Join us the night before the game! Pre-game social and happy hour, presented by USNA Class of 1965. In the hotel lobby bar area.
Eureka Heights Brew Co. now the official beer sponsor of the Pre-Game Tailgate. Each tailgate ticket includes free beer from Eureka Heights.
Tailgate NAVY, presented by El Tiempo Cantina SOLD OUT
(the official tailgate of USNA & TxGC)
- “Cougar Woods” 4031 Cougar Village Dr.
- 1 block from TDECU Stadium
- Saturday Nov 30, 3pm
- Food provided by El Tiempo Cantina
- If breakfast: scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, refried beans, tortillas, fruit, salsa, cookies
- If lunch: chicken and beef fajitas, rice, refried beans, tortillas, salsa, cookies
- Drinks included
- Complimentary beer, courtesy of Eureka Heights Brew Co.
- Coffee, juice (if breakfast), iced tea (if lunch), water
- Presentation by Superintendent or Commandant and the USNA Alumni Association (Annapolis)
- Free admission for Midshipmen in uniform
Navy vs. UH Football Game tickets
- TDECU Stadium: Univ of Houston campus
- Saturday Nov 30: 6pm
- Discounted game tickets (these are not the same tickets sold by NAAA/navysports.com)
- Section 329 and 328
- Seats assigned, best available, on first come basis
- Ticket will be emailed to the purchaser
- 50% discount for Midshipmen in uniform (must have disc. code via Midn. email to txgc@usnachapters.net)
December Monthly Lunch with the Honorable Chase Untermeyer
Ambassador Chase Untermeyer will speak on the US relationship with Saudi Arabia, from the early days when Texans began poking in the sands looking for oil to the present, when the Trump Administration maintains close ties with the Saud family despite widespread criticism of their rule.
Chase Untermeyer is founding chairman of the Qatar-America Institute, which aims to increase understanding of the important Qatari-American relationship in security, education, and energy. From 2004 until 2007, he was United States ambassador to Qatar, on appointment of President George W. Bush.
A 1968 graduate of Harvard College with honors in government, he served during the Vietnam War as an officer in the United States Navy aboard a destroyer in the Western Pacific and as aide to the commander of US naval forces in the Philippines. Upon his return to Texas, Ambassador Untermeyer was a political reporter for the Houston Chronicle and a member of the Texas House of Representatives, elected for a district in Houston.
He left the Legislature in 1981 to go to Washington as executive assistant to then-Vice President Bush.Three years later, President Reagan appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower & Reserve Affairs. When George Bush became president in 1989, Mr Untermeyer returned to the White House as Director of Presidential Personnel and in 1991 was appointed Director of the Voice of America.
TxGC MEMBERS ALWAYS GET $5 OFF!
- TxGC Members, use the discount code, provided via email, at check out, and get $5 off regular or advance, online price, for each ticket purchased
- $35 per person (regular price)
- $30 per person (advanced, online price) – price extended through event
MENU
- Ice tea, water, soda, cash bar
- Choice of Sicilian salad or Mama’s gumbo
- Choice of entree
- Chicken John Kim: grilled chicken topped in mushrooms, roasted peppers, white wine butter sauce
- Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce: traditional penne pasta with Mama’s slow cooked meat sauce
- Blacked Trout: filet topped with etoufee served with red-skinned mashed potatoes and vegetables
- Choice of chocolate cake or cheesecake
Combined Arms presents 2019 Army vs. Navy, the OFFICIAL party of both the West Point Society of Greater Houston and USNA Alumni Assoc., Texas Gulf Coast.
Saturday December 14, 2019
Doors open @ Noon
Kickoff @ 2pm
Little Woodrow’s Midtown: 2306 Brazos St. Houston, TX
RSVP welcome -free event
Sponsorships are welcome and needed. Proceeds go to Combined Arms, as well as the WPSGH and TxGC Foundation. Click here > Combined Arms Army vs. Navy Sponsor Form
RSVP helps us with headcount. Free event (buy your own beer).
Navy is headed to the Liberty Bowl against Kansas Sate. Come watch the game at Marquis II, stay for the NYE party.
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In January, each year, the TxGC Foundation awards the Smith-McCool Sword to the Midshipment from the Chapter area, with the highest order-of-merit, going into their First Class year. The sword, is named after astronaut Michael Smith ’67, who was lost in the Challenger disaster, and astronaut William McCool ’83, who was lost int he Columbia disaster.
