Location
Austin, Texas 78719
About this event
TICKETS ON SALE NOW THROUGH 28 OCTOBER 2024 @ 10:00 am
TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE EVENT
Guest ticket prices match the Service Member (Example E4 pays $40 so their guest pays $40 for a total of $80)
Enjoy a fun filled evening with your fellow Military Intelligence professionals at the FY25 Texas MI Ball.
- 1700-1830 – Social Hour
- 1830-1900 – Ball Room Seating
- 1900-1910 – Reading of Knowlton's Rangers Legend
- 1910-1930 – MI Corps Awards induction Ceremony
- 1930-1945 – Senior Military Intelligence officer introduces guest speaker
- 1945-2000 – Guest Speaker
- 2000-2055 – Dinner Served
- 2000 -2030– Grog Ceremony
- 2100-2300 – Dancing/Socializing
HOTEL
Hotel Reservations:
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- Reservation Group Name: MICA Lonestar Chapter- Texas MI Ball
- Room Rate: $159/night
- Booking Deadline: 10/11/2024
- Room Rate Period: 3 days pre and 3 days post event date of 2 November 2024.
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ONLINE BOOKING
PARKING
- Complimentary Self-Parking for Over-Night guests booked within the contracted room block
- $7.50 per day for Self-Parking, Day-Use Attendees
HOTEL HISTORY
Activated on 19 September 1942, as Del Valle Army Air Base and the strategic command center for the Army Air Corps. The base was renamed Bergstrom Field on 11 November 1943 at the suggestion of then-Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. It became Bergstrom Air Force Base in December 1948, coinciding with the creation of the USAF as a separate service. The inner round shape of the hotel was the area which served as the communal area and the hotel rooms were where the military staff worked. On July 1, 1966 the base became home to the Twelfth Air Force. The 12th was the controlling organization responsible for all Tactical Air Command reconnaissance, fighter, and airlift operations west of the Mississippi River. In the 1960s, Bergstrom AFB became the place where Air Force One flew into and out of often. It was the airfield that Lyndon Johnson flew into and out of when president when traveling between Washington and his ranch in Texas (Bergstrom Air Force Base, 2023). The new 12th Air Force headquarters building was completed in August 1968. The unique circular structure became an icon of the base and was nicknamed "The Doughnut" and "The Roundagon" (Bergstrom Air Force Base, 2021).
Major commands at Bergstrom:
- Army Air Service Command, 23 May 1942 – 19 June 1942
- Third Air Force 19 June 1942 – 4 October 1942
- I Troop Carrier Command 4 October 1942 – 16 April 1945
- Continental Air Forces 16 April 1945 – 23 March 1946
- Tactical Air Command 23 March 1946 – 1 December 1948
- Continental Air Command 1 December 1948 – 21 March 1949
- Strategic Air Command 21 March 1949 – 1 July 1957
- Tactical Air Command 1 July 1957 – 1 October 1958
- Strategic Air Command 1 October 1958 – 1 July 1966
- Tactical Air Command 1 July 1966 – 1 June 1992
- Air Combat Command 1 June 1992 – Closing
Bergstrom Air Force Base. (2023, May 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergstrom_Air_Force_Base
Bergstrom Air Force Base. (2021, March 18). In Military Wikipedia. https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Bergstrom_Air_Force_Base
