BIOGRAPHY. General Carter F. Ham, U.S. Army, Retired

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1 BIOGRAPHY General Carter F. Ham, U.S. Army, Retired General Ham is the president and chief executive officer of the Association of the United States Army. He is an experienced leader who has led at every level from platoon to geographic combatant command. He is also a member of a very small group of Army senior leaders who have risen from private to four-star general. General Ham served as an enlisted infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division before attending John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Graduating in 1976 as a distinguished military graduate, his service has taken him to Italy, Germany, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Macedonia, Qatar, Iraq and, uniquely among Army leaders, to over 40 African countries in addition to a number of diverse assignments within the United States. He commanded the First Infantry Division, the legendary Big Red One, before assuming duties as director for operations on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon where he oversaw all global operations. His first four-star command was as commanding general, U.S. Army Europe. Then in 2011, he became just the second commander of United States Africa Command where he led all U.S. military activities on the African continent ranging from combat operations in Libya to hostage rescue operations in Somalia as well as training and security assistance activities across 54 complex and diverse African nations. General Ham retired in June of 2013 after nearly 38 years of service. Immediately prior to joining the staff at AUSA, he served as the chairman of the National Commission on the Future of the Army, an eight-member panel tasked by the Congress with making recommendations on the size, force structure and capabilities of the Total Army. He resides with his wife, Christi, in Arlington, Virginia.

2 HEADQUARTERS, U. S. ARMY PACIFIC (USARPAC) FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII BIOGRAPHY Robert B. Brown GENERAL Commanding General General Robert B. Brown assumed command of the United States Army's largest Service Component command, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), April 30, The command is headquartered at Fort Shafter, Hawaii with portions of the command-forward deployed and based throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific. USARPAC's 106,000 Active, Reserve Soldiers and Department of the Army Civilians support the nation's strategic objectives and commitment to the region. Prior to this assumption of command, General Brown most recently served as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he led the synchronization of education; leader development; training support & development; and the development and integration of the doctrine the U.S. Army uses to fight and win our Nation's wars. During various times during his service, General Brown has served twelve years with units focused on the Indo-Asia Pacific region, including Commanding General, I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord; Deputy Commanding General of the 25th Infantry Division including a second deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom; Training & Exercises Director J7, United States Pacific Command (USPACOM); Executive Assistant to the Pacific Command Commander; Plans Officer, United States Army Pacific (USARPAC); and Commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division including a deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom. General Brown was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry from the United States Military Academy in May 1981, and has served in many leadership positions from platoon to Corps, including as Platoon Leader and Company Commander in mechanized infantry units at Fort Carson, Colorado; Battalion Commander of 2-5 Cavalry, a mechanized infantry battalion at Fort Hood, Texas including a deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina in support of OPERATION JOINT FORGE; and Commanding General of the Maneuver Center of Excellence (Infantry and Armor Forces) and Fort Benning, Georgia. General Brown has also served in numerous staff positions including: Assistant Professor of Military Science and Deputy Director, Center of Enhanced Performance, United States Military Academy; Plans Officer at USARPAC; Operations Officer, Executive Officer and Chief, G-3 Training in the 25th Infantry Division including a deployment in support of OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY in Haiti; Personnel Assignment Officer in Human Resources Command; Aide-de-Camp/Assistant Executive Officer to the Vice Chief of Staff, Army; Plans Officer in the Department of the Army G-3/5/7; a Program Analyst in the Dominant Maneuver Assessment Division, Joint Staff (J8); Executive Assistant to the U.S. Pacific Command Commander and Director, J-7 (Training and Exercises) at USPACOM; and Chief of Staff United States Army Europe (USAREUR) / Deputy Commanding General U.S. Army NATO. His decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters), the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (three Oak Leaf Clusters) and the Army Achievement Medal. He has earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, and the Army Staff Identification Badge. General Brown holds a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Education from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategic Studies (Distinguished Graduate) from National Defense University.

3 HEADQUARTERS, U. S. ARMY PACIFIC (USARPAC) FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII BIOGRAPHY Ronald P. Ron Clark MAJOR GENERAL Chief of Staff Major General Ron Clark was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in He began his career as a Rifle Platoon Leader and Scout Platoon Leader in 5th Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division both in Germany and in Southwest Asia during OPERATION DESERT SHIELD and OPERATION DESERT STORM. He was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division (Light), at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, where he commanded B Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, and later served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division (Light) and US Army Hawaii. After his time in the Pacific, Major General Clark served as Operations Officer and Executive Officer in 1st Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment at Fort Polk, Louisiana and later served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General, US Army Forces Command at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Major General Clark continued to serve in key command and staff positions to include Commander of the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) both at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and in Iraq in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM; the 41st Chief of Infantry Branch at US Army Human Resources Command; Director of the Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic at West Point; Commander of the 192d Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning, Georgia; the Army s Deputy Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy in the Pentagon; and Deputy Commanding General Support, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and in Iraq during OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE. In his most recent assignment, Major General Clark served as the Deputy Chief of Staff-Operations for the NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. Major General Clark s civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Master of Military Art and Science degree from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the US Army War College Fellowship at Duke University. He is also a graduate of the MIT Seminar XXI National Security Studies Program.

4 United States Army Biography COL JASON A. CHUNG Colonel Jason Chung is a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, and was commissioned in the Military Intelligence Corps through the ROTC program at the University of Hawaii. His recent assignments include Executive Officer for General Scaparrotti, the Commander of United States Forces Command, Combined Forces Command, and United Nations Command, Brigade Commander 501 st Military Intelligence Brigade, Military Assistant to the Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Partner Engagement, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn; Army War College Fellow (at CIA); and seven years with the Joint Special Operations Command. COL Chung served in command assignments as Commander of B/313th MI Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina; Commander Joint Exploitation Squadron, Joint Special Operations Command Intelligence Brigade, Fort Bragg North Carolina; Commander 501 st Military Intelligence Brigade, Yongsan, Korea. COL Chung held key staff assignments as S2, 1/27th Infantry Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks Hawaii; S2, 1/509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk Louisiana; Brigade S2, 2/82nd, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina; Analysis and Control Chief, 2nd Infantry Division, Republic of Korea; Deputy Division G2, 82nd Airborne Division, and Battalion Executive Officer, 313th MI Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina (with tours in both OEF and OIF); Chief of Intelligence Operations, and Deputy Brigade Commander, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg North Carolina (with multiple tours in both OEF and OIF). Colonel Chung holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Hawaii and a Masters in Business Administration from Baker University. His military education includes the MI Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Bronze Star, and the Meritorious Service Medal, the Ranger Tab, the Master Parachutist Badge and the Air Assault Badge. Colonel Chung is married to Christine Nelson-Chung a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, and they have one son, Jacob.

5 Institute for Corean-American Studies In Bum Chun Lt General (Ret) ROK Army Lt General (Ret) In Bum Chun, ICAS Fellow, was born on in the capital city of Seoul. Spending his early years in Seoul he moved to the United States of America at the age of 7, following his mother who was the first woman diplomat for the then young Republic of Korea (ROK). In Bum spent four and a half years in New York City and returned to Korea in After graduating from Kyong-Ki High-school, he was accepted to the Korea Military Academy (KMA) in In Bum was commissioned an infantry officer in 1981 as class # 37. While serving as a Platoon leader, In Bum was selected to become the aide to Lt General Ki Baek Lee who was then the 1st ROK Corps Commander. He became the youngest officer in ROK Army history to be an aide to a three star general with the rank of lieutenant. In 1983 General Lee, as Chairman of the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff, was a victim of the Rangoon bombing. In Bum was credited with saving General Lee s life and was awarded the National Security Medal (Kwang-Bok). Lt General (Ret) Chun has been selected the Excellent Company Commander (Jae-Gu award) [1] in In Bum served in the ROK/US Combined Forces Command (CFC) in 1988 as the Contingency plans officer, Assistant Chief-of-Staff (AcofS) C-5 and as the ROK aide to the Deputy Commander-in-Chief (CINC), CFC. Returning from the United States Armed Forces Staff College course, In Bum was assigned to the Korean Special Warfare Command (SWC) as the Combined Operations Officer. After 18 months at the SWC, he was selected by the Special Assistants Group of the ROK Army Chief of Staff (CSA) Office as the Officer-in-Charge of Military Diplomacy and also consecutively served as the Policy officer of the same organization.

6 During and after his tour in CFC In Bum provided Korean/ English language support to the CINC on numerous occasions and was personally awarded the U.S. Army Commendation Medal by General Robert RisCassi in In Bum commanded a battalion in the 22nd ROK Infantry Division. During Battalion Command, he was selected Best Battalion Commander for the 22nd Infantry Division in 1996 (first out of 12 BNs). He also participated in operations to search and destroy infiltrators from the Submarine incident at Kang-Nung in In 1997, while conducting a Live-fire exercise, In Bum was wounded in the right leg requiring 42 stitches, refusing evacuation, he finished training of his troops and was recognized by the Division and Regimental Commanders. Lt General (Ret) Chun has 13 months of DMZ duty. After successfully completing Division level duties as the G-1 and then the G-3 for the 22nd Infantry Division, In Bum served in the ROK/US Combined Forces Command assigned to the C- 3 Exercise Division as the Ulchi-Focus Lens (UFL) Exercise senior Korean officer, where he planned, coordinated, controlled and managed the Ulchi-Focus Lens (UFL) Exercise; the largest combined computer simulated military exercise in the world. Lt General (Ret) Chun received the ROK Minister of Defense Citation and the U.S. Meritorious Service Medal for his contribution as the UFL Exercise officer. In Bum's Regimental command assignment was Commander of the 29th Infantry Regiment Golden Bats of the 9th Infantry Division White Horse. He was the 49th commander of the regiment, which has a 54-year history. It includes six major battles during the Korean War and six years and seven months of duty in Vietnam. The 29th Regiment also has a real world security mission of the Han River, which extends to 30 Kms. In Bum served 17 months as its commander. Upon completion of Regimental command, In Bum was assigned as the Chief of the Election Support Branch, Civil Military Affairs /Strategic Operations Directorate at the Multi National Forces (MNF) in Iraq. He was recognized by both the Republic of Korea and the United States for his contribution to the first Fair and Free elections in Iraq on 30 January 2005, with the Hwa-Rang Combat medal and the US Bronze Star medal. From November of 2005, In Bum served as the Director of US Affairs at the Korean Ministry of National Defense and was involved in negotiations and cooperation with the US on relocations of US forces, Camp returns, ROK/US Joint Vision Study, Special Measures Agreement and transition of Wartime Operational Control. He was selected for brigadier general on 3 November From November of 2006 to April of 2007, In Bum was assigned to the First ROK Infantry Division as the Assistant Division Commander and concurrently assigned as a research fellow at the Center for International Studies/ Seoul National University. As of 1 May 2007, he was assigned as the Director of Operational Plans Development for the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff. On 19 July 2007, 23 Korean missionary workers, including 16 women, were kidnapped by the Taliban. Lt General (Ret) Chun was given seven hours notice to assemble a team and deploy to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) HQ in Kabul, Afghanistan and establish coordinating relations with ISAF and also to support the ROKG efforts for the release of the hostages. The incident lasted for forty four days and all but two were released unharmed. [2] In

7 Bum was credited with accomplishing his mission successfully and was awarded the Korean Presidential citation. Upon completion of his duties as the Deputy-director for Strategic Planning at ROK JCS, he took over the OPCON Transition Group, which was charged with the responsibility of overseeing the transformation of wartime operational control from the US to the ROK. During his post In Bum supervised establishment of the Initial Operational Capability of the ROK JCS and subordinate operational commands. He was promoted to two stars on 3 Nov of 2009 and took over command of the 27th Infantry Division. Under his leadership the unit gained a reputation to be Ready to Fight. As of Nov 2011, In Bum became the Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations for the ROK/US Combined Forces Command and Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations for Ground Component Command. In April on 2013, he became the Deputy Chief of Staff for CFC and the Senior Member of the United Nations Military Armistice Commission. In Nov of 2013, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and was assigned as the commander of the ROK Special Warfare Command. From April of 2015, In Bum has been the Deputy Commander for the First ROK Army. Lt General (Ret) Chun retired from active duty as of 31 July Educational Record Graduated, Korea Military Academy, 1981; Military History, BA Graduated, Officer s Basic Course, 1981 Graduated, Officer s Advanced Course, 1984 Graduated, Army College; Regular Course # 46, 1990 Graduated, U.S. Armed Forces Staff College, 1990, Norfolk, VA. Graduated, Advanced Army College #4, 1995 Graduated, U.S. Army War College, 2003; Military Strategic Studies, MS. Graduated, Seoul National University, 2006; Policy Studies, MA Graduated, Kyung-nam University, 2010; Political Science, PhD Honorary Doctorate Degree, Irkutsk National Univ (Russia), 2011; Political Science Completed, Entrepreneurship Course, Jones International Univ/ Seoul Cyber Univ, 2011 Military Assignments : Operations officer, 30th INF Division, G-3 Branch : Combined Operations officer, Special Warfare Command, G-3 Branch : Policy officer, Office of the Chief of Staff (COS), ROKA : Officer in Charge, Mil-Diplomacy Affairs, Office of the COS, ROKA : Battalion Commander, 22nd INF Division : G-1, 22nd INF Division : G-3, 22nd INF Division : UFL Exercise Officer, C-3, ROK/US Combined Forces Command (CFC) : Commander, 29th Regt, 9th INF Division, ROKA White Horse : Chief, Election Cell, CMO, MNF-Iraq : Director, US Policy Division, Ministry of National Defense : ADC, First ROK INF Div/ Fellow CIS-CAP seminar/seoul Nat l Univ.

