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The Honorable Kamala Lakhdhir, U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, visited DKI

APCSS Sept. 19 for an orientation.

The Honorable Ted Osius, U. S. Ambassador to Vietnam,

visited the Center Aug. 14.

Several U.S. ambassadors recently visited, including Amb. Scott Brown, U.S. Ambas-sador to New Zealand and the Indepen-dent State of Samoa, on Aug. 10.

Senator Brian Schatz Senior United States Senator (D-HI), visited

DKI APCSS on Oct. 13.

Lt. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton

Lt. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command,

visited DKI APCSS Oct. 16

Korea National Defense University

Twenty two participants of the Korea National Defense University visited DKI APCSS Sept. 18 for a panel discussion.

Pham Quang Vinh, Ambassador Extraor-dinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the U. S., visited DKI APCSS Sept. 27.

Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh

Air Chief Marshal Birender (Tony) Singh Dhanoa, a DKI APCSS alum (EC00-1), visited the Center Sept. 28 for a round-table discussion.

Amb. Ted Osius

AMB Pham Quang Vinh

U. S. Ambassadors

Distinguished Visitors

Senator Brian Schatz

Amb. Kamala Lakhdhir

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Sixty three participants of the Execu-tive Leadership Development Program (ELDP), led by Mr. John (“Steve”) Fuss, Program Manager, visited DKI APCSS Dec. 8.

The Honorable Paul Papalia, the West Australian Defence Issues Minister, vis-ited DKI APCSS Oct. 18.

Mr. Abdul Jabbar Memon,Consul General of Pakistan, Los Angeles

Consulate, visited DKI APCSS Nov. 14 for an orientation and roundtable discussion.

Dept. of National Defence / Government of Canada, visited DKI APCSS Dec. 1 for a

roundtable discussion.

Vice Adm. Kriengkrai Anantasan, Director General of Naval Operations Department

Royal Thai Navy, visited DKI APCSS Nov 29.

Rear Adm. Hock Koon Giam, Singapore Head of Navy Operations (EC05-3), visited

DKI APCSS Oct. 25 for a briefing on DKI APCSS programs.

Led by Sr Leader: Gen (Ret) Gregory Martin, 17 Fellows visited DKI APCSS Aug. 4 to discuss the main security challenges in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.

National Defense University Indonesian Joint Staff visited DKI APCSS Nov. 6 for a tour and orientation.

Rear Adm. Hock Koon Giam

Mr. Abdul Jabbar Memon

NDU Indonesian Joint Staff

Vice Adm. Kriengkrai Anantasan

The Honorable Paul Papalia

CAPSTONE 17-4

Lt. Gen. Steve Bowes

Exec. Leadership Dev. Program

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U. S. Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class William Reding reenlisted for another six years on Dec. 7, on Ford Island with the USS Arizona Memorial as a backdrop. Navy Cmdr. James R. Matthews, DKI APCSS Resource Mamagement Dept. Chief, presided over the ceremony. LS2 Reding also had his family, coworkers and friends in attendance.

Reenlistment

Solumn Oath...

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Hails and Farewells

Between July and December 2017, the Center welcomed a number of new people into the DKI APCSS ohana.

Hails

The Front office welcomed Maj. Kacie Lee to serve as the Executive Assistant.

Mr. Joe Rini joined the Public Affairs team as the new photogra-pher. Joe served as a combat engineer in the U.S. Marine Corps and is a Brooks Institute-trained photogra-pher.

U.S. Marine Corps. Lt. Col. Scott McDonald our newest military pro-fessor, specializes in China and Tai-wan and Coalition Operations.

Major Alex Botardo, a U.S. Air Force Foreign Area Officer, joined the faculty along with Prof. Benjamin Ryan and Lt. Col. Peter Stebbing. Major John T. Walsh joined the Col-lege as an U.S. Air Force Fellow.

Merrick Lambaco was welcomed by Resource Management as their newest purchasing agent.

Farewells

We had a number of people leave the Center over the last several months. They include: Maj. Bradley Hudson (CSS/Alumni), long-time civil servant Ms. Robin Wong, Dr. Kristi Govella (CSS/Alumni), Lt. Col. Quocnam Nguyen (Regional Engagement Ops), Lt. Col. Stephen

Terstegge (Strategy & Assessments), Army Lt. Col. Jennifer Harlan (CSS/Alumni), Maj. Courtland Stan-ley (Air Force Fellow). The Library staff also said farewell to Mary Ellen Haug.

Regional Security Studies Intern Program

A number of Regional Security Studies Intern Program participants supported the Center over the last year. They included: Ling “Linda” Juan, Sarah Skaluba and Logan Brown.

They are relieved by our newest in-terns: Jonathan Cham, Ariel Stenek, Linda Juan and Katie Pham.

New visiting academic Molly Ki-hara joined the team in July.

Molly Kihara Mr. Joe RiniProf. Benjamin Ryan

DKI APCSS Human Resources department poses for a group photo with Robin Wong, who retired after 30 years of civil service.

DKI APCSS Senior Blue Horizon’s AF Fel-low Col. Michael J. Artelli poses with his family at his promotion ceremony Sept. 5, 2017.

A team of staff and faculty pose with their “finisher” t-shirts after completing the Honolulu Marathon held Dec. 10.

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Cmdr. Jonathan OdomTransnational Security

Cooperation Course

APCSS Course Calendar * Note: Dates are subject to change. Please visit our

website for the most current information.