The award and keynote address is presented annually by NASA Astronauts. This year, Astronaut Michael Foreman USNA ‘79.
This year’s recipient is MIDN 1/C Jonathan Peck. Jonathan is from the Clear Lake Area in Houston. He studies Mechanical Engineering, accompanied with a Chinese Minor. Jonathan is a proud member of 13th Company. During his time at the Naval Academy, he has served as Plebe Summer Regimental Safety Officer, Plebe Summer Administrative Officer, Squad Leader, Company 1st Sgt, and Company Training Sgt. He is a member of the Club Water Polo Team, Midshipmen Without Borders ECA, and the 13th Company Intramural volleyball team.
Currently, he is conducting research as a Trident Scholar and will serve as a Platoon Commander next semester. He will be commissioning into the Civil Engineering Corps upon graduation.Michael James Foreman is a 1979 USNA Aerospace Engineering major, with a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. He is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and a NASA astronaut. While with NASA, Foreman was part of a mission that delivered the Japanese Experiment Module and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator to the International Space Station. Foreman was also a crewmember of the STS-129 mission in November 2009. In 2018, he was elected mayor of Friendswood, Texas. His wife Lorrie is a civil engineer.
Tickets are $35 if purchased after Dec 30
- Only $30 if purchased online, prior to Dec 30
- TxGC Members always get $5 each ticket
February Speaker: John Augusto ‘02, USNA Alumni Assoc. Trustee
John Augusto will provide an update from Annapolis; the latest priorities for both USNA and the Alumni Association and provide a discussion and answer questions about how the Alumni Association is serving the Alumni and how best the Alumni can still serve the Academy.
John recently returned from the Winter Board of Trustees meeting where he represents the TxGC Chapter as a Trustee. The Trustees are responsible for governing the Alumni Association and advising the Naval Academy on matters related to the Alumni Association to include fundraising, donations, governance, and various other matters. John sits on both the Member Services and Admissions committees.
TxGC MEMBERS ALWAYS GET $5 OFF!
- TxGC Members, use the discount code, provided via email, at check out
MENU
- Ice tea, water, soda, cash bar
- Choice of Sicilian salad or Mama’s gumbo
- Choice of entree
- Chicken John Kim: grilled chicken topped in mushrooms, roasted peppers, white wine butter sauce
- Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce: traditional penne pasta with Mama’s slow cooked meat sauce
- Blacked Trout: filet topped with etoufee served with red-skinned mashed potatoes and vegetables
- Choice of chocolate cake or cheesecake
Pay your own way (no-host). Join parents and Alumni for networking and lunch at a Beaumont staple establishment.
March Speaker: Don Houk, Lone Star Flight Museum
Living History Presentation: The Doolittle Raid: Immediately after the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered our military to attack Tokyo, the capital of the Japanese empire. At that time, we did not have an airplane that would go that far. Therefore, under a tight veil of secrecy, Lt. Col. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle was selected to put together a plan to place medium Army bombers on an aircraft carrier for the purpose of completing the order issued by President Roosevelt. Many things went wrong! By special permission by the Doolittle Raiders themselves, Lone Star Flight Museum presents the only first-person presentation of this momentous event.
TxGC MEMBERS ALWAYS GET $5 OFF!
- TxGC Members, use the discount code, provided via email, at check out
MENU
- Ice tea, water, soda, cash bar
- Choice of Sicilian salad or Mama’s gumbo
- Choice of entree
- Chicken John Kim: grilled chicken topped in mushrooms, roasted peppers, white wine butter sauce
- Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce: traditional penne pasta with Mama’s slow cooked meat sauce
- Blacked Trout: filet topped with etoufee served with red-skinned mashed potatoes and vegetables
- Choice of chocolate cake or cheesecake
Support Navy Great Keenan Reynolds this Saturday!
Join an informal group from the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter as we support former Navy QB Keenan Reynold’s in his role as a Wide Receiver for the Seattle Dragons when they take on the Houston Roughnecks this Saturday, March 7th. We will have a group decked out in Navy gear and seated in Section 103, but as seating fills up anywhere between Section 101 and 104 should be good.