8 DANIEL K. INOUYE ASIA-PACIFIC SOUTHEAST ASIA THE AMERICAS OCEANIA ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES DANIEL K. INOUYE CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES ALFRED OEHLERS, Ph.D. PROFESSOR Areas of Expertise Economics, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands Dr. Alfred Oehlers joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in March He was previously an associate professor at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Dr. Oehlers obtained his doctorate in political economy from the University of Sydney. He holds both a master s and a bachelor s degree in economics, from Macquarie University, Australia. Dr. Oehlers is a specialist in the political economy of economic growth and development, with reference to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. His teaching has ranged widely during his career, spanning courses as diverse as international business, economics, politics, public policy, international relations, Asian studies, history, and other social sciences. He has taught at Massey University in New Zealand, Macquarie University and the University of Sydney in Australia, and the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Dr. Oehlers has written widely, covering a range of issues connected with the rapid development of East and Southeast Asia. Much of this research has focused on Burma and Singapore, on topics relating to governance, democratization, corruption, public health, and ethnic conflict, amongst others. Dr. Oehlers has recently extended his teaching and research interests to include the Pacific islands region, with several ongoing projects focusing on issues such as development and security, climate change, security sector development, and regionalism. While at APCSS, Dr. Oehlers also served as the Program Manager for Transnational Security and Crisis Management from September 2009 to June In recognition of his service, he was awarded the Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award in E d u c a t i n g, C o n n e c t i n g a n d E m p o w e r i n g

9 Vic S. Angoco Senior Vice President, Pacific Matson Navigation Company Vic Angoco has served as Senior Vice President of the Pacific division of Matson since In this position, he has a key role in overseeing all aspects of Matson's core market operations in Hawaii, as well as the Guam trade. He also serves as executive vice president of Matson, Inc. subsidiary Matson Terminals, Inc. In addition to his contribution to the company's business operations, Angoco represents Matson in a wide range of community service activities, as well as serving in leadership roles pertaining to the modernization of Hawaii's harbors and the Port of Guam's infrastructure improvements. Angoco, who is originally from Guam, has been in the maritime industry since 1990, and has held a wide range of operations and sales management positions. He joined Matson in 1996 as manager, operations, Guam, and soon after was promoted to manager, sales/customer service. As part of a management development program, Angoco transferred to San Francisco in 2001 and was promoted to manager, national accounts and eastern area sales. In 2002, he was promoted again to manager, container operations and transferred to Honolulu. In 2004, he joined Young Brothers, Ltd. / Hawaiian Tug & Barge as vice president, sales and marketing and was promoted to vice president and general manager in In 2006, he was promoted to senior vice president. He returned to Matson later that year as country manager, Guam. He returned to Hawaii as vice president, Pacific, in 2008, was promoted to his current position in Prior to joining Matson, he worked for American President Lines (APL) for four years as manager, operations, Guam, and worked for Sea-Land Services in Guam from 1990 to 1992 as operations manager. Angoco has a bachelor's degree in business management from Oregon State University. He serves on the Advisory Council of the USO (Honolulu), and is a member of the boards of the East-West Center Foundation, Pacific Resource for Education and Learning (PREL), Better Business Bureau, Easter Seals Hawaii, Navy League (Honolulu), Boy Scouts of America, Aloha Council and the Coast Guard Foundation. On Guam, Angoco served as a board member of the Guam Chamber of Commerce and participated in various community groups such as the Rotary Club of Northern Guam, Junior Achievement (Guam), the Rotary Club of Guam, the Bookmobile Foundation, USO (Guam), and the Mount Carmel School Endowment Foundation.

10 BRUCE WM. BENNETT CONTACT INFORMATION The RAND Corporation x6671 Webpage: EDUCATION B.S., Economics, with honors (1973), California Institute of Technology Ph.D., Policy Analysis (1979), RAND Graduate Institute for Public Policy Analysis. Thesis: Uncertainty in ICBM Survivability PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1992-Present Senior Defense Analyst, The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California 1999-Present Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles Adjunct Professor, The National Defense University, Washington, D.C Senior Analyst, RAND, Washington, D.C Senior Analyst, The Planning Group, Science Applications, Inc., McLean, Virginia Staff Member, RAND, Santa Monica, California RESEARCH AREAS Dr. Bennett is a senior defense analyst who is an expert in Northeast Asian military issues, having visited the region over 110 times and written much about Korean security issues. His research addresses the North Korean military threats, future US and ROK military force operations and requirements, preparing for and dealing with a North Korean collapse and Korean unification, the Korean military balance, and managing third party intervention in Korea. He has also worked on the Persian/Arab Gulf region. Dr. Bennett specializes in asymmetric threats such as weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and how to counter those threats with new strategies, operational concepts, and technologies. He has examined the operational/strategic implications of possible chemical, biological, and nuclear threats, including nontraditional agents, posed in the United States, Northeast Asia, and the Persian Gulf. His projects involve working with the operational commanders to examine force requirements for WMD elimination, counters to North Korean chemical and biological weapon threats in Korea and Japan, and deterrence of nuclear threats (including strengthening the US nuclear umbrella) and provocations. He has also examined the implications of North Korean nuclear weapons and how to deter their use and testing. He has facilitated a large number of seminar/war games to address these issues. He has researched broader defense strategies and procedures for future force planning, developing a Defense Planning Scenario and supporting the Quadrennial Defense Review. He led development of the Joint Integrated Contingency Model (JICM), a global theater analysis model. He directed a project that evaluated potential alternatives for theater air and missile defense, and a project to develop new concepts for verification and validation of military operations models. Dr. Bennett s work applies war gaming, risk management, deterrence-based strategy, military simulation and analysis, and competitive strategies. He has worked with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, US Forces Korea and US Forces Japan, the US Pacific Command and Central Command, the US Intelligence Community, the ROK and Japanese militaries, and the ROK National Assembly.

11 BENNETT/2 RAND PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED) Bruce W. Bennett, Preparing North Korean Elites for Unification, RAND, RR-1985, Bruce W. Bennett, Preparing for the Possibility of a North Korean Collapse, RAND, RR-331-SRF, Bruce W. Bennett, The Challenge of North Korean Biological Weapons, RAND, CT-401, Oct Bruce W. Bennett, et. al., Early Observations of Possible Defenses by the Emerging Threat Agent Project, RAND, OP-290-DTRA, Bruce W. Bennett, Uncertainties in the North Korean Nuclear Threat, RAND, DB-589-NDU, Bruce W. Bennett, A Brief Analysis of the ROK s Defense Reform Plan, RAND, OP-165, done for the Korean National Assembly and distributed by them in Korean, December Bruce W. Bennett, Christopher P. Twomey, and Gregory F. Treverton, What Are Asymmetric Strategies?, RAND, DB-246-OSD, Susan Hosek, Bruce Bennett, et.al., The Demand for Military Health Care : Supporting Research for a Comprehensive Study of the Military Health Care System, RAND, MR OSD, Bruce W. Bennett, Sam Gardiner, Daniel B. Fox, and Nicholas K.J. Witney, Theater Analysis and Modeling in an Era of Uncertainty: The Present and Future of Warfare, RAND, MR-380-NA, PUBLISHED ARTICLES (SELECTED) Bruce W. Bennett, On US Preparedness for Limited Nuclear War, in Larsen and Kartchner, eds., On Limited Nuclear War in the 21 st Century, Stanford University Press, Bruce W. Bennett, The Sixty Years of the Korea-U.S. Security Alliance: Past, Present, and Future, International Journal of Korean Studies, Volume XVII, No. 2, Fall/Winter Bruce W. Bennett, Deterring North Korea from Using WMD in Future Conflicts and Crises, Strategic Studies Quarterly, Winter 2012, pp , and in Barry Schneider and Patrick Ellis, Tailored Deterrence, US Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Bruce Bennett, Anatomy of a War Game, World Policy, Volume XXIX, No. 2, Summer Bruce W. Bennett and Jennifer Lind, The Collapse of North Korea: Military Missions and Requirements, International Security, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Fall 2011), pp Bruce W. Bennett, North Korean Provocations and Approaches to Deterring Them, Research Seminar on North Korean Threat Reduction, The Brookings Institution, September Sungpyo Hong, Bruce W. Bennett, and Chang-Hee Park, North Korea s Nuclear Threat and the ROK/US Strategy Against It, Korea National Defense University, Bruce W. Bennett, ROK Army Requirements in 2020, presented at the US Army/ROK Ministry of National Defense s Defense Analysis Seminar XV (in Seoul), April Bruce W. Bennett, North Korea s WMD Capability and the Regional Military Balance: A US Perspective, The Korean Journal of Security Affairs, Korea National Defense University, Dec Bruce W. Bennett, Making a US-ROK Alliance Military Coordination Center Work after OPCON Transition: A US Perspective, The Korean Journal of Security Affairs, Korea NDU, June Bruce W. Bennett, Revisiting the ROK Defense Reform Plan 2020: ROK National Security Planning In a Changing Environment, The Korean National Assembly, October Bruce W. Bennett, Weapons of Mass Destruction: The North Korean Threat, The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Korea Institute of Defense Analyses, Fall Bruce W. Bennett, Responding to Asymmetric Threats, in Stuart E. Johnson, et. al., eds., New Challenges, New Tools for Defense Decisionmaking, RAND, MR-1576-RC, Bruce W. Bennett, Conventional Arms Control in Korea: A Lever for Peace? in Henry D. Sokolski, ed., Planning for a Peaceful Korea, U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute, February Bruce W. Bennett, North Korea: A Changing Military Force A Threat Now and in the Future, presented to a conference of The Council on Korea-U.S. Security Studies on October 26-27, Bruce W. Bennett, et. al., Not Merely Planning for the Last War, in Paul K. Davis, ed., New Challenges for Defense Planning: Rethinking How Much Is Enough, RAND, MR-400-RC, January 2018

12 General Stephen J. Townsend Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Fort Eustis, Virginia General Stephen J. Townsend assumed duties as Commander, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command on March 2, 2018, after serving as Commander, XVIII Airborne Corps, the U.S. Army s rapid deployment contingency corps, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Raised in an Army family, General Townsend calls Griffin, Georgia, his hometown. He commissioned into the Infantry upon graduating from North Georgia College in General Townsend has led and commanded troops at every echelon from platoon to corps and combined joint task force. He has soldiered with four regiments, the 505th Parachute Infantry, the 21st Infantry, the 31st Infantry, and the 75th Ranger Regiment, and with five divisions, the 82d Airborne Division, the 7th Infantry Division (Light), the 10th Mountain Division (Light), the 2d Infantry Division, and the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). His key staff assignments include service as a planner and operations officer at battalion, brigade, division and joint task force levels. At U.S. Pacific Command, he was the J-5 strategy and plans officer for China and later Special Assistant to the Commander. At U.S. Central Command, he was the Executive Officer to the Commander. On the Joint Staff, he was the Director of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination Cell. General Townsend s combat and operational experience include Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada; Operation Just Cause, Panama; and Operation Uphold Democracy, Haiti. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he led 3-2 Stryker Brigade, Task Force Arrowhead, on offensive operations across Iraq during the Surge. He served four tours in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom culminating as Commander, 10th Mountain Division (Light). Most recently, General Townsend led all U.S. and multi-national troops fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria as Commander, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve. General Townsend holds a bachelor s degree, two master s degrees, the Air Assault Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge, the Ranger Tab, the Combat Action Badge and the Combat Infantryman s Badge with star.

