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July 2018 Newsletter .Indd OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATION THE INFANTRY HERITAGE LETTER volumE 16, issuE 3 july 2018 NIM’s New Director Wants to be #1 The National Infantry Museum set a stan- the collection,” he dard for museums when it opened in 2009. said. “We’re going Now the new museum director comes into to keep the stuff work each day asking “what’s next?” that’s signifi cant to Scott Daubert is a self-professed mu- the Infantry, to the seum geek who’s landed in his dream job. “I Army, and to the have been training for this position since a American people, Inside this issue: year before the museum opened,” Daubert but the extra stuff said. “I’ve always wanted to get to the Na- we’re going to dis- Freedom Fest 3 tional Infantry Museum. At one point in my tribute to the fi eld, celebrates the 4th career, I thought West Point was the Val- to the collections. If halla of military history, but it’s not. I wanted it’s in storage, let’s to work here, at the tip of the spear.” get it on exhibit Scott Daubert is the new Heroes remembered 4 Daubert replaces Frank Hanner, who somewhere that Director of the National on Memorial Day retired in January after 37 years with the our Soldiers can Infantry Museum. museum. Daubert’s most recent post was as enjoy and appreciate it.” Advisory Board gets 4 director of the 3rd Infantry Division museum Daubert says he also want the NIM to new leadership in Fort Stewart, Georgia, which reopened earn certifi cation from the American Asso- just last November after being closed for ciation of Museums, to show the rest of the Stubby’s tale 5 four years. museums across the country that the NIM is captures hearts Daubert’s task here won’t be any easier. a world-class museum run by professionals Efforts to update the Sole Superpower and best museum practices. gallery and the Family Support gallery are “We’re already counted among the top Event planners discover 5 already underway. Plus, he has a collection 12 military museums in the world,” he said. NIM’s special spaces of more than 30,000 catalogued artifacts to “I want to be in the top 5. I want to be the #1 take care of and more that are awaiting the military museum in the country, and that’s Cheers to 100 Years! It’s 7 arduous recordkeeping process. easily achievable.” gala time! “One thing we need to do is ‘right-size’ (continued on page 2) Members get Sneak Peek at Priceless Pieces With about 30,000 artifacts in the collection, there’s no way to display them all. In fact, only about 10 percent of this priceless collection is on display at any given time. That means there’s a real treasure trove of history locked away in storage. Unfortunately, most guests never get the chance to see that archive. But recently, the Na- tional Infantry Museum Foundation’s 1775 Soci- ety members were given a unique opportunity to tour the basement, where pieces are accepted, A PUBLICATION OF catalogued and placed in safekeeping. MCoE Museums Chief Dave Hanselman THE NATIONAL From a World War I Doughboy helmet to a shows guests a Vietnam-era violin made INFANTRY MUSEUM (continued on page 5) from shipping crates by a Soldier in the fi eld. FOUNDATION PAGE 2 thE infAntry hEritAGE lEttEr NIM’s New Director (continued from page 1) Daubert was born in England, an Air Force brat. He freedom isn’t free, and a sense of security. “These joined the Air Force himself, and later served in the Na- men and women are the heroes, not the actors, not the tional Guard. He’s been a dependent and the spouse of athletes who get paid millions of dollars for 11 minutes a deployed service member, and he quit counting after on the fi eld. I want people to want their kids to grow up his 40th move. He understands the military family. like them. The world is a safer, freer place because of “Kids who grow up in the military don’t have a place these men and women. We may not understand exactly they’re ‘from,’ he said. “Other people say ‘I’m from Atlanta’ what they do downrange, but I want visitors to walk out or ‘I’m from New York.’ I’m from DoD. I’m a Department of of here feeling secure.” Defense child. This is my culture, my Daubert will keep the family, my people.” museum staff on its toes. He’s Daubert’s connection to the Air high energy, blunt, honest, and Force does not diminish his respect won’t stop until he achieves his for Infantry one bit. “The only thing goals. “We’re going to set the that stands between them and the standards for the Army. That’s enemy is the rifl e. Not armor, not an going to happen. Come hell or airplane, just them and their skills. high water, if I die at this desk, “I call this the Hooah Army. The it’s gonna happen.” men and women are still ten feet Daubert expects this to be tall and bulletproof and they love his last job. He thinks about wearing the uniform. They love their the cattle ranch he’d like to country and they’re ready to go. I New museum director Scott Daubert (right) is have when he retires. But he’s want to end my career as fi red up just starting to examine the 30,000 pieces in the in no hurry to get there. every day.” collection he’s now responsible for. Here, “I pinch myself. I love what Daubert hopes visitors to the curator Jeff Reed shows him a World War II I do. If I were independently “Devil in Baggy Pants” uniform worn by museum leave with that same kind wealthy, you’d still see me GEN Melvin Zais during a combat jump in of respect, an understanding that southern France during Operation Dragoon. here every day.” Board of Directors National Advisory Board LTG Carmen Cavezza, GEN John Abizaid, Chairman GEN Buck Kernan Chairman Emeritus Mr. Jim Weaver, Vice Chairman GEN Frederick Kroesen LTG Tom Metz, Chairman GEN Ed Burba, Chairman Emeritus MG Will Latham Dr. Carl Savory, Vice Chairman GEN Barry McCaffrey, Vice LTG John LeMoyne Mr. Brian Abeyta Chairman Emeritus MG Ken Leuer Mr. Mark Baker GEN Lloyd Austin Secretary of the Army John Marsh Mr. Cecil Cheves Mr. Jim Balkcom Honorable Bob Poydasheff Mr. Jake Flournoy LTG Mike Barbero COL Ralph Puckett Mr. John Hargrove LTG Jerry Bates Mr. Tom Rabaut Sen. Hunter Hill MG J.B. Burns LTG Ben Register Mr. Tony Link LTG Carmen Cavezza GEN Bill Richardson Ms. Jacki Lowe LTG Charles W. “Bill” Dyke Gov. Tom Ridge Mr. Frank Lumpkin III Mr. Warner Neal GEN Larry Ellis GEN Robert W. RisCassi Mrs. Becky Rumer MG Carl Ernst COL Mike Sierra Mr. Michael Silverstein LTG Mike Ferriter LTG Mike Spigelmire HON Judy Thomas LTG Tom Fields MG William Steele GEN John Foss Mr. Mat Swift Ex-Offi cio Members LTG Ben Freakley Mr. Fred Taylor COL Townley Hedrick Mr. Joe Galloway LTG Sam Wetzel COL (Ret) Mike Burns LTG Dave Grange MG Jerry White COL (Ret) Bob Brown Mrs. Richard Hallock MG Walt Wojdakowski Mr. Dave Hanselman GEN William Hartzog BG Jim Yarbrough Mr. Bill Huff GEN Chuck Jacoby Mrs. Jean McKee PAGE 3 Home of the Free 6th Annual Freedom Fest More than 6,000 people turned out for this year’s Freedom Fest, enjoying the Silver Wings parachute team, the MCoE’s Rolling Thunder rock band, can- non fi rings, kids’ activities, living historians, military vehicles, food trucks and the Muscogee Moms Pint- Sized Patriots Parade. Many thanks to our partners and sponsors: Out- door Events, the Maneuver Center of Excellence, WalMart, HON Judy Thomas, Historic Westville, Port Columbus Civil War Naval Museum, Oxbow Meadows and our Premier Partners, whose ongoing support helps the NIM provide great events like Freedom Fest. PAGE 4 Remembering Those No Longer with Us Rain drove the event inside, but it couldn’t dampen families’ desires to honor loved ones on Memorial Day. Hundreds of people filled Cavezza Hall for the bian- nual paver dedication ceremony featuring keynote speaker BG David Lesperance, MCoE Armor School Commandant, and guest speaker United States Rep. Sanford Bishop of Georgia’s second congressional district. Afterward, the clouds parted and those who’d purchased commemorative pav- ers were able to locate them along the flag-lined Heritage Walk, and make rub- bings to take home as souvenirs, or to send to relatives who couldn’t be with them. BG David Lesperance New Faces, New Leaders on National Advisory Board The Executive Committee of the National Advisory Board gathered at the National Infantry Museum in April to meet with leadership of the Foundation and its Board of Directors to start charting the course for the future. At the meeting, GEN Ed Burba, who has led the Advisory Board as its Chairman since it was founded in 2003, relinquished his seat to GEN John Abizaid, a former U.S. Central Command commander during the Global War on Terrorism. GEN Barry McCaffrey, who served as Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board since its inception, stepped aside, too. Taking his place is Jim Weaver, a Texas businessman and ardent supporter of the NIM for many years. Both Burba and McCaffrey accepted Emeritus status and promised to continue working on the museum’s behalf.
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