{"id":14230,"date":"2012-06-11T07:18:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T11:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14230"},"modified":"2012-06-11T07:18:08","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T11:18:08","slug":"ltg-ret-jerry-boykin-will-speak-in-massachusetts-on-july-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14230","title":{"rendered":"LTG (Ret.) Jerry Boykin Will Speak In Massachusetts On July 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Ahavath Torah Congregation&#8217;s Hausman Memorial Lecture Series<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Presents<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">AN EVENING WITH LTG (Ret.) JERRY BOYKIN<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201cA General\u2019s Perspective: US\/Israeli Relations \u2013 The Ties That Bind \u201c<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Wednesday July 11th <\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>@<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ahavath Torah Congregation<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1179 Central Street<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Stoughton, Massachusetts\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=42.125,-71.1027777778&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=42.125,-71.1027777778 (Stoughton%2C%20Massachusetts)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Stoughton, MA<\/a> 02072<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em>Meet and Greet BBQ with Boykin will begin at 5 PM<\/em><\/strong><strong> &#8211; $100 paid RSVP (cash or check only)<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em>General event will begin at 7 PM<\/em><\/strong><strong> &#8211; $20<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>*A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Homes for Our Troops (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesforourtroops.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.HomesForOurTroops.com<\/a>)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>LTG (ret.) Jerry Boykin <\/strong>was one of the original members of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Army\" href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\">US Army&#8217;s<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Delta Force\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=35.12047,-79.363775&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=35.12047,-79.363775 (Delta%20Force)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Delta Force<\/a>. He was privileged to ultimately command these elite warriors in combat operations. Later, Jerry Boykin commanded all the Army&#8217;s <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Special Forces (United States Army)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_Forces_%28United_States_Army%29\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Green Berets<\/a> as well as the Special Warfare Center and School. In his thirty-six years in the army, LTG Boykin also served a tour with the CIA. He has participated in clandestine operations around the world and served his last four years in the Army as the Deputy <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence<\/a>. He has played a role in almost every recent major American military operation over the past four decades, serving in Grenada, Somalia, and Iraq. He is currently an author and teaches at <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Hampden\u2013Sydney College\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=37.2410555556,-78.4594722222&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=37.2410555556,-78.4594722222 (Hampden%E2%80%93Sydney%20College)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Hampden-Sydney College<\/a> (Virginia).<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Most people might remember his exploits surrounding the Black Hawk Down incident in 1993. His books include <em><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Never-Surrender-Soldiers-Journey-Crossroads\/dp\/0446582158%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0446582158\" rel=\"amazon\" target=\"_blank\">Never Surrender: A Soldier&#8217;s Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom<\/a><\/em>, and he served as team leader for the Competitive Analysis The Team BII Report.General Boykin is one of this country&#8217;s leading experts on defense policy, terrorism and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">the US<\/a>-Israel relationship.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>For information email <a href=\"mailto:office@atorah.org\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">office@atorah.org<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Co-sponsored by Christians and Jews United for Israel, Rabbis and Ministers for Israel<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right; border-style: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=51e305b1-0cab-4e8a-a5a9-aa51d6b6ff38\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahavath Torah Congregation&#8217;s Hausman Memorial Lecture Series \u00a0 Presents \u00a0 AN EVENING WITH LTG (Ret.) JERRY BOYKIN \u00a0 \u201cA General\u2019s Perspective: US\/Israeli Relations \u2013 The Ties That Bind \u201c Wednesday July 11th @ Ahavath Torah Congregation 1179 Central Street Stoughton, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14230\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3217,3216,3218],"class_list":["post-14230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-army","tag-delta-force","tag-ltg-ret-jerry-boykin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14231,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14230\/revisions\/14231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}