13 Lieutenant General Gary J. Volesky Commanding General, I Corps Joint Base Lewis-McChord Lieutenant General Gary J. Volesky is the Commanding General of I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord. LTG Volesky is an Infantry Officer who has commanded Soldiers at all levels up to Corps. His commands include: Commander, D Company, 5 th Battalion (Mechanized), 8 th Infantry Regiment, 8 th Infantry Division; Commander, D Company (Long Range Surveillance), 533d Military Intelligence Battalion, 3d Armored Division that included deployment in support of OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM; Commander, 2 nd Battalion (Mechanized), 5 th Cavalry Regiment, 1 st Cavalry Division, that included deployment in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM II; Commander 3 rd Brigade Combat Team, 1 st Cavalry Division, which included deployment in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 09-10; Commander, 101 st Airborne Division (Air Assault), that included a humanitarian assistance deployment to Liberia in support of OPERATION UNITED ASSISTANCE, and a deployment to Iraq in support of OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE. LTG Volesky s other assignments include: Chief, US Army Public Affairs, HQDA, Washington D.C.; Deputy Commanding General (Operations), 1 st Cavalry Division and Combined Joint Task Force-1 during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM 11-12; Deputy Chief of Staff, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas and Multi-National Corps-Iraq during OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 06-08; Chief, Infantry Doctrine Division, Fort Benning, Georgia; and Platoon Leader, Battalion Liaison Officer, Battalion Operations Officer, and Senior Regimental Liaison Officer in multiple units within the 75 th Ranger Regiment. LTG Volesky is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as well as the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He holds a Bachelor s degree from Eastern Washington University and a Masters degree from Princeton University. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star (4 OLC), Purple Heart, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (1 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (4 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (1 OLC), National Defense Service Medal (1 bronze star), Southwest Asia Service Medal (3 bronze stars), Afghan Campaign Medal (2 bronze stars), Iraq Campaign Medal (3 bronze stars), Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, and the Overseas Service Ribbon (6 th Award). Lieutenant General Volesky is happily married to LeAnn Volesky, and they are proud parents of their son Alex.

14 BRIGADIER-GENERAL M.-H. ST-LOUIS OMM, MSM, CD Deputy Commanding General - Operations Brigadier-General Michel-Henri St-Louis (Canada) is currently the Deputy Commanding General for Operations of First Corps at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. As a globally responsive and regionally aligned force under the US Pacific Command, First Corps is prepared to deploy as a Joint Task Force and provide mission command over combined, joint, and Army forces in order to achieve national objectives and win decisively in any environment. Brigadier-General Michel-Henri St-Louis was born in Managua, Nicaragua, where he lived until 1977, when his family moved to the south shore of Montreal, province of Quebec. Brigadier-General St-Louis began his career at the Collège militaire royal (CMR) de Saint-Jean in August 1987, graduating in May 1992 as an infantry officer with the Royal 22 e Régiment (R22 e R). He has been posted to Saint-Jean (Quebec), Quebec City (Quebec), Oromocto (New Brunswick), Ottawa (Ontario), Toronto (Ontario), Winnipeg (Manitoba) and Washington, D.C. He commanded at the tactical level within 2 nd Battalion, R22 e R, and then within 1 st Battalion, R22 e R. He was an instructor at the Infantry School and commanded the Richelieu Squadron at CMR. Brigadier-General St-Louis has taken part in five different overseas missions. He commanded a mechanized infantry platoon in Srebrenica, Bosnia, in the summer of He served as the intelligence officer of the Canadian Battalion Group in Rastevic, Croatia, in the summer of In 2002, he was the second-in-command of the headquarters and S3 Plans Company in Zgon, Bosnia. He went on his first tour in Afghanistan in February 2006 as part of the Strategic Advisory Team (SAT), which brought together a team of strategic advisors for Afghanistan. During his last deployment, from November 2010 to July 2011, he commanded the last battle group that conducted combat operations in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar Province. He is a graduate of the National War College (Washington, D.C., U.S.A.), the Canadian Forces College, the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, the Royal Military College in Kingston, and the Canadian Army Command and Staff College. His three masters have focused on war studies, military history, strategy and defence. He served at the operational level as the first Army officer to hold the position of 1 st Canadian Air Division Chief of Staff. He also served as a staff officer at the strategic level with the Director General, Strategic Planning, of the Canadian Armed Forces, within the Army Staff and, recently, with the Strategic Joint Staff at National Defence Headquarters. From he was the 28 th Commander of the 5 th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group

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16 <<Curriculum Vitae>> Vice Commanding General/ Director, Plans and Integration Department Japan Ground Self Defense Force Training, Evaluation, Research & Development Command NAME: Hiroaki NAKAMURA RANK: Major General (Date of Rank): (28 March, 2014) DATE OF BIRTH: 13 August, 1965 EDUCATION: March 1988 National Defense Academy July 1997 Command and General Staff Course, JGSDF Command and Staff College July 2008 US Army War College PROMOTION: January 1999 MAJ July 2002 LTC January 2007 COL March 2014 MG MILITARY CAREER: March 1988 Commissioned March th Infantry Regiment March 1991 Trainee to Central Intelligence Service Unit (Student for studying Thai) March 1992 Infantry School Regiment August 1995 Command and General Staff Course, JGSDF Command and Staff College August 1997 Policy and Programs Division, Internal Bureau, Defense Agency August 1999 Company Commander, 43 rd Infantry Regiment March 2001 Defense Operations Division, Defense Policy and Programs Department, Ground Staff Office(GSO) March 2004 Policy and Programs Division, Defense Policy and Programs Department, GSO March 2007 Trainee to JGSDF Military Intelligence Command (Student of US Army War College) August 2008 Staff, GSDF Research & Development Command(GRDC) December 2008 Chief, Training & Exercise Section, Education & Training Division, Education & Training Department, GSO August 2010 Commander, 40 th Infantry Regiment July 2012 Chief, Education & Training Division, Education & Training Department, GSO March 2014 Vice Chief of Staff, Northeastern Army Headquarters March 2016 Vice Commanding General, JGSDF Research & Development Command March 2018 Present Assignment

17 REAR ADMIRAL VICTORINO G. "VIC" MERCADO Director, Maritime Operations (N04), United States Pacific Fleet Rear Adm. Victorino Mercado is a native of Virginia and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in May 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics/Computer Science. Mercado holds a master s degree in systems technology in Joint Command, Control and Communications from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, completed Air Command and Staff College and is a graduate and a Commandant s Writing Award winner from the Joint/Combined Warfighting Senior School at Joint Forces Staff College. His career as a surface warfare officer includes assignments aboard USS Leftwich (DD 984), USS Valley Forge (CG 50), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), culminating with command of USS Decatur (DDG 73) during an accelerated deployment with the John C. Stennis Battle Group in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan and United Nations sanctions on Iraq. He subsequently commanded Destroyer Squadron 21 with additional duties as sea combat commander for the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group. Ashore, he completed a tour with the Navy s engineering and acquisition community as the command, control, communications and intelligence warfare systems engineering manager for the AEGIS Program Manager (PMS 400), served as an action officer and vice director, Navy Staff for Staff Operations and Special Events, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) N09BX, as the national defense legislative fellow for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and later led the Commander s Action Group for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. On the Joint Staff, he served as the joint staff lead in the Joint Chief s of Staff Strategy Group; as assistant deputy director, Global Strategic Partnerships (J-5); as executive assistant to the director, Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5); and as executive assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After the Joint Staff, he served as the military assistant to the deputy secretary of defense. His flag officer tours include deputy director, Surface Warfare Division (N96) on the staff of the chief of naval operations and vice director, Strategy, Plans and Policy (J5) at U.S. Central Command. Afloat, he commanded Carrier Strike Group 8, including the transition from the Dwight D. Eisenhower to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. Most recently he served as the director, Assessment Division (OPNAV N81) prior to assuming duties as director, Maritime Operations for U.S. Pacific Fleet in September His decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal (three awards), the Legion of Merit Medal (four awards) and various individual and unit campaign awards. He is also a former Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet Shiphandler of the Year award winner. Updated: 22 December 2017

18 HEADQUARTERS, U. S. ARMY PACIFIC (USARPAC) FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII BIOGRAPHY Roger J. Noble MAJOR GENERAL Australian Army Deputy Commanding General - North Major General Noble enlisted in the Army in 1984 and began military life as a staff cadet at the Royal Military College. In 1986 he graduated in the first class of the Australian Defence Force Academy where he was awarded the Commander-in-Chief s Medal. He subsequently graduated from the Royal Military College in 1987 and was allocated to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. Throughout the period of 1989 to 2004, Major General Noble served in a variety of regimental appointments in cavalry, APC and tank units. He commanded at cavalry troop, squadron and regimental level within the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (ASLAV). Major General Noble has held a variety of non-corps postings. These appointments have included appointment as ADC to the Chief of Army, Staff Officer Grade 2 Operations at Strategic Command and SO1 Concepts in Army Headquarters. During 2002 he was seconded as the Defence Advisor to the Joint Standing Committee Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade at the Australian Federal Parliament. He was promoted to Colonel and posted to Director of Studies - Land at the Australian Command and Staff College in Canberra in He was promoted Brigadier in 2010 and has completed appointments as Commander 3rd Brigade, Director Special Operations Capability in Special Operations Command and Director General Land Development, Capability Development Group. He was promoted to Major General in November 2016 and is posted as Deputy Commander US Army Pacific with effect 1 Mar Major General Noble has completed six operational tours of duty. In 1992 he deployed as a Team Leader in the Chemical Destruction Group operating across Iraq as part of the United Nations Special Commission. In he was deployed to East Timor as the Operations Officer Sector West operating along the East Timor - West Timor border. In 2001 he was deployed as the first joint operations officer in the Australian National Headquarters supporting the initial Australian operations in Afghanistan. In 2005 he commanded the first Al Muthanna Task Group cavalry battlegroup deployed to southern Iraq. From Dec 11 to Dec 12 he was deployed as the Deputy Operations and Plans Officer for the International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan. In 2016 he was deployed with the US 101st Airborne Division as Deputy Coalition Land Force Commander, Iraq [DCG CJFLCC-OIR]. Major General Noble holds a first class honours degree in history, a Masters of Business Administration and a Masters of Defence Studies. In 2008 Major General Noble won a General Sir John Monash Award and the DFAT Fulbright Scholarship. He accepted the Monash Award and completed a Masters of International Public Policy (with honours) at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. in 2009 (HDC equivalent). He commenced a PhD at ADFA in 2010 on Australian Military Strategy He was born in Cairns, Queensland and is a keen surfer, rugby player and fisherman. He is married to the American novelist Daniella Brodsky and they have two daughters Sylvia [4] and Alice [2].

19 U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O RCE MAJOR GENERAL RUSSELL L. MACK Maj. Gen. Russell L. Mack is the Deputy Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the Deputy Theater Air Component Commander to the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command. PACAF is responsible for the Air Force activities spread over half the globe. The command supports 46,000 Airmen serving principally in Japan, Korea, Hawaii, Alaska and Guam. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, General Mack received his commission through the Officer Training School program in During his career, General Mack has served as F-15E electronic warfare officer, A/OA-10A/C replacement training unit instructor pilot, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds right wingman pilot and Commander of the 71st Flying Training Wing. He served as Vice Commander of the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing while deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan and 7th Air Force, South Korea. General Mack has staff experience as Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and as Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. General Mack also completed a National Defense Fellowship at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to being assigned to his current assignment, General Mack served as the Director of Plans, Programs and Requirements, Headquarters Air Combat Command. He is a command pilot with more than 3,600 flying hours in the A/OA-10A/C, F-15E, F-16C/D, T-38A/C and T-37, and has combat tours in operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom.

