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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'>Good morning,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'>We are very excited to be hosting Vernice “Flygirl” Armour on October 2. We will also be broadcasting this event to over 250 campuses across the country. Please join us in showing our A&M-Commerce pride!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'>Details are below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'>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 5:30 p.m. at Ferguson Auditorium on the A&M-Commerce campus and is free to all students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'> 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 <span style='color:black'>how people can accomplish their life’s mission </span><span style='color:#222222'>to be</span><span style='color:black'> authentically who they are with bravery, clarity and power. </span><span style='color:#222222'>After two tours in Iraq, Flygirl now inspires others to </span><span style='color:black'>transform their fear to fuel utilizing her proven 7-step battle-tested method for accomplishing goals that matter</span>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='color:black'> Flygirl is the author of <i>Zero to Breakthrough</i>, and </span>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 g<span style='color:black'>o 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 </span><span style='color:#222222'>has been featured <span style='background:white'>on <i>The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Tavis Smiley, NPR</i>, and much more. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoHeader style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%'> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoHeader style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%'> For more information about the Society, contact <span style='background:silver;mso-highlight:silver'>J.D. Marrs, Chapter President, at</span> <a href="mailto:tamucjd@gmail.com">tamucjd@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Vernice “Flygirl” Armour<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>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 <i>The</i> <i>Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Tavis Smiley, NPR</i>, and much more. She is the author of <i>Zero to Breakthrough</i>. 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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='color:black'>Vernice “Flygirl” Armour</span></b><span style='color:black'> is a former </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(United_States)" title="Captain (United States)"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Captain</span></a><span style='color:black'> in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>United States Marine Corps</span></a><span style='color:black'> who was the first </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American" title=African-American><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>African-American</span></a><span style='color:black'> female </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_aviator" title="Naval aviator"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>naval aviator</span></a><span style='color:black'> in the Marine Corps and America's first African-American female combat pilot in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_the_United_States" title="Military of the United States"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>United States military</span></a><span style='color:black'>.<sup> </sup> She flew the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH-1_SuperCobra" title="AH-1 SuperCobra"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>AH-1W SuperCobra</span></a><span style='color:black'> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_helicopter" title="Attack helicopter"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>attack helicopter</span></a><span style='color:black'> in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>2003 invasion of Iraq</span></a><span style='color:black'> and eventually served two tours in support of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Operation Iraqi Freedom</span></a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='color:black'>In 1993, while a student at </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Tennessee_State_University" title="Middle Tennessee State University"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Middle Tennessee State University</span></a><span style='color:black'> (MTSU), Armour enlisted in the Army Reserves and later the Army </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officer Training Corps"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>ROTC</span></a><span style='color:black'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='color:black'>In 1996, she took time off from college to become a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Nashville</span></a><span style='color:black'> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_officer" title="Police officer"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>police officer</span></a><span style='color:black'> (her childhood dream). She became the first female African-American on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_motorcycle" title="Police motorcycle"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>motorcycle squad</span></a><span style='color:black'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='color:black'>Armour graduated from MTSU in 1997. In 1998, she became the first African American female to serve as a police officer in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempe,_Arizona" title="Tempe, Arizona"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Tempe, AZ,</span></a><span style='color:black'> before joining the U.S. Marines as an </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School" title="Officer Candidate School"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Officer Candidate</span></a><span style='color:black'> in October 1998. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Commissioned</span></a><span style='color:black'> a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Lieutenant#United_States" title="Second Lieutenant"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Second Lieutenant</span></a><span style='color:black'> on Dec. 12, 1998, Armour was sent to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_school" title="Flight school"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>flight school</span></a><span style='color:black'> at </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Corpus_Christi" title="Naval Air Station Corpus Christi"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Naval Air Station Corpus Christi</span></a><span style='color:black'>, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title=Texas><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Texas</span></a>,<span style='color:black'> and later </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Naval Air Station Pensacola</span></a><span style='color:black'>, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" title=Florida><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>FL</span></a><span style='color:black'>. Earning her </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Aviator_insignia" title="Naval Aviator insignia"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>wings</span></a><span style='color:black'> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='color:black'>In March 2003, she flew with </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMLA-169" title=HMLA-169><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>HMLA-169</span></a><span style='color:black'> during the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>invasion of Iraq</span></a><span style='color:black'> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='color:black'>Leaving the Marine Corps in June 2007, Armour began a career as a professional speaker and expert on creating breakthroughs in life. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='color:black'>In 2011, her book <i>Zero to Breakthrough: The 7-Step, Battle-Tested Method for Accomplishing Goals that</i> <i>Matter</i> was published. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information about Vernice “Flygirl” Armour, visit her website at <a href="http://www.vernicearmour.com">www.vernicearmour.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br>************IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE ADDRESS FORMAT CHANGE****************
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