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The Rocks Incorporated (Rocks, Inc.), was founded October 9, 1974 by sixty-five United States Army officers in Washington, D.C. Headquartered in Forestville, Maryland and with over 1,100 members, it is the largest professional military officers’ organization with a majority African-American membership.〔(MOAA Magazine "Reaching Up, Reaching Out" ).〕 The Rocks, Inc. is a non-profit organization composed primarily of African American active, reserve, retired and former commissioned officers and warrant officers of the U.S. Armed Forces, and widows and widowers of deceased members. The organization hosts professional development sessions and social events to improve the officer corps.〔The Rocks, Inc. Washington DC Chapter http://www.therocksdc.org/〕 The Chairperson of the Board is Brigadier General (Retired) Clara Adams-Ender, USA.〔Rocks, Inc. Homepage http://www.rocksinc.org/NationalBOD.htm〕 BG Adams-Ender is author of the book ''My Rise to the Stars''.〔My rise to the Stars book review Assoc. of the United States Army http://www.ausa.org/webint/DeptArmyMagazine.nsf/byid/CCRN-6CCS3M?OpenDocument&Print=1 〕 == History == The Rocks, Inc. began in the mid-1960s as an informal meeting of Army officers assigned to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The group initially met to help each other "survive" at Fort Leavenworth, and many members continued to meet after being reassigned to the Pentagon and elsewhere in the greater Washington, D.C., area. In the years that followed, the group grew. On October 9, 1974, along with Colonel Robert B. Burke, General Cartwright led an initiative to formally organize the growing network. They dubbed themselves the ''No Name Club'' until they agreed on a formal name. On December 1, the ''No Name Club'' assembled to ratify an official name when they were informed that General Cartwright and his wife, Gloria, died in a plane crash near Dulles Airport.〔Roscoe Rock Cartwright Biography http://www.rcc129.org/rock.htm〕〔Roscoe Rock Cartwright Biography from Arlington National Cemetery http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rccartwright.htm〕 The ''No Name Club'' soon voted to name itself The Rocks, Inc. and established the Roscoe C. Cartwright Scholarship Fund in their namesake’s honor. Today, The Rocks, Inc. has 23 active chapters across the Army (including one in Iraq). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Rocks, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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