Course # Start Date End Date

Advanced Security Cooperation (ASC) 18-1 29-Mar-18 ............. 02-May-18 18-2 20-Sep-18 ............. 24-Oct-18 Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) 18-1 12-Jul-18 ............... 08-Aug-18 Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCM) 18-1 15-Feb-18.............14-Mar-18

Transnational Security Cooperation (TSC) 18-1 20-May-18 ............. 25-May-18 Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (APOC) 18-1 22-Jan-18 ............. 26-Jan-18 18-2 18-Jun-18 ............. 22-Jun-18

Dr. Alex VuvingAdvanced Security

CooperationComprehensive Crisis

Management

Dr. Scott HaugerComprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism

Dr. Christopher Harmon

FY18 Course Managers

Asia-Pacific Orientation Course

Lt. Col. Michael Burgoyne

Odom, “one of the true benefits of the course is the facili-tated opportunity for the participants to teach one another through large and small group discussions.” Of course, this sharing does not end at TSC graduation, but can continue indefinitely as the Senior Fellows return to their nations and network with one another from around the region and world.

TSC is one of five formal courses at DKI APCSS.

Professor Shyam Tekwani, former course director of the DKI APCSS Comprehensive Security Response to Terrorism, was a seminar lead and gave two lectures at this Program on Terrorism and Security Studies course.

“This is a defining moment for a more effective partnership between the two (GCMC and APCSS), Te-

kwani said. “I’m going back with my experiences in this course cur-

riculum, exchange of ideas and networking opportunities to strongly voice in favor of continuing this new course in our partnership with the Marshall Center.”

The 64 graduates from 45 countries who graduated from the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies’ premier counterterrorism course July 25 were the first class to benefit from a joint-teaching venture with the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. The gradu-ates hailed from Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Guyana, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lat-via, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Palestinian Authority, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Thailand, Gambia, Togo, Tunisia, Tur-key, Uganda and the United States.

The mission of the George C. Marshall Center is to cre-ate a more stable security environment by advancing demo-cratic institutions and relationships, especially in the field of defense; promoting active, peaceful security cooperation; and enhancing enduring partnerships among the nations of North America, Europe and Eurasia.

Tekwani participates in Marshall Center counter-terrorism course

Prof. Shyam Tekwani

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Associate Dean, Academics – Dr. Justin NankivellAssociate Dean, Operations – Col. James Minnich, USA

Lt. Col. Michael Burgoyne, USA – China, TaiwanDr. Miemie Winn Byrd – Economics, Adult Ed., MyanmarDr. James Campbell – Indonesia, BioSecurityDr. Deon Canyon – Crisis Leadership and Management, Global Health Security, Oceania

Ms. Jessica Ear – Human Security, Crisis Management, Civil Societies, Cambodia

Dr. Lori Forman – Development Financing, Development Assis-tance, Public-Private Partnerships, NGOs

Dr. Scott Hauger – Environment/ScienceDr. Christopher Harmon – Terrorism, Insurgency, U.S. Foreign Policy

Lt. Col. Danny Makalena, USAF – Physical Security Operations, HA/DR, Logistics, Korea, Japan

Dr. J. Mohan Malik – China, Geopolitics, Weapons ProliferationMs. Kerry Nankivell – Maritime Security, Strategy & Decision-making

Cmdr. Tuan Nguyen, USN – Military Security Cooperation, India, Southeast Asia

Cmdr. Jonathan Odom, USN – International Law, National Secu-rity Law, Oceans Policy, Maritime Security

Dr. Al Oehlers – Economics, Burma, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTORDirector – (until Feb. 2, 2018) Maj. Gen. James “Hammer” Hartsell, USMCRDirector - (beginning Feb. 5, 2018) Retired Rear Adm. Peter A. Gumataotao

Deputy Director – Retired Brig. Gen. James T. Hirai, U.S. ArmyDevelopment Advisor - Dr. Lori Forman

COLLEGE OF SECURITY STUDIESDean – Retired Capt. Carleton Cramer, U.S. Navy

Maj. Timothy Rawson, USAF–Japan, Air Lift Opera-tions

Dr. Jeffrey Reeves – China, Mongolia, East Asia SecurityCmdr. Kristopher Robinson, USN – Maritime Secu-rity; Politics and Economics and Political Islam in the Middle East

Mr. Dave Shanahan – Security Sector DevelopmentDr. Christopher Snedden – South Asia, Security Sector Development, International Relations

Maj. Courtland Stanley, USAF – Chinese Strategic Interests

Mr. Shyam Tekwani – South Asia, Media & Conflict, Terrorism

Dr. Alexander Vuving – Geopolitics, Southeast Asia, China, Vietnam, South China Sea

Lt. Cmdr. Sean Washington, USN – Maritime Security, Republic of Korea, China, South China Sea

Dr. Virginia Bacay Watson – Science and Technology Policy, Southeast Asia/Philippines, Water Security

Dr. William A. Wieninger – WMD Issues, Security Sec-tor Development

* Lt.Cmdr Dustin Williams, USCG – Maritime SecurityDr. Saira Yamin – South Asia, Conflict Analysis & Resolution*Denotes a Service Fellow on a six-month or one-year assignment

ADMISSIONS & BUSINESS OPERATIONS Dean – Richard Sears

ADMISSIONSChief – Tom PatykulaRegistrar – Pearl PeilerRecruiter - Terry SlatteryAlumni – John Gasner Email: AdmissionsDept@apcss.orgalumnidivision@apcss.org

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