[Students] Special Event Featuring Vernice "Flygirl" Armour on October 2

[Thomas W Knutson]

Vernice "Flygirl" Armour, America's first African-American female combat
pilot, is the featured speaker in an event sponsored by the
A&M-Commerce's chapter of The National Society of Leadership and
Success. It will be held Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at 5:15 p.m. at
Ferguson Auditorium on the A&M-Commerce campus and is free to all
students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members.

                As the first event of the 2012-2013 multi-speaker series
sponsored by the Society, her presentation "Who Needs A Runway? Take Off
>From Where You Are!" will focus on how people can accomplish their
life's mission to be authentically who they are with bravery, clarity
and power. After two tours in Iraq, Flygirl now inspires others to
transform their fear to fuel utilizing her proven 7-step battle-tested
method for accomplishing goals that matter. 

                Flygirl is the author of Zero to Breakthrough, and she
will show attendees how to go from "zero to breakthrough" and create a
personal flight plan utilizing her candid strategies to help win on the
battlefield of life. Viewers will hear how to go from settling to
getting what they want. Also, Flygirl will share her formula to
re-engage in life by learning to review, recharge and re-attack. She has
been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Tavis Smiley, NPR, and
much more.  

            The Society speaker series, which reaches more than 240
college campuses and 130,000 students each month during the academic
year, is designed to support The National Society of Leadership and
Success's overall mission of building leaders who make a better world.

            For more information about the Society, contact J.D. Marrs,
Chapter President, at tamucjd at gmail.com.

Vernice "Flygirl" Armour 

Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour knows a little something about focus,
commitment, and defying the odds. She became an officer in the Marine
Corps at age 24 and three years later became America's first
African-American female combat pilot. Vernice has been featured on The
Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Tavis Smiley, NPR, and much more. She is the
author of Zero to Breakthrough.  FlyGirl will show you how to accomplish
your life's mission to be authentically who you are with bravery,
clarity, and power. Learn how to transform your fear to fuel utilizing
FlyGirl's proven 7-step battle-tested method for accomplishing goals
that matter.

Vernice "Flygirl" Armour is a former Captain
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(United_States)>  in the United
States Marine Corps
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps>  who was the
first African-American <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American>
female naval aviator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_aviator>  in
the Marine Corps and America's first African-American female combat
pilot in the United States military
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_the_United_States> .  She flew
the AH-1W SuperCobra <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH-1_SuperCobra>
attack helicopter <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_helicopter>  in
the 2003 invasion of Iraq
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq>  and eventually
served two tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War>  

In 1993, while a student at Middle Tennessee State University
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Tennessee_State_University>
(MTSU), Armour enlisted in the Army Reserves and later the Army ROTC
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps> . 

In 1996, she took time off from college to become a Nashville
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee>  police officer
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_officer>  (her childhood dream).
She became the first female African-American on the motorcycle squad
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_motorcycle> . 

Armour graduated from MTSU in 1997. In 1998, she became the first
African American female to serve as a police officer in Tempe, AZ,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempe,_Arizona>  before joining the U.S.
Marines as an Officer Candidate
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School>  in October
1998. 

Commissioned <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)>  a
Second Lieutenant
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Lieutenant#United_States>  on Dec.
12, 1998, Armour was sent to flight school
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_school>  at Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Corpus_Christi> , Texas
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas> , and later Naval Air Station
Pensacola <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola> ,
FL <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida> . Earning her wings
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Aviator_insignia>  in July 2001,
Armour  was not only number one in her class of twelve; she was number
one among the last two hundred graduates. She became the Marine Corps'
first African-American female pilot. 

In March 2003, she flew with HMLA-169
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMLA-169>  during the invasion of Iraq
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq>  becoming America's
first African-American female combat pilot. She completed two combat
tours in the Gulf. Afterwards, she was assigned to the Manpower and
Reserve Affairs Equal Opportunity Branch as program liaison officer. 

Leaving the Marine Corps in June 2007, Armour began a career as a
professional speaker and expert on creating breakthroughs in life. 

In 2011, her book Zero to Breakthrough: The 7-Step, Battle-Tested Method
for Accomplishing Goals that Matter was published. 

For more information about Vernice "Flygirl" Armour, visit her website
at www.vernicearmour.com

 

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