20 EDUCATION 1984 Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham 1994 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala Master's Degree in Public Administration, Troy State University, Montgomery, Ala Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 2004 Air War College, by correspondence 2008 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C National Defense Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 2013 Joint Force Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala Combined Force Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) Course, Headquarters U.S. Southern Command, Miami 2017 Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) Course, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. ASSIGNMENTS 1. April 1988 May 1989, Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training, Mather AFB, Calif. 2. June 1989 April 1990, F-15E RTU Training, Luke AFB, Ariz. 3. May 1990 October 1991, F-15E Electronic Warfare Officer, 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. 4. November 1991 December 1992, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, Sheppard AFB, Texas 5. January 1993 August 1993, A/OA-10 FTU Training, 358th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. 6. September 1993 August 1996, A/OA-10 Instructor Pilot/Flight Commander, 55th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C. 7. September 1996 September 1997, Chief, A/OA-10A Standardization-Evaluation Division, 51st Operations Group, Osan AB, South Korea 8. October 1997 September 1998, A/OA-10A RTU Instructor Pilot, 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. 9. October July 1999, Thunderbird Right Wing Pilot; Chief 57th Wing Commander s Action Group, Nellis AFB, Nev. 10. August 1999 August 2002, Assistant Operations Officer, 90th Flying Training Squadron, Sheppard AFB, Texas 11. September 2002 April 2003, Chief, Wing Safety, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas 12. May 2003 July 2004, Operations Officer, 87th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin AFB, Texas 13. August 2004 February 2006, Commander, 87th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin AFB, Texas 14. January 2006 February 2006, Deputy Operations Group Commander, 47th Operations Group, Laughlin AFB, Texas 15. February 2006 July 2008, Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 16. July 2008 June 2009, Vice Commander, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem AB, Germany 17. December 2008 May 2009, Vice Commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan 18. July 2009 May 2010, National Defense Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 19. May 2010 June 2012, Commander, 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, Okla. 20. July 2012 July 2013, Director, SECAF-CSAF Executive Action Group, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 21. August 2013 May 2015, Vice Commander, 7th Air Force, Air Forces Korea, and Chief of Staff, Air Component Command, Osan AB, South Korea 22. June 2015 May 2016, Inspector General, Headquarters Air Combat Command, JB Langley-Eustis, Va. 23. May 2016 June 2017, Director, Plans, Programs, and Requirements, Headquarters Air Combat Command, JB Langley-Eustis, Va. 24. June 2017 present, Deputy Commander, Pacific Air Forces, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS February 2006 July 2008, Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a lieutenant colonel and colonel

21 Hank Perkins Perkins Technical Services, Inc. Huntsville, AL Hank Perkins, PTS Technical Director, has over 30 years experience in the Aerospace and Defense Industry. While at PTS, Hank has over 15 years of company leadership/ management experience including task management, sales and marketing, manufacturing analysis, product development and logistics operations. Hank is a graduate of Auburn University. Perkins Technical Services, Inc. (PTS) as a woman owned small business headquartered in Huntsville, AL, manufactures communication products sold directly to US Army, Air Force, and United States Marine Corp world-wide. PTS is proud to supply Power Supply Docking Stations (PSDS) to the troops, providing an affordable solution to their dismounted communication problems. The PTS PSDS is operations effective; eliminating radio downtime while establishing communications within minutes after deploying the PSDS system. The PTS PSDS can be found in the classrooms at Fort Gordon, in Tactical Operations Centers and Command Posts worldwide. The PTS PSDS is also used for range control at the major ranges, with engineers, hospitals, other training centers, as part of major training systems (I-HITS), and in support of other major weapon systems such as Ground Launch Radars and Field Artillery Systems.

22 HEADQUARTERS, U. S. ARMY PACIFIC (USARPAC) FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII BIOGRAPHY Benjamin Jones Command Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Jones enlisted in the United States Army in September 1987 and attended One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he trained as an infantryman. CSM Jones has served in every position from rifleman to Command Sergeant Major. His assignments include: three assignments with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; one tour with the 2-4 Infantry, Germany; one assignment with the Ranger Training Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia; U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, Fort Bliss, Texas; two assignments with the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) at Fort Drum, New York; one assignment with the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and one assignment as the Division Command Sergeant Major for the 25 th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks and U.S. Army Hawaii. He most recently served as the Command Sergeant Major for the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. CSM Jones' military and civilian education includes all levels of the Noncommissioned Officer Education System, and the USASMA (Class 56). CSM Jones is a graduate of the First Sergeant Course, as well as Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Combat Lifesaver Course, Jungle Operations Training Course, Military Driving Course, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Officer/NCO Operations Course, Pre-Ranger Course, U.S. Army Ranger School, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program Course, Rappel Master Course, Fast Rope Master Course, Instructor Training Course, Tactics Certification Course, Pathfinder Course and Jumpmaster Course, Battalion and Brigade Pre-Command Course, CSM Force Management Course, CSM/SGM Legal Orientation Course, Keystone-Command Senior Enlisted Leader Course, and Army Strategic Leadership Development Program- Intermediate and Advanced Course, and the General Officer Senior Mission Commander Course. CSM Jones has earned an Associate's degree with Honors from Excelsior College in Applied Science and is currently pursuing a Bachelor s degree. CSM Jones' military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal with C Device, Legion of Merit (3 Bronze OLC), Bronze Star Medal (2 Bronze OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (3 Bronze OLC), Army Commendation Medal (2 Bronze OLC), Army Achievement Medal (1 Sliver and 3 Bronze OLC), Good Conduct Medal (10th award), National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal with Arrow Head device and two Bronze Stars, Kosovo Campaign Medal with Bronze Star, Iraq Campaign Medal with one Silver Star, Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon 5th numeral, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon 5th award, NATO Medal with Bronze Star, Multinational Force and Observers Medal, Saudi Arabian Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait with device, Kuwaiti Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Valorous Unit Award (1 Bronze OLC), Army Meritorious Unit Commendation (1 Bronze OLC), Army Superior Unit Award, Ranger Tab, Expert Infantryman Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge (2nd Award), Basic, Senior, and Master Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Pathfinder Badge, German Schutzenschnur Badge Bronze, German Leistungsabzeichen Badge Bronze, Honduran Parachutist Badge, Chilean Parachutist Badge, Spanish Parachutist Badge, and Canadian Parachutist Badge. CSM Jones is a recipient of the Order of Saint Maurice (Centurion) Medal, Bronze de-fleury Medal, Saint Barbara Medal, Noble Patron of Armor Award, and has been inducted as a Distinguished and Honorary member of the 502nd Infantry Regiment. CSM Jones is a recipient of the Sergeant Audie Murphy medallion and most recently, the Honorable Order of Saint Michael (Bronze Award). CSM Jones is married and together they have three children.

23 KENNETH O. PRESTON, USA RET. VICE PRESIDENT, NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER & SOLDIER PROGRAMS Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston served as the 13th Sergeant Major of the Army from January15, 2004 to March 1, He retires as the longest serving Sergeant Major of the Army with more than seven years in the position. As Sergeant Major of the Army, Preston served as the Army Chief of Staff's personal adviser on all Soldier and Family related matters, particularly areas affecting Soldier training and quality of life. He devoted the majority of his time in this position to traveling throughout the Army serving as a force provider overseeing Soldier and unit training, manning and equipping challenges, and talking to Soldiers and their Families to understand their personal hardships and challenges. Preston is a native of Mount Savage, Md. He entered the Army on June 30, He attended Basic Training and Armor Advanced Individual Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Throughout his 36-year career, he served in every enlisted leadership position from cavalry scout and tank commander to his final position as Sergeant Major of the Army. Other assignments he held as a command sergeant major were with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; 3rd "Grey Wolf" Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division; 1st Armored Division in Bad Kreuznach, Germany; and V Corps in Heidelberg, Germany. His most recent assignment prior to serving as the 13th Sergeant Major of the Army was as the command sergeant major for Combined Joint Task Force 7 in Baghdad, Iraq. His military education includes the Basic Noncommissioned Officer's Course, Advanced Noncommissioned Officer's Course, First Sergeant's Course, M1/M1A1 Tank Master Gunner Course, Master Fitness Trainer Course, Battle Staff Noncommissioned Officer's Course, and the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. Preston holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from TUI University. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Good Conduct Medal 11 th award, National Defense ribbon with bronze star, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the NCOES Ribbon, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon 5 th award, the NATO Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait), the Joint Meritorious Unit Awards with bronze star, Army Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Department of the Army Staff Badge. He and his wife Karen have 3 adult children Valarie, Kenneth Jr., Michael, and 8 grandchildren.

24 Command Sergeant Major Robert C. Foesch Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Oregon National Guard Land Component Command, Oregon Army National Guard CSM Robert C. Foesch was born in Monroe, Wisconsin. He enlisted in the Army in 1984 and attended Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training as a 95B (Military Police) at Fort McClellan, Alabama. His initial assignment was to the Military District of Washington, Military Police Company, Ft Myer, Virginia where he served as military police and military police investigator. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and completed his active duty tour in He then enlisted in the Oregon Army National Guard and was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 41 Separate Infantry Brigade, where he was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant and Sergeant First Class. He served as a military police assistant squad leader, military police training NCO, and military police platoon sergeant from 1987 to He was then reassigned to State Area Command (-), ORARNG where he served as the Provost Marshal Section sergeant. After completing the assignment in the Provost Marshal Office in 2001, he was promoted to First Sergeant for State Area Command (-), ORARNG. In 2003, he was selected to attend the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy and was promoted to the rank of Command Sergeant Major in April of CSM Foesch was then reassigned to the 249 Regional Training Institute, where he served as the Commandant. In 2006 and 2007 he served a combat tour in support of Operation Enduring Freedom where he was assigned as the CSM of the 41 Training Assistance Group, Kabul, Afghanistan. Upon his return to Oregon, he was assigned as the Oregon Army National Guard G3 SGM. In April of 2008, he was selected to serve as the 41 Special Troops Battalion CSM. He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2009 to 2010, where he was assigned as the CSM of the Base Defense Operations Center, Victory Base Complex, Baghdad, Iraq. When he returned to Oregon, CSM Foesch returned to his position as the CSM of 41 Special Troops Battalion. In November of 2012, CSM Foesch was selected as the 82 Brigade Troop Command CSM. In September 2016, he was selected as the Oregon Army National Guard Land Component Command Sergeant Major. In February 2017, CSM Foesch was selected as the Oregon National Guard Command Senior Enlisted Leader and is currently dual hatted as the CSEL and the LCC CSM. CSM Foesch s military education includes the Air Assault Course, Primary Leadership Development Course, the Basic Noncommissioned Officer s Course, and the Advanced Noncommissioned Officer s Course. He is a graduate of class 31 (non-resident) of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. CSM Foesch s awards include the Bronze Star Medal (2nd award), Meritorious Service Medal (4th award), Army Commendation Medal (2nd award), Army Achievement Medal (4th award), Good Conduct Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (7th Award), National Defense Service Medal (2nd award), Afghanistan Campaign Medal (two bronze service stars), Iraq Campaign Medal (one bronze service stars), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (silver hourglass device, M device, and numeral 2), NCO Professional Development Ribbon (numeral 4), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (2nd award), NATO Medal (ISAF), Combat Action Badge, Air Assault Badge, Drivers Badge (wheel), ORNG Commendation Medal, ORNG 30 Year Faithful Service Medal, ORNG Superior Soldier Medal (2nd award), and ORNG Faithful Service Medal (silver hourglass device, M device, and numeral 2). CSM Foesch is a member of the Enlisted Association of the United States and Oregon. He retired from the Portland Police Bureau in November 2016 after 29 years of service as a Police Officer. CSM Foesch is married to Kathleen, and they reside with their two children in Portland, Oregon.

