The Mesquite Marines announced their third annual community Marine Birthday celebration, honoring veterans, will be held on November 10, 2026. They also announced the inaugural Mesquite NV Marines Charity Memorial Day Golf Tournament will be May 25, 2026.

The Memorial Day Golf Tournament is open for registration. The Mesquite Marines are a 501©3 charitable organization. The monies raised go to support Gold Star families, Desert Pines ROTC and Nevada Veteran Honor flights. The four-man scramble held at Conestoga Golf Course is open to the public. The cost of $250 per player includes a 19th hole celebration and breakfast. Contact 702-969-8140, or visit www.MesquiteNVMarines.org.

Eugene Drozd, vice president of the Mesquite Marines, proudly announced the guest of honor and speaker of the third annual community celebration will be Captain David Zimmerman.

Zimmermann graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1992, was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and achieved the rank of captain while serving as a designated F/A-18D Weapons Sensors Officer. In 1997, Captain Zimmermann transitioned into the civilian world and began working for United Space Alliance as a flight controller for the International Space Station program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

In 1999, Zimmermann was appointed as a Special Agent (SA) with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). From 1999 to 2013, SA Zimmermann served as a field investigator in two FBI field offices, working mainly counterterrorism and cyber matters. SA Zimmermann was a certified SWAT operator and Crisis Management team member in both FBI field offices. In 2013, SA Zimmermann was promoted and reported to London, England, as an assistant legal attaché (ALAT) responsible for working counterterrorism matters with British and Irish partners.

In 2017, ALAT Zimmermann graduated with high merit from King’s College London (KCL) with an MA in Terrorism, Security, and Society, and in 2018 he was named a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in KCL’s War Studies Department.

From October 2023 to July 2024, in coordination with Israeli and U.S. partners, ALAT Zimmermann led the FBI’s Israel-based wartime efforts to seek the release/return of 255 innocent hostages held by Hamas terrorists.

In September 2024, Zimmermann founded his own consulting firm, Zimmermann Consulting LLC, providing national security expertise to a diverse client base including renowned technology firms, leaders in academia, governments and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The plated Celebration Dinner will be held in the Eureka Casino Resort Grand Ballroom, with limited seating of 200. Tickets will be on sale June 1, 2026. Keep updated at www.MesquiteNVMarines.org.