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2025 ANZAC Day & Veterans’ Lunch
Please join this ANZAC Day to celebrate and recognize the universal qualities of courage, ‘mateship’ and sacrifice made by all Australian, New Zealand and American service personnel who have fought and been lost at war. This esprit de corps was embodied at the ANZAC landing in Gallipoli, as well as by Australian and American troops who served under the joint Australian command of General Sir John Monash at the 1918 WWI Battle of Hamel and beyond.
Friday, April 25, 2025
Reception 12:00 PM
Lunch 12:30 PM
Dress: Business or Military Uniform
Cipriani 25 Broadway
25 Broadway, New York
New York 10005, United States
Contact:
ANZAC Day Team
Lily Balatincz
The American Australian Association is proud to partner with The Greatest Generations Foundation on veterans’ initiatives.
The mission of The Greatest Generations Foundation is to render closure to veterans, including those with combat stress reaction (CSR), by facilitating therapeutic return programs to their former battlefields and memorials to ensure that the legacies of our fallen are recorded and retold in perpetuity to future generations.
Their return programs to the battlefields of Vietnam justifies the timeless principles of peace and justice by raising awareness of the selfless courage all Vietnam veterans exercised when they answered the call to help defend the ideals of our nation, in hopes that future generations will never forget their sacrifices and those who were left behind.
Our Keynote Speaker
Vice Admiral (Retired) Frank “Spanky” Morley
Vice President Asia-Pacific, Northrop Grumman
Frank Morley leads Northrop Grumman’s business across the Asia-Pacific. He oversees the provision of advanced and connected technologies that assist regional security. As well as helping customers access key capabilities, Frank is responsible for building and sustaining Northrop Grumman’s regional industrial partnerships.
Frank joined Northrop Grumman in 2024 after 36 years of active service with the United States Navy, retiring as a Vice Admiral.
Throughout his naval career, Frank served as an operational F/A-18 Hornet pilot, test pilot, commanding officer, and senior acquisition officer. As a Flag Officer, Frank held the offices of Vice Commander Naval Air Systems Command, Director Navy International Programs, and Principal Military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition. Frank’s tenure as Director of International Programs was for five years, the longest in the organization’s history, and he concluded his naval career as the Department of the Navy’s senior most uniformed acquisition official.
Frank is a native of Phoenix, Arizona. He has a Bachelor of Science in Physics from San Diego State University, a Master of Science in Aviation Systems from the University of Tennessee and is a graduate of George Washington University’s National Security Studies Program and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government International Security Program.
Frank has more than 3,500 flight hours and 750 carrier landings. He has flown more than 35 different types of aircraft, including the F/A-18F, E/A-18G, AV-8B, F-14, F-15, F-16 and MiG-29.
Frank is married to his lovely bride Elizabeth. Together they enjoy hiking, cycling, reading, fly fishing, travel, and relaxing at their cottage in the mountains and rivers of New York state.
Northrop Grumman is a technology company, focused on global security and human discovery. Our pioneering solutions equip our customers with capabilities they need to connect, advance and protect the U.S. and its allies. Driven by a shared purpose to solve our customers’ toughest problems, our nearly 100,000 employees define possible every day.
ANZAC Day Address
Brigadier General Shane Reeves
15th Dean of the Academic Board
United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Brigadier General Shane Reeves serves as the 15th Dean of the Academic Board. He holds a Master of Laws in Military Law from the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, a Juris Doctor degree from the College of William and Mary, and a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy. He is admitted to practice law before the Virginia State Bar, the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the United States Supreme Court.
Brigadier General Reeves commissioned in 1996 from the United States Military Academy and served seven years as an Armor Officer in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Irwin, California. After attending law school in 2003, he transitioned into the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. As a Judge Advocate, he served in several legal positions, including as the Chief of Legal Assistance for Ft. Riley, Kansas; Brigade Judge Advocate in the 1st Armored Division in Taji, Iraq; Senior Trial Counsel for the 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kansas; Professor of International and Operational Law at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia; and as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate of Joint Special Operations Command at Ft. Liberty, North Carolina.
Brigadier General Reeves taught for ten years in United States Military Academy’s Law Department, most recently serving as the Head. He has taught and spoken on International Law and the Law of Armed Conflict. His recent speaking engagements include presenting at the 9th Quadrennial Federal Judges Association in Washington D.C., lecturing at Columbia Law School and the University of California-Berkeley Law School, and speaking in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel as part of the Academic Exchange Program. He is also a founding member and Director of the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare located at West Point.
Brigadier General Reeves has written on the Law of Armed Conflict and national security issues. His articles have appeared in various publications, including Foreign Policy, Lawfare, Just Security, and Articles of War. He has written over 30 articles and book chapters in academic publications, including the Harvard International Review, the Harvard National Security Journal, Texas Law Review, Marquette Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, and Berkeley Journal of International Law. Additionally, he served as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the blog Articles of War, the editor and contributing author to U.S. Military Operations: Law, Policy, and Practice, and Managing Editor of the Lieber Studies Series published by Oxford University Press.
Brigadier General Reeves is married to Kimberly Reeves. They have called West Point their home for over ten years, where they have raised their three children, Charlie, Samantha and Beth.