25 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS ONE ANDREW (MUS) BOYKETT LAND COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR A54096 Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Andrew Boykett was born in Whangarei, New Zealand (NZ) in He completed his secondary school education at Whangarei Boys High School until he enlisted into the New Zealand Army on 07 January 1986 as a Regular Force Cadet (Thorpe Class). In December that year he graduated into the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (RNZAMC). WO1 Boykett has served with the 3 rd Medical Battalion (1987), Waiouru Hospital (1988), the 1 st Medical Support Team (1989), the Regimental Aid Posts of both 1 st and 2 nd /1 st Battalions, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment ( ), the Burnham Medical Treatment Centre ( ), the Joint Services Health School ( as both the Senior Instructor and School Sergeant Major), the 2 nd Health Support Battalion (NZ) ( as the Company Sergeant Major of the 2 nd Health Support Team), the Waiouru Support Centre ( as the Unit Sergeant Major), the Army Depot (2009 as the Senior Instructor of the 2 nd Regional Training Wing). He was posted again to the 2 HSB(NZ) as the Regimental Sergeant Major ( ). In late 2012 WO1 Boykett was posted to the Army Command School as the Chief Instructor of the Non-Commissioned Officer School. In December 2013 he took up the appointment as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the New Zealand Army Command School. In 2016 he was seconded to the HQ Deployable Joint Inter-Agency Task Force ahead of attending the United Stated (US) Army Sergeant s Major Academy (USASMA) in mid In July 2017 he was appointed into his current position as the Land Command Sergeant Major. Throughout his career WO1 Boykett has deployed operationally to Baghdad, Iraq ( ) as part of the five member medical team within the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) responsible for the destruction of the Iraqi chemical weapon ordnance. In he deployed to Timor Leste as the Senior Medic of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), and in May November 2008 he was the RSM/Training Warrant Officer for OP FARAD in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. He has also deployed on numerous Build Partner Capacity activities all through the South West Pacific. In 2013 WO1 Boykett was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Educationally, WO1 Boykett has gained the Diploma of Military Medicine, the Diploma of Adult Education, the Bachelor of Administration Leadership and Master of Training Development through the University of New England, Australia. He is a graduate of the Sergeant s Major Course of the USASMA from May 2016 June 2017, Class 67. WO1 Boykett enjoys physical training, reading, music, and spending time with his family. In January 1995 WO1 Boykett married Jo (a serving General List Captain) and together they have two children, Michael (19) and Grace (17). They reside in Upper Hutt, Wellington.

26 Biography Regimental Sergeant Major 1st Division Warrant Officer Class One, David Lehr, OAM Warrant Officer Class One David Lehr was born in Wollongong, New South Wales on 1 November 1964, educated at The Illawarra Grammar School and matriculated in He enlisted into the Australian Regular Army on 19 January 1983 and was allocated to the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery. From Gunner to Bombardier rank, he served as a Gun Number, Driver and Operator Command Post (Field) at 4th Field Regiment. In 1989, he was promoted to Sergeant and served as a Gun Sergeant and Battery Commander s Assistant at 1st Field Regiment, and on exchange to G Battery, 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery in the United Kingdom. As a Sergeant, he was posted as an instructor at the Junior Leader Training Centre Brisbane in and after returning to the 1st Field Regiment, he was again posted as an instructor to Regimental Training Wing, School of Artillery, North Head in 1996, and the Combined Arms Training Centre, Puckapunyal in Promoted to Warrant Officer Class Two in November 1998, he was appointed as the Sergeant Major Instructor Gunnery of 11th Field Battery, 23rd Field Regiment. In 2002, he was posted as the Battery Guide of A Field Battery, Holsworthy and in 2003 he was appointed as the Battery Sergeant Major of 107th Field Battery, 4th Field Regiment. In 2005, he was posted as a Defence Interviewer at Defence Force Recruiting Centre North Queensland. Promoted to Warrant Officer Class One in December 2005, he has served as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Combined Task Force 635, and the 1st Field Regiment. In 2011, Warrant Officer Lehr completed Foundation and Single Service studies at the Australian Command and Staff College. Since 2012, his senior regimental appointments include Regimental Sergeant Major Ceremonial Army, Regimental Sergeant Major of the 3rd Brigade and Career Manager of the Regimental Tier A WO1 portfolio at the Directorate of Soldier Career Management Army. In 2018, he assumed the appointment as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 1st Division. Warrant Officer Lehr has deployed on Operation TANAGER with the 3rd Parachute Battalion Group, The Royal Australian Regiment to East Timor in 2002; Operation ANODE with the 4th Brigade to the Solomon Islands in 2007; and Operation SLIPPER as a Mentor and Training Adviser for the NATO Training Mission to Afghanistan in Aside from Australian operational, long service and campaign medals, Warrant Officer Lehr has been awarded, the United States of America Meritorious Service Medal and the Medal of the Order of Australia. He has also been presented the Army Combat Badge and awarded the Commander, 2nd Division Bronze Commendation. Warrant Officer Lehr has played a number of team sports that include grade cricket and grade rugby league, and he represented the Australian Army playing rugby union and touch football. His interests are motorsports, military history, Australian and American muscle cars, and Harley- Davidson motor cycles. Warrant Officer Lehr is married to Janelle and they have six adult children, and two grandchildren. Their second eldest son is a full-time soldier within The Royal Australian Regiment.

27 Biography Present Assignment Sergeant Major of Japan Ground Self Defense Force Name Susumu TAKAHASHI Rank MOS Warrant Officer Field Artillery Date of Birth 29 June 1965 Birth Place Hobby Summary of Career Hokkaido Prefecture Movie Appreciation (CONBAT! / HEART BREAK) APR 1984 SEP 1988 JUL 1992 The 5th Field Artillery Regiment Sergeant (E-5) (Sighter Man) Sergeant First Class (E-7) (Artillery Section Leader) AUG 1996 Assist Instructor,3th Regiment training Unit AUG 1999 The 5th Field Artillery JAN 2000 Master Sergeant (E-8) JAN 2000 APR 2004 Sergeant Major (E-9) Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group (Section Leader) SEP th Artillery Unit JUL 2009 Warrant Officer JUN 2011 CSM, 5th Artillery Unit JAN 2013 CSM,5th Brigade MAR 2014 North Army Combined Brigade (Vice Inspector) AUG 2014 CSM,North Army Combined Brigade MAR 2017 Ground Staff Office JUL 2017 CSM, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

28 Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Pacific Command Sergeant Major Anthony A. Spadaro, USMC Sergeant Major Anthony A. Spadaro is the Command Senior Enlisted Leader for U.S. Pacific Command, one of six geographic unified combatant commands of the United States Armed Forces. He provides the commander with the enlisted perspective on theater security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, and deterring aggression throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, he is responsible for mentoring senior enlisted leaders at the four component commands, and coordinating with command joint directorates and senior enlisted members on matters pertaining to the command s mission, vision, core values, commander s intent, enlisted utilization, and professional development. A native of New Brunswick, N.J., SgtMaj Spadaro enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985, and attended recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. Upon completion of his initial training as an artillery fire direction controlman, he was assigned to Battery R, 5th Battalion, 11th Marines, followed by additional training as an artillery nuclear projectileman. In 1987, SgtMaj Spadaro attended the Marine Security Guard School in Quantico, Va. Upon completion, he served as a watchstander at the U.S. Embassy in Abidjan, Cote D Ivoire, and eventually as the assistant detachment commander and detachment commander of the Marine Security Guard detachment at the U.S. Embassy in Gaborone, Botswana. SgtMaj Spadaro s other early career assignments include Battery G, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, 1st Marine Division where he deployed in support of Operation Desert Shield/Storm, as well as 11th Marines S-2 for duty as an intelligence analyst, chief and officer, and Area Guard Chief. Other operational assignments include duty as the 11th Marines survey and meteorological chief, and as the Platoon Sergeant for Headquarters Battery, 11th Marines. Additionally, he served as a Drill Instructor, Senior Drill Instructor and Chief Drill Instructor with Company I, 3d Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, and eventually transitioned to the Drill Instructor School staff where he served as the history, leadership and SOP instructor, and the academic coordinator/curriculum developer. His senior enlisted leadership assignments include: First Sergeant at Special Training Company, Support Battalion, MCRD San Diego; Battery B, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division and Company C,

29 First Recruit Training Battalion at MCRD San Diego; Sergeant Major, First Recruit Training Battalion, MCRD San Diego; Squadron Sergeant Major, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165; Sergeant Major, Aviation Combat Element, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit; Sergeant Major, 3D Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward); Sergeant Major, Aviation Combat Element, Regional Command (Southwest) I MEF (Fwd) supporting Operation Enduring Freedom; Sergeant Major, Third Marine Aircraft Wing, and as the Force Sergeant Major for Marine Forces Reserve/Marine Forces North in New Orleans. In March 2016, he was selected as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader for U.S. Pacific Command. Sergeant Major Spadaro has completed the following Professional Military Education courses: NCO Academy, SNCO Career Course, SNCO Advance Course, First Sergeant s Course, Warfighting, Expeditionary Warfare School (by extension), Command and Staff College (by extension), Navy Senior Enlisted Academy, the Senior Enlisted Professional Military Education Course, the Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Course, the Keystone Fellows Course (National Defense University) and the Asian-Pacific Orientation Course. SgtMaj Spadaro holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Summa Cum Laude), from Rutgers University in Labor and Management. He is currently completing his Masters of Arts Degree (Liberal Studies) from Rutgers University. SgtMaj Spadaro s significant awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (with Gold Star), the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (with Gold Star), the Air Medal (with strike numeral 3 ), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with three Gold Stars), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal the Combat Action Ribbon, and Naval Aircrewman Insignia. He was inducted into the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara in 1996.

30 General Gustave F. Perna Commanding General General Gustave F. Perna assumed duties as the 19th Commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) 30 September General Perna served for two years as the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 in his previous assignment. He oversaw policies and procedures used by all Army logisticians throughout the world. Prior to joining the Army staff he served for two years as Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/4, U.S. Army Materiel Command, one of the Army s largest commands with over 64,000 employees impacting all 50 states and 144 countries. The General's other command assignments include: Commander, Joint Munitions Command and Joint Munitions and Lethality Lifecycle Management Command, responsible for the lifecycle management of $40 billion of conventional ammunition; Commander, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Defense Logistics Agency, responsible for the procurement of more than $14.5 billion worth of food, clothing, textiles, medicines, medical supplies, construction and equipment items for America's Warfighters and other customers worldwide; Commander, 4th Sustainment Brigade, where he deployed the brigade to combat operations during OIF 05-07; Commander, 64th Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, where he deployed the battalion to combat operations during OIF I; Deputy Commanding Officer, 64th Corps Support Group, 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas; and Commander, B Company, 143rd Ordnance Battalion, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. General Perna s key staff assignments include: Director of Logistics, J4, U.S. Forces-Iraq, responsible for sustainment plans and policies for strategic and operational logistics to sustain coalition and joint forces; Executive Officer to the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, supporting the Director's mission of providing Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with logistics, acquisitions and technical services support; Ordnance Branch Chief, Human Resources Command; DISCOM Executive Officer and G4, 1st Cavalry Division, where he deployed to Bosnia; 544th Maintenance Battalion Support Operations Officer and Battalion Executive Officer, 13th COSCOM; and G4 Maintenance Officer, 13th COSCOM, where he deployed to Somalia as a member of Joint Task Force Support Command. He graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy with an Associate s degree in Business Administration. Graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Infantry Officer. He earned a Bachelor s degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland and a Master s degree in Logistics Management from Florida Institute of Technology. His military education includes: Infantry Officer Basic Course, Ordnance Officer Advance Course, Logistics Executive Development Course, Support Operations Course, Command and General Staff College and Senior Service College. His awards and decorations include: Distinguished Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Parachutist and Air Assault Badges. General Perna is married to the former Susan L. Pollack. They have two sons, Cody (married to Ashley) and Ryan; and two granddaughters, Adriyana and Priscilla.

31 LTG James H. Dickinson Commanding General USASMDC/ARSTRAT Lieutenant General James H. Dickinson assumed command of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense on Jan. 5, Commissioned in 1985 as a Second Lieutenant, he has held leadership positions, from platoon leader to Commanding General of an Army Air and Missile Defense Command. He most recently served as the Chief of Staff, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He was previously assigned as the Director for Test at the Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, and as Deputy to The Inspector General in the Office of the Secretary of the Army. LTG Dickinson was the Commanding General of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command at Fort Bliss, Texas, from July 2012 to March 2014, and Commanding General of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, from August 2011 to July Additional command assignments include: Battalion Commander, 1 st Battalion, 7 th Air Defense Artillery, 32 nd Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Bliss, Texas, where the battalion deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom; and Brigade Commander, 35 th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Eighth United States Army, Republic of Korea. Previous staff assignments include: Operations Officer, 5 th Battalion, 52 nd Air Defense Artillery, 11 th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas, and Operation Southern Watch, Saudi Arabia; Operations Officer, 11 th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas; Senior Emergency Actions Officer and Senior Operations Officer, National Military Command Center, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.; Chief of Operations, G-3, later Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 32 nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Bliss, Texas; Chief, Commander s Initiatives Group, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, Republic of Korea; and Deputy Director for Operations, National Military Command Center, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (oak leaf cluster), Defense Superior Service Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Legion of Merit (two oak leaf clusters), Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal (three oak leaf clusters), Parachutist Badge, Master Space Badge, and Joint and Army Staff Identification Badges. LTG Dickinson graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering and from the Colorado School of Mines with a Master of Science in operations research and systems analysis (engineering). He later earned a master s degree in strategic studies from the United States Army War College. January 2018

32 Biography The B oeing Company 929 Long Bridge Drive Arlington, VA Anthony G. Crutchfield Vice President, Army Systems Defense, Space and Security Government Operations Anthony Tony Crutchfield is Vice President, Army Systems, Defense, Space and Security for Boeing Government Operations in Washington, DC. He brings an operational perspective and serves as the company s senior Army liaison, informing business division leadership teams of customer perspectives for strategy and technology investment. Crutchfield joined the company in July 2017 after serving in the United States Army for over 34 distinguished years, retiring as a Lieutenant General. He commanded units at virtually every echelon of the Army including the 10 th Mountain Division s Aviation Brigade, and Commanding General of the Army s Aviation Branch at Fort Rucker, Alabama. There he was responsible for training, doctrine, organizational structure, and future technology development for 90,000 aviation soldiers and over 4,000 aircraft. He has flown the AH-64 Apache since 1986, leading Army attack helicopter units around the world, in peace and conflict. His last assignment before retiring was as Deputy Commander of the US Pacific Command, the largest Combatant Command in the US Unified Command structure. In that capacity, he was the principal advisor and operational assistant to the commander,

33 directing joint military operations in the Asia Pacific, encompassing 52% of the earth s surface. Crutchfield holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marshall University, a Master of Arts in Business Management from Webster University, and a Master of Science degree from the US Army War College in Carlisle, PA. Crutchfield has received numerous awards and decorations, notably the Defense Distinguished Service Medal in He serves on the Board of Directors for the Charles Yeager Leadership Institute/Yeager Scholar s program at Marshall University. # # # August 2017

34 BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS L. JAMES Joint Force Space Component Command/J3, U.S. Strategic Command BG Tom James is a U.S. Army Space Operations officer currently serving as the J3 Director, Joint Force Space Component Command, U.S. Strategic Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., with duty at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. Prior to the transition of JFSCC, he served as Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space. His previous assignment was as the Director of Space Policy Implementation, Office of the Under Secretary for Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense. BG James enlisted in the Mississippi National Guard serving in medical and Special Forces units. He was commissioned through ROTC while obtaining a Bachelor s of Science Degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Southern Mississippi, and entered active duty as a U.S. Army aviator. BG James assignments include team medic, then team Executive Officer, A Company, 2 nd Battalion, 20 th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Camp Shelby, Miss.; Battalion Liaison Officer, aeroscout Platoon Leader, Assistant Battalion S-3, Battalion S-1 and S-2, th Attack Helicopter Battalion (AH-64), 4 th Aviation Brigade, 3 rd Armored Division, Federal Republic of Germany (served in Operation Desert Storm); attack/ assault helicopter Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and Liaison Officer, 1 st Battalion, 160 th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.; assault Company Commander, B Company (UH-60), 2 nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 4 th Aviation Brigade, 2 nd Infantry Division, Republic of Korea. BG James assignments since becoming an Army Space Operations Officer include Corps Plans Officer and Space and Information Operations Officer, Headquarters, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Space and Information Operations Officer, Combined Joint Task Force-180 (XVIII Airborne Corps), Bagram, Afghanistan; Space Operations Officer, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan; Future Operations Planner and Space and Information Operations Officer, Combined Joint Task Force 7 (III Armored Corps), Baghdad, Iraq; Chief, Space Capabilities Branch, Directorate of Combat Developments, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.; Deputy Director of Space Forces, Central Command Combined Air Operations Center (Arabian Gulf); Army Liaison Element, National Security Space Institute, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Commander, 1 st Space Battalion, 1 st Space Brigade, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.; Deputy Director of USASMDC/ARSTRAT s Future Warfare Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.; and Commander, 1 st Space Brigade, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. His military education includes the U.S. Army Aviation Officer Basic and Advanced Courses; the U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College; the U.S. Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies; the U.S. Air Force Air, Space and Cyber War College; and various Army and Air Force advanced space courses. He holds a Master of International Relations degree from Auburn University at Montgomery. BG James awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (oak leaf cluster), Bronze Star (oak leaf cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (three oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (silver oak leaf cluster and two bronze oak leaf clusters), Air Medal (second award), Joint Achievement Medal (oak leaf cluster), Army Achievement Medal, Southwest Asia Campaign Medal (three stars), Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (three stars), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Saudi Arabia-Kuwait Liberation Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, and Joint Meritorious Unit Award (three oak leaf clusters). He has earned the Army Senior Aviator Badge, Army Master Space Badge, Ranger Tab, Parachutists Wings, and Air Assault Wings. January 2018

35 Mr. Ronald W. Pontius Deputy to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command Mr. Ronald W. Pontius serves as the Deputy to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command. In this capacity, he manages and provides strategic direction to all aspects of Army Cyber Command and 2nd Army operations to include planning, coordinating, integrating, synchronizing and supervising organization efforts for the conduct of full spectrum Cyberspace operations to include DoD Information Network (DODIN) operations, Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) and Offensive Cyberspace Operations (OCO). Mr. Pontius serves as a Senior Advisor, providing authoritative expert advice on all aspect of Cyberspace operations, force structure and organizational concepts, and oversees strategic support planning and resourcing strategy to enable the Army to achieve the right mix of cyber capabilities for the future. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Pontius served as the Director for Command and Control (C2) and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)), providing functional and acquisition oversight for all C2 and ISR programs across the Department of Defense (DoD). Prior to this, Mr. Pontius served as the Director of Executive Programs at the Defense Acquisition University School of Program Managers. In this capacity he mentored senior Program Managers and Program Executive Officers in the art of successfully leading and managing major defense acquisition programs and major automated information systems. Prior to these assignments, Mr. Pontius had a distinguished military career in the U.S. Army Signal Corps with over 26 years of operational and major acquisition assignments. Mr. Pontius holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration from Carnegie-Mellon University, a Masters of Science degree in Business Administration from Boston University, and a Masters degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University. ABOUT US: United States Army Cyber Command directs and conducts integrated electronic warfare, information and cyberspace operations as authorized, or directed, to ensure freedom of action in and through cyberspace and the information environment, and to deny the same to our adversaries. As of 2 March 2016

36 Colonel (Retired) Charles N. Eassa was born in Kingston, Jamaica and was commissioned a Field Artillery second lieutenant in 1986 upon graduation from the Citadel at Charleston, South Carolina. Colonel Chuck Eassa has served in a wide variety of positions throughout his 30-year career. His assignments included duty with: the 4 th Battalion, 4 th Field Artillery, 75 th Field Artillery Brigade, III Corps Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; 8d Infantry Division Artillery; 6 th Battalion, 29 th Field Artillery, 1 st Armored Division Artillery, Idar-Oberstein, Germany; Readiness Group Atlanta Field Artillery Team, 1 st Army; 3 rd Army, Fort MacPherson, Georgia, and Camp Doha, Kuwait; Assistant G3 and Exercise Control, Battle Command Training Program, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Planner and Information Operations Officer, V (US) Corps, Heidelberg, Germany, Camp Victory, Kuwait, and Baghdad, Iraq; Deputy Director, US Army Information Operations Proponent, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; J39 Information Operations Officer, US European Command, Stuttgart, Germany; Information Operations Officer, NATO s International Joint Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, US Forces-Afghanistan. His last assignment was on the Joint Staff Directorate of Operations as the J-39 Chief of Strategic Effects and leaded the Joint Information Operations Proponent. Colonel Eassa was transferred from Field Artillery to the US Army s Functional Area 30 (Information Operations) in His military education includes the Field Artillery Basic Course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Infantry Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; United States Army Command and General Staff College and the School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Since his retirement, he has serving as the Director of Special Activities for OSD s Strategic Capabilities Office. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the Citadel, a Master s Degree of Business Administration from Brenau University, a Master's Degree of Military Arts and Science from the United States Army Command and General Staff College, a Master s Degree of Public Administration from Harvard s Kennedy School of Government, and a Master s Degree in National Security from the United States Army War College. Colonel (Retired) Eassa's awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (with Four Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (with Two Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Achievement Medal (with Silver Leaf Cluster), Parachutist Badge, and Air Assault Badge.

37 Rafael Torres President, Systematic Inc. Rafael Torres joined Systematic Inc. as a senior manager in 2013 after a 26-year career in the U.S. Army. In 2015, he was promoted to Vice President, Business Development. In 2016, Mr. Torres was promoted to his current position as president of Systematic. Mr. Torres experience include areas of warfighting technology and operational experience, which encompasses four combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. Torres also served as Director of the Combined Joint Operations Center for the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) International Joint Command, where he was liable for all theater combat operations. His final Army assignment was as Division Chief, Current and Future Warfighting Capabilities, Headquarters, Department of the Army G-3/5/7.

38 Lieutenant General James Dubik, USA (Ret) Lieutenant General Jim Dubik, Ph.D., retired from the U.S. Army in July He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for the Study of War, as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Security Advisory Council, and the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. During , he was the General Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership sponsored by Penn State Law, Dickinson College, and the U.S. Army War College. He is also a member of the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame and a distinguished member of the U.S. Army 75 th Ranger Regiment. Beginning in fall 2015, General Dubik will be a Visiting Professor and Director of Teaching at Georgetown University s School of Foreign Service s Security Studies Program. General Dubik s last job on active duty was as Commanding General of the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) and the NATO Training Mission-Iraq during the Surge of The men and women of his command representing 15 nations accelerated the growth and development of all Iraqi Security Forces, military and police, to include improving the capabilities of Iraq s Ministries of Defense and Interior as well as the Iraqi Joint Headquarters. General Dubik has extensive operational experience in Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Bosnia, Haiti, Panama, Honduras, and in many NATO countries. Commissioned as an infantry officer, General Dubik first served with the 82 nd Airborne Division, then in the First and Second Ranger Battalions. He has commanded at every level, including Commanding General of the 25 th Infantry Division and the 1 st U.S. Army Corps. He led a Brigade Combat Team composed of U.S. and Multinational Forces in Northern Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy in 1994 and was Deputy Commanding General of Multinational Division North, Bosnia-Herzegovina in General Dubik stood up the Army s first Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and he led experiments on future warfare concepts and technologies for the Department of Defense. General Dubik has published over 150 essays, written introductions to three books, and co-authored Envisioning Future Warfare with then the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Gordon Sullivan in He has been quoted in numerous print and on-line media U.S. and foreign and is a frequent lecturer and panel member on national security issues. He has appeared on BBC, CNN, Fox News, NPR, Sky News, and Canadian News, among many others. His most recent publications in Army magazine are Winning Battles, Losing Wars and We Are Our Own Obstacles. While at ISW, General Dubik has authored numerous publications including: Operational Art In Counterinsurgency: An Insider s View; Choices and Consequences; The U.S. Role in Iraq Beyond 2011; Iraq's Lessons for Transition In Afghanistan; Afghanistan: It's Not Over, Accelerating Combat Power in Afghanistan; and Building Security Forces and Ministerial Capacity: Iraq as a Primer. He is under contract with the University Press of Kentucky writing Waging War Justly: Whose Job Is It? General Dubik taught Philosophy at West Point and Campaign Theory and Practice at the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He has completed an MIT fellowship program for national security studies as well as executive programs in national security at Harvard s JFK School of Government and Syracuse University s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He holds a Bachelor s Degree in Philosophy from Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania; a Masters in Military Arts and Sciences from the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Johns Hopkins University.

39 Major General Paul McLachlan, AM, CSC Commander 1st Division Major General Paul McLachlan enlisted in the Regular Australian Army in 1982 and graduated from the Royal Military College - Duntroon in He was assigned to the Royal Australian Artillery and initially served as a Troop Commander with the 1st Field Regiment in Brisbane and as Adjutant of the 8th/12th Medium Regiment in Sydney. Major General Paul McLachlan has completed a wide range of staff appointments including Staff Officer Grade Plans at Land Headquarters and Military Assistant to the Land Commander. In 2000, Major General Paul McLachlan served as the Commander of the Diplomatic Supplementation Staff - Honiara during the coup in the Solomon Islands. During this deployment, he coordinated the evacuation of Australian and other approved nationals and arranged military support to the initial peace negotiations between the combatants. Major General Paul McLachlan served as the Commanding Officer of the 8th/12th Medium Regiment in the 1st Brigade, Darwin over the period 2003 to 2004, after which he assumed the role of the Operations Officer at Headquarters 1st Division/ Deployable Joint Force Headquarters. Major General Paul McLachlan served in Baghdad as the Operations Officer in the Joint Task Force Headquarters, where he was promoted to Colonel in February During the period 2006 to 2007, Major General Paul McLachlan was employed as the Chief of Staff at Headquarters 1st Division, located in Brisbane. He graduated from the Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies in Major General Paul McLachlan was appointed as Director General Development and Plans, at Army Headquarters in January He then assumed command of the Brisbane-based 7th Brigade in February 2010, where he was responsible for the force preparation of two Mentoring Task Force rotations into Afghanistan. During his tenure at the 7th Brigade, Major General Paul McLachlan led the introduction of brigade-level digitisation into the Army. In January 2011, Major General Paul McLachlan commanded Operation QUEENSLAND FLOOD ASSIST (Joint Task Force 637) during the Queensland flood response and recovery. He was awarded the Conspicuous Service cross for this role. In January 2013, he assumed the role of Head Land Systems at the-then Defence Materiel Organisation (now Capability and Sustainment Acquisition Group). In November 2015, Major General Paul McLachlan assumed command of the 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters. Major General Paul McLachlan is a graduate of the Australian Defence Force School of Languages, where he was awarded a diploma in advanced Japanese in He also holds a Masters degree in Strategic Studies and recently completed a Diploma in Complex Strategic Procurement. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

40 Dr. Russell W. Glenn is a graduate of the United States Military Academy. He was commissioned in the United States Army as a Corps of Engineers officer and initially served with the 1 st Infantry Division. Subsequent assignments included duties as operations officer for the 2 nd Engineer Group in the Republic of Korea, assistant professor of mathematics at West Point, and a three-year tour with the 3 rd Armored Division headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. His time with the division included a combat tour in Iraq during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Then Major Glenn thereafter served as an exchange officer with the British Army s Royal School of Military Engineering followed by a year as the senior army fellow at the RAND Corporation and three years with the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), concluding a 22-year military career as one of the initial four authors of the army s primary war fighting doctrine. Dr. Glenn was a senior defense analyst with RAND from 1997 to early 2009 at which time he joined A-T Solutions as a senior analyst. He is currently on the faculty of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at The Australian National University. Past research includes published studies on counterinsurgency, urban operations, military and police training, and intelligence operations. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy and four Masters degrees from the University of Southern California (MS, Systems Management), Stanford University (MS, Civil Engineering and MS, Operations Research), and the School of Advanced Military Studies (Master of Military Art and Science). He earned his PhD in American history from the University of Kansas with secondary fields of military history and political science. Military education includes airborne, Ranger, and pathfinder qualifications. Dr. Glenn has appeared as a subject matter expert on CNN Reports, MSNBC, National Public Radio, and The History Channel in addition to being cited in The Economist, Jane s Defence Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, The Wall Street Journal, and Associated Press syndicated articles. He is the author of over fifty books or book length reports in addition to many articles.

41 Lieutenant General Michael A. Bills Commanding General, Eighth Army Chief of Staff, Combined Forces Command Lieutenant General Michael A. Bills, a native of New York, received his commission in December 1983 through the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps program at George Mason University. Lieutenant General Bills holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Masters of Strategic Studies. His military education includes the Armor Officer Basic and Advance Courses and is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and the United States Army War College. Lieutenant General Bills most recently served as the Assistant Chief of Staff U-3/C-3/J-3, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea. His previous assignments include: Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Maintenance Officer in the 2nd Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment,1st Armored Division, United States Army Europe, Germany from 1984 to 1987, Squadron S1, Provisional Commander Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, and Commander, B Troop 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kansas and Saudi Arabia in support of OPERATION DESERT STORM, Operations Officer and Executive Officer, 2nd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado. He then served as Commander, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 1st Armored Division, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany. Following command, Lieutenant General Bills served as the Senior Task Force Observer/Controller, Operations Group, Combat Maneuver Training Center in Germany and deployed to OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM as part of the V Corps Commander s Assault command post staff. Lieutenant General Bills commanded the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood Texas and deployed as part of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. After regimental command, Lieutenant General Bills served as the Commander of Joint Task Force-North, USNORTHCOM at Fort Bliss, Texas. He then served as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3, United States Army Europe. From June 2013 to July 2014, he served as the Deputy Commanding General of 4th Infantry Division and acting Senior Commander of Fort Carson, Colorado. From March 2014 to January 2016, Lieutenant General Bills served as the Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division, III Corps, Fort Hood, TX and deployed to Afghanistan in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Lieutenant General Bills other assignments include: Personnel Assignment Officer for Armor Branch, Department of the Army Black Book Manager, Office of the Chief of Staff, Army, Washington D.C., Deputy for the initial Wounded Warrior Program, and Director, Advanced Joint Warfighter Program, Institute for Defense Analysis, Alexandria, Virginia. Lieutenant General Bills badges include the Army Aviation Badge, Combat Action Badge, and Army Staff Identification Badge. His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal (1 OLC), the Silver Star, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (2 OLC), Bronze Star Medal (3 OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (Silver OLC), Army Commendation Medal (3 OLC), and the Army Achievement Medal (1 OLC). Lieutenant General Bills and his wife, Megan, have been married for over 34 years and have three sons, Michael, Matthew, and Marc.

42 MG Susan A. Davidson Commanding General, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, United States Army Pacific Major General Susan A. Davidson assumed command of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command on 8 July She was born in Dade City, Fla. Her military career began as a Cadet at New Mexico Military Institute, followed by graduating from New Mexico State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. She received her commission in May 1983 and came on active duty in April General Davidson has held a wide variety of command and staff positions. Previous to this assignment, she served as commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution. Her key assignments include deputy commanding general/director of operations, SDDC; director, Integration and Strategy, G43/7 in the Deputy Chief of Staff Logistics, G4; executive officer to the deputy commanding general of Army Materiel Command; deputy G3, 13th Corps Support Command; joint mobility operations officer, U.S. Transportation Command; executive officer and support operations officer, 524th Corps Support Battalion; Group S4, 45th Corps Support Group; Army re-serve advisor, 78th Infantry Division; group plans officer, operations officer, and chemical staff officer, 7th Transportation Group; and director of Human Resources Command, Logistics Officers Assignment Branch for Captains. General Davidson has commanded at company, battalion and brigade level in peace and war. She commanded the 870th Transportation Company for 17 months, including an 11-month deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. As a battalion commander, she commanded the 49th Movement Control Battalion forward during Operation Iraqi Freedom at Balad, Iraq, and at Fort Hood, Texas. In 2007, she assumed command of SDDC s 599th Transportation Group, and deployed forward to simultaneously serve as commander of the 595th Terminal Transportation Group in Kuwait for six months before returning to Hawaii to finish her 599th command time. Her military education includes the Chemical Officer Basic Course, Transportation Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, the Air Command and Staff College, Support Operations Course, Phase II, and the Navy War College. She holds a Master of Military Art and Science degree in Advanced Military Studies, and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. General Davidson s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit (with 3 oak leaf clusters); Bronze Star (with 2 oak leaf clusters); Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 oak leaf clusters); Army Commendation Medal (with 4 oak leaf clusters); Army Achievement Medal (with oak leaf cluster); Humanitarian Service Medal; and Army Staff Identification Badge.

43 Colonel Roy W. Speaks Assistant Chief of Staff, G5 Strategy, Plans and Exercises, 8th Theater Sustainment Command United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii Colonel Roy W. Speaks is currently serving as the Assistant Chief of Staff, G5 Strategy, Plans and Exercises at the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, USARPAC, located at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. He is responsible for planning and synchronizing operational and strategic sustainment and readiness across the Indo-Asia Pacific Region. He provides best strategic military advice to the TSC and USARPAC Commanders while informing and articulating Army theater sustainment requirements to all elements in the Pacific. Colonel Speaks also oversees the seamless integration of plans, exercises, and Security Cooperation ensuring our Pacific ally countries are assured continuous support from the Army Pacific. Colonel Speaks was commissioned through Officer Candidate School as an Ordnance Officer and assigned as Platoon Leader/Shop Officer in 407th Forward Support Battalion, 82d Airborne Division. In 2000 he assumed command of B Company, 225th Forward Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Colonel Speaks was then assigned to the United States Army Special Operations Command with duty at Special Operations Command Pacific from where he deployed serving as Liaison to the Coalition Forces Land Component Command G4 in Kuwait/Iraq and J4 Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines. In 2006 he was assigned to Fort Lewis, Washington where he served as the Support Operations Officer for 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) until In 2009 Lieutenant Colonel Speaks deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn as the Log Plans Officer in the J35. After attending the Army Command and General Staff College at Ft Leavenworth, Kansas, Lieutenant Colonel Speaks was selected as an Army Fellow at the RAND Arroyo Center in California. There he contributed to strategic studies directly related to Army Lean Equipping Strategies and Non-Standard Logistics Support to Special Operations Forces. In 2013 LTC Speaks assumed command of the 4th Battalion, 401st Army Field Support Brigade at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. Colonel Speaks battalion was directly responsible for the retrograde and recovery of over $6.2 billion of United States equipment from Afghanistan. Colonel Speaks is married to the former Ms. Catherine Todahl of Bakersfield, California. They have two sons; Anthony, a contractor in Afghanistan and Mason, a High School Senior. They reside in Honolulu, Hawaii where they enjoy traveling and all water sports.

44 CAPT Timothy L. Daniels, Supply Corps, USN Commander, Defense Logistics Agency Pacific Captain Daniels received his commission in 1991 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) program and upon graduation from the University of Idaho where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business/Economics. He is also a graduate of The George Washington University, holding a Master s Degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Supply Chain Management and Management Decision Technologies; the U.S. Army War College resident education program, holding a Master s Degree in Strategic Studies; and the Wharton Business School Executive Development Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Captain Daniels reported to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in June 2016 and served as the Commander, Defense Logistics Agency Energy Pacific, prior to being assigned as the Commander, Defense Logistics Agency Pacific in September 2016 as part of the DLA Command and Control (C2) regional alignment initiative. Prior to reporting to DLA, he served as the Director, Supply Corps Personnel, and Director, Detailing Division, Navy Personnel Command, Millington, Tennessee. Prior to his tour at Navy Personnel Command he served as the Force Supply Director of Readiness, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego, California. His sea duty assignments include: Supply Officer, USS PELELIU, San Diego, California; Supply Officer, USS LA SALLE, Gaeta, Italy; Services Officer, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, Norfolk, Virginia; and Supply Officer, USS TUNNY, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Captain Daniels deployed as a Navy Individual Augmentee in March 2007 and served as the Deputy for Plans, CJ4 Logistics Directorate, Combined Security Transition Command- Afghanistan, until redeploying in April His assignments ashore include: Logistics Systems Team lead, Naval Supply Systems Command Headquarters, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania; Deputy Director, Business Change Management and Strategic Planning Directorate, Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Executive Assistant to the Director, Logistics Operations, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fleet Petroleum Officer, Commander U. S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Deputy Director, Fleet Readiness Directorate, and Petroleum Officer Intern, Navy Petroleum Office, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Captain Daniels is a qualified Submarine Warfare Supply Corps Officer and Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer.

