USMC, Commander, US Central Command
2001 General John Abrams, Commander, US Army Training & Doctrine Command
2002 Vice Admiral James D. Hull, Commander Atlantic Area, US Coast Guard
2003 Major General Terry L. Tucker, Commanding General, US Army Armor Center
2004 The Honorable Ernie Fletcher, Governor, Kentucky
2005 The Honorable Mitch McConnell, US Senator, Kentucky
2006 Lieutenant General Joseph R. Inge, US Army, Deputy Commander US Northern Command
2007 Vice Admiral John G. Cotton, Chief of Navy Reserve
2008 General William S. Wallace, Commander, US Army Training & Doctrine Command
2009 General Victor E. Renuart, Jr., Commander, NORAD and US Northern Command
2010 General David H. Petraeus, Commander, US Central Command
2011 Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., Commander, NORAD and US Northern Command
2012 General John F. Campbell, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
2014 Lieutenant General Kevin W. Mangum, Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, US Army Training & Doctrine Command
Speakers Over the Years
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1919 General John J. Pershing, USA, Commander, American Expeditionary Forces
1923 Major General J. H. McRae, US Army, Spokesman Rhine Occupation
1925 Brigadier General Dwight C. Aultman, US Army, Commander, Sixth Corps
1926 The Honorable Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secretary of War
1927 Major General Malin Craig, US Army, Training in Military Establishment
1928 Major General Dennis E. Nolan, US Army, Washington, D.C.
1929 Colonel Patrick J. Hurley, US Army, First Assistant Secretary of War
1930 Major General William G. Elverson, US Army, Chief of Militia Bureau
1931 The Honorable Hamilton Fish, Jr., US Congressman
1932 Paul V. McNutt, Former National Commander of The American Legion
1933 Major General Benson W. Hough, USA, Commander, 37th Division
1934 Brigadier General Julian R. Lindsey, USA, Commanding General, Fort Knox
1935 Major General Albert J. Bowley, US Army, Commanding General, Fifth Corps
1936 Major General William E. Cole, US Army, Commanding General, Fifth Corps
1937 Brigadier General William K. Naylor, US Army, CO, Fort Benjamin Harrison
1938 Major General Allen W. Gullion, USA, Adjutant General of the US Army
1939 General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, US Army Air Corps, Chief of the Air Corps
1940 Major General David L. Stone, US Army, Commander, Fifth Corps
1941 Major General Adna R. Chaffee, US Army, Commander, Armored Forces
1942 Major General Jacobs L. Devers, US Army, Commander, Armored Forces
1948 Lieutenant General Elwood R. "Pete" Quesada, US Air Force
1949 The Honorable William C. Bullitt, Former Ambassador to the Soviet Union
1950 Major General A. C. McAuliffe, US Army, Chief of the Chemical Corps
1951 Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, US Navy, Chief of Naval Operations
1952 The Honorable Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army
1953 Lieutenant General Clifton B. Cates, Commandant, US Marine Corps
1954 The Honorable James H. Douglas, Undersecretary of the Air Force
1955 Lieutenant General James M. Gavin, US Army, Deputy Chief of Staff
1956 Vice Admiral J. L. Holloway, Jr., US Navy, Chief of Naval Personnel
1957 General Randolph M. Pate, US Marine Corps, Commandant
1958 Robert B. Hotz, Editor, Aviation Week Magazine
1959 Commander William R. Anderson, US Navy, CO, the USS Nautilus
1960 The Honorable Wilbur M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army
1961 The Honorable Elvis J. Stahr, Secretary of the Army
1962 The Honorable Fred Korth, Secretary of the Army
1963 General Bernard A. Schriever, US Air Force, Air Force Systems Command
1964 The Honorable Stephen Ailes, Secretary of the Army
1965 General David M. Shoup, Commandant (Medal of Honor), US Marine Corps
1966 Lieutenant General Herbert B. Thatcher, US Air Force
1967 The Honorable L. Mendel Rivers, US Congressman
1968 Rear Admiral E. P. Aurand, USN, Director of Long Range Objectives Group
1969 Brigadier General S. L. A. "Slam" Marshall, US Army (Retired), Author
1970 The Honorable John H. Chafee, Secretary of the Navy
1971 Major General Hugh H. Milton, II, US Army (Retired)