HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Rotary Club has announced it will be welcoming Maj. Gen. John Admire to speak before the local organization Nov. 18.

Admire was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. His military service with the United States Marines began as an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam, where he later became an infantry battalion adviser to the Vietnamese Marine Corps in Vietnam. This was followed by Marine leadership in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Okinawa, Japan and the Persian Gulf.

His career included service as the senior White House military aide for President and Mrs. Carter.

He was later the branch chief for the Operations Directorate at the U.S. European Command Headquarters in Germany and vice director for strategic plans and policy joint staff at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

Following his retirement as a major general, he began a career dedicated to youth education and development, community service and continued service to his country. Afterward, he became president of the Oak Ridge Military Academy in North Carolina.

Gen. Admire is the author of “Darker Than Dark,” a story of the Vietnam War and four young Marines. While the book is fiction, the majority is based on Gen. Admire’s actual battles and personal experiences.

He will be the speaker in front of Hutchinson Rotary Club members on Monday, Nov. 18, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Atrium Hotel & Conference Center at 1400 N. Lorraine.