24 Hours Inside the President's Bunker. 9/11/01
Date and Time
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
November 15, 2018
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location
Memorial Baptist Church
221 W Broadway
Newport, TN 37821
Fees/Admission
$25.00 for non members-with dinner
$20.00 for members-with dinner
$10.00 for speaker only
$160.00 Table of 8 (Members only)
$200.00 Table of 8 (Non-Members)
Contact Information
Lynn Ramsey or Jennifer Ellison @423-623-7201
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Description
"24 Hours Inside the President's" Bunker, 9/11/01
Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Darling, United States Marine Corps (Ret.)
Lieutenant Colonel Darling retired from the United States Marine Corps with just over twenty years of active duty service in October 2007. He flew Cobra attack helicopters in Desert Shield and Desert Storm during the first Gulf War and in Somalia, Africa in support of Operation Restore Hope. In June 1998, he was selected to fly as a presidential pilot with Marine Helicopter Squadron One and in October 2000, he was selected to work for The White House Military Office, Airlift Operations Department. It was in that capacity that, then Major Darling supported the President, Vice President and National Security Advisor in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) on September 11, 2001.
Bob graduated from Iona College, New Rochelle, NY with a BA in Economics in 1987. Upon graduation he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant aboard the USS Intrepid. In 2002 Bob attended the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA where he earned his MBA in Financial Management.
At the urging of family, friends, and colleagues to share his witness to American history, Bob wrote his memoir, 24 Hours Inside the President's Bunker, 9/11/01: The White House. He continues to share his personal experience and knowledge of crisis leadership with many military, corporate, and university audiences nationwide. He is the President of Quantitative Analytics, LLC, an aviation operations and logistics consulting company located in Stafford, Virginia.