Bob McEntee is a 1988 USAFA Graduate, with a BS in US Military History, and a minor in German. He was a SAC Alert Force KC-135 Instructor & Navigator from 1990-1991, and a Single Integrated Operations Plan (SIOP) Instructor & Planner. He received the SAC 1994 Omaha Trophy on behalf of the 43rd ARW.
He is a USAF Squadron Officer School Graduate, a Combat Air Tactics Training Graduate, a Red Flag Planner & Flying Graduate, and a USAF Contingency Wartime Planning Course Graduate. He is also the recipient of 3 Air Medals for Combat Support/Missions in 5 Continents, with over 5,000 hours of flight time.
David Pyne currently serves as Executive Vice President of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security, as Chairman of the Utah Republican Veterans Caucus, as a West Valley Police Honorary Colonel, as Editor of “The Real War” newsletter and as Defense & Foreign Policy Advisor for a leading 2024 Republican presidential candidate.
David is a former U.S. Army Headquarters staff officer as a Consultant for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and as an International Analyst for both the Office of the Secretary of Defense and for the Department of the Navy. Mr. Pyne served as National Security Policy Director for U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), as the founder of Sen. Lee’s Military Advisory Committee, as a Vice President for the Association of the United States Army’s Utah chapter and as 2nd Vice President of the Salt Lake Total Force Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America. He also served as Chairman/Vice Chairman of the Utah State Legislative Compensation Commission from 2009-2017. David holds a MA degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University’s prestigious School of Foreign Service.
He has been interviewed on television, on several talk radio shows and has been quoted in a number of newspapers, magazine articles and books. Mr. Pyne has had his op-eds published in The National Interest, RealClearDefense, RealClearHistory, Deseret News, Salt Lake Tribune, the Provo Daily Herald, WorldNetDaily.com and Military.com. He also served as co-author to Dr. Peter Pry’s recent book “Catastrophe Now-America’s Last Chance to Prevent an EMP Disaster.”
He, along with other Utah EMP Task Force leaders, are available to speak to national or state policymakers and staffers, emergency management professionals or to civic and political groups on the EMP threat and other existential threats facing our great nation.
Richard Genck served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves for 6 years as a fuel specialist and in motor transport. He now owns his own business as a marketer and web developer for over 30 businesses and organizations, including the Thomas Jefferson Center for Constitutional Restoration, the Worldwide Organization for Women, and the Columbus Center for International Outreach. Richard also serves as the Iron County Republican Party Secretary.