45 Brigadier General Martin F. Klein Commanding General, Deployment Support Command (DSC) and Deputy Commander for Mobilization, SDDC Brigadier General Martin F. Klein is the Commanding General, Deployment Support Command in Birmingham, Alabama and the Deputy Commander for Mobilization for the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry in 1991 through the Reserve Officers Training Course, General Klein was assigned as an Infantry Platoon Leader and later as a T.O.W. Platoon Leader, 1-87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Transitioning to the Logistics Corps, he was assigned as a Supply Platoon Leader and later Battalion S-4 of the 10th Forward Support Battalion. During this time, Klein participated in Operation Hurricane Andrew Relief and Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti. Upon completion of the Combined Officer Logistics Advanced Course, General Klein was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division where he served as a Division G-3 Plans Officer, the Division Materiel Officer, and the Battalion S-3 for the 407th Forward Support Battalion. In 1999, Klein assumed command of HQ/A Company, 407th FSB. After command, Klein was selected as the Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General for 1st COSCOM (ABN) until his selection as an Intern to the Joint Staff Logistics Directorate, Pentagon. While there, General Klein served as the Executive Assistant to the Director of Logistics; upon completion, he was assigned to the Army G-4 as a Logistics Transformation Staff Officer. General Klein left active duty in 2003 and was employed as a brand manager for Kraft Foods in Chicago, Ill. As a traditional Reservist, he was assigned as an Observer Controller and G-3 Plans Officer in the 1st Brigade, 85th Division at Fort Sheridan, Ill. He was later selected to serve in the Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) program with an assignment to Georgetown University ROTC, where he served as the Battalion Recruiting Operations Officer and the Battalion Executive Officer. Following this assignment, the general transitioned to the Operations Research Systems Analysis (ORSA) career field, where he served as a Senior Training Analyst in the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve (OCAR) and a Reserve Component Manning Program Analyst with the Army G-1. While assigned to the Army G-1, he deployed to Iraq, serving as the Chief of Operational Assessments, J-5 (Strategy) United States Forces-Iraq, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. Upon redeployment, General Klein was assigned as Branch Chief in OCAR Plans, Analysis, and Evaluation Directorate, and later as the Reserve Component Analyst, Army G-8. His most recent assignment was as the Deputy Commander, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. General Klein is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Combined Officer Advanced Course, the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. He holds a Bachelor s of Business Administration from Lenoir-Rhyne University, N.C., a Master s of Business Administration from Webster University, Mo., and a Master s of Strategic Studies from the Army War College. His awards and decorations include: the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (6), Joint Commendation Medal, Joint Achievement Medal, Army Commendation Medal (2), Army Achievement Medal (4), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal (2), Humanitarian Service Medal (2), Ranger Tab, Senior Parachutist Badge, Rigger Badge, and the Joint and Army Staff Identification Badges. Foreign awards include the Venezuelan Basic Parachutist and Thai Parachutist Badges.

46 Rear Admiral John T. Palmer Director, Logistics, Fleet Supply and Ordnance (N4) Rear Adm. John T. Palmer is director, logistics, fleet supply and ordnance, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Palmer is a native of Lexington, Kentucky and a 1988 graduate of The Citadel with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. He also graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School with a Master of Science degree in systems management (acquisition and contract management) and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business Senior Executive Program. His operational assignments include supply officer, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in support of Joint Task Force Katrina; principal assistant for logistics, USS George Washington (CVN 73) participating in operations Enduring Freedom and Noble Eagle; supply officer, USS Boone (FFG 28) serving with Mediterranean NATO forces in operation Sharp Guard in support of action in Bosnia; and material division officer and aviation support division officer, USS Guam (LPH 9) where he participated in operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Eastern Exit. His command shore assignments include commanding officer, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego; commander, Defense Distribution Mapping Activity (DDMA); and commander, Defense Distribution Depot Richmond Virginia (DDRV). Other tours ashore include assistant commander, Supply Operations & Logistics Policy (N3/4) and executive assistant to Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP); director of supply corps personnel, Navy Personnel Command (NPC); deputy assistant commander for contracts, deputy department head for contracts in support of PEO (W) (Cruise Missiles & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), and AIR 1.0 (Multi-Mission Aircraft & Multi-Mission Platform Equipment, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR); procurement branch chief, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (formerly Defense Supply Center Richmond); and instructor of supply management and joint aviation supply & maintenance material management, Navy Supply Corps School. Palmer s qualifications include Naval Aviation Supply Officer, Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer, DAWIA Level III (Contracting), Joint Qualified Officer, and membership in the Defense Acquisition Corps. He is recognized by the National Contract Management Association as a Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM). He is entitled to wear the Legion of Merit, along with various other personal, unit and service awards.

47 COL Peter J. Koch United States Pacific Command Division Chief - J46: Logistics Plans, Exercises and OCS BIOGRAPHY United States Navy United States Army COL Pete Koch was born and raised in Colorado and then attended high school and college in New England. He was commissioned as a Transportation Officer thru the University of New Hampshire in He has two daughters, Amber (20) and Felicity (17). COL Koch s previous assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company XO and Detachment Commander, 180 th Trans Bn, Fort Hood, Texas; Staff Officer and Company Commander, 46 th CSG (A), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Logistics Officer, Special Operations Theater Support Element (SOTSE), US Army South, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico and Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Mobility Chief and Transportation Planner, 1 st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Battalion Executive Officer, 210 BSB, 2 nd Brigade, 10 th Mountain Division, Fort Drum New York; Branch Chief and Deputy for the G-38, Adaptive C- IED/EOD Solutions Division, Operations Directorate, G-3/5/7, Headquarters, Department of the Army; Battalion Commander, st Army Field Support Battalion, Bagram Afghanistan. COL Koch s operational deployments include: G-5 plans, Joint Logistics Command, Hurricane Mitch Disaster Relief, El Salvador, Oct 98 to Feb 99 (Fuerto Apoyo); Deputy J4, CJSOTF-Afghanistan, Jan 03 to Jul 03 (OEF); Mobility Operations and Plans Chief, 1 st TSC, Arifjan, Kuwait, June 07 to May 08 (GWOT/OIF); Battalion XO, 210 BSB, 2 nd BDE, 10 th MTN, MND-C, Iraq, Oct 09 to Jun 10 (OIF); Battalion Commander, st AFSBn-Bagram, Afghanistan, Dec 11 to Dec 12 (OEF). COL Koch is a graduate of the Transportation Officer Basic Course (1994), Combined Logistics Officer Advance Course (1998), Support Operations Course (2000), Command and General Staff College - ILE ( ), Division Transportation Officer Course (2006), Joint Planners Course (2006), Lean Six Sigma (2011), and received his Master of Science in National Security Strategy from the National War College ( ). COL Koch s award and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (x3), Meritorious Service Medal (x3), Army Commendation Medal (x6), Joint Service Accommodation Medal, Army Achievement Medal(x4), National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan and Iraq Campaign Medals, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service Medals, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon(x4) and the NATO Medal. He has also been awarded the Joint Meritorious Unit Award (x2), Meritorious Unit Award, Army Airborne and Pathfinder badges, the Army Staff Badge and foreign airborne badges from the Dominican Republic, Mexico (Navy), Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala.

48 Major General James J. Mingus Director Mission Command Center of Excellence Fort Leavenworth Major General James J. Mingus enlisted into the Iowa Army National Guard in He was commissioned in the Field Artillery Branch in 1985 from Winona State University and later branched Infantry after he entered active duty in During more than 35 years of service, Maj. Gen. Mingus has commanded at every echelon from company to brigade in addition to working in key staff positions in Army, Special Operations Forces and joint units. He served as a platoon leader, executive officer, and battalion maintenance officer at 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division in Germany from 1988 to After promotion to captain, he returned to the United States where he served as a rifle company commander, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Division Long Range Surveillance Detachment commander, aide-de-camp to the commanding general, and finally, commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps Long Range Surveillance Company at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Maj. Gen. Mingus subsequently moved to Tennessee where he served as an ROTC Assistant Professor of Military Science instructor for the University of Tennessee-Knoxville from 1997 to He was then selected to be the liaison officer, and later battalion operations officer, at 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia from 2000 to He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served as the chief, Joint Planning Group, and later chief, Current Operations, at Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg. He then took command of 4th Ranger Training Battalion at Fort Benning, Georgia, from 2005 to Subsequently, he commanded the Regimental Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning from 2007 to In August 2010, he assumed command of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colorado where he deployed the brigade in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom 12 times from 2001 to He also served as the deputy J5, Plans, United States Central Command (US CENTCOM). He previously served there as director of the Commander s Action Group and executive officer to the commander US CENTCOM. Most recently, Maj. Gen. Mingus served as the Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 4th Infantry Division, where he also served as the Mission Command Director for U. S. Army Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve. His military education includes the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College.

49 Pete Palmer, BG USA (Ret.) Director, EDGE Innovation Network As director of the EDGE Innovation Network, Pete is responsible for leading the EDGE Innovation Network Enterprise and is a key contributor to new project development within the EDGE. He is also develops long-range strategy objectives to ensure continued growth of the EDGE network. Prior to joining General Dynamics Mission Systems, Pete performed over 32 years of active service as a commissioned officer in the United States Army, retiring in 2009 as a Brigadier General. His experience in the Army includes a wide range of assignments in the Infantry, both stateside and abroad. His Joint and Coalition experiences include four tours in NATO (Germany), SHAPE during Kosovo conflict, Dpty Commander TF Falcon in KOSOVO, Commander the Battle Command Training Program (BCTP) at the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. BCTP is a simulation based virtual training environment focusing on training Brigade, Division and Army Commanders and Staff in Joint and Coalition mission command, C4ISR systems and processes. His most recent Joint and Coalition experience was in as Brigadier General, serving as deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and later as deputy Chief of staff for operations for the Multi-national Force in Operation Iraqi Freedom. As deputy Chief of staff for operations he served under MG Molan, Australian Army. In 2005, Pete was assigned to serve as the Director of Accelerated Capabilities Development for the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) at Fort Monroe, Va. He managed a broad capabilities development portfolio with responsibility for the development and integration of Department of the Army future and current fight capabilities documents as well as Science and Technology capability documents for the Army and Joint and Multi-National forces. Pete was also instrumental in championing the Army s recent push into understanding and improving the relationship between the Soldier and technology. This is one aspect of the Human Dimension (HD) capabilities development initiative that encompasses the moral, physical, and cognitive components of Soldier development and performance. Pete s experience as a thought leader in Human Dimension has kept him at the forefront of technology discovery and allowed him to interact with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), industry and academia. He is applying this experience to move the EDGE Innovation Network to the next level, keeping it at the forefront of understanding the technology gaps warfighters face and developing new ways for the warfighter to assess and manage information. Pete received his bachelors of science in electrical engineering and computer science from the United States Military Academy and a masters of arts in National Securities studies from the University of California San Bernardino. He also has two masters of military arts and science in operation and operational art from the US Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Pete is based in Scottsdale, Ariz.

50 Land Component Commander Brigadier John Boswell Brigadier Boswell enlisted into the New Zealand Army in January 1984 and graduated from the Officer Cadet School Waiouru in December 1985 into the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment in the rank of Second Lieutenant. Brigadier Boswell has served with the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment in both Singapore and New Zealand, and has completed two postings, including one as the Commanding Officer, with the 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion. Throughout his career Brigadier Boswell has undertaken a range of regimental, staff and training appointments including postings as the Chief Instructor Combat School, Director Army Training, Military Assistant at the New Zealand High Commission in London, Head of Strategy Management (Army), Acting Deputy Chief of Army, and the Chief Staff Officer - Joint Plans at Headquarters Joint Force New Zealand. Brigadier Boswell was posted in as the Assistant Chief Strategic Commitments and Engagements in January In March 2018 he will take up the role of Land Component Commander, HQ JFNZ. Brigadier Boswell has deployed on operations with the United Nations in Angola, East Timor and the Middