Tuesday, October 14 - Breck Henderson
Breck Henderson
Breck Henderson was born and raised in Baton Rouge, LA, and attended Tulane Univ graduating in 1970 with an engineering degree. He was commissioned an Ensign in the US Navy from Navy ROTC and was selected for nuclear submarine duty by ADM Rickover. He served on the USS Jack and USS Benjamin Franklin home ported out of New Haven CT with underwater duty in the Mediterranean Sea. Breck left the active duty Navy after 5 years and served the next 20 + years in the Navy Reserve and retired as a Commander.
Breck worked as a nuclear engineer for Combustion Engineering in Hartford, CT, for a few years then moved back to Baton Rouge where he started his own construction business. In 1986 he went back to school at LSU and got his Master's degree in Journalism and then went to work for Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine. He was assigned to the San Francisco office for Aviation W & ST and ventured allover the west coast and Pacific theater writing and researching stories. Lawrence Livermore National Lab was one of many was organizations he wrote about and in fact wen to work for them as their Public Affairs officer later in life. Retiring in 2010 and moving to Arlington, Texas, where he continues to write for Substack play softball and ski and be there for 8 grand kids. Breck married Mary Simmons back in 1970 and they have 55 yrs of an awesome marriage. Very active in his church and peaks out about faith and patriotism thus a strong connection to Turning Point USA . One of his grandsons in president of the TPUSA chapter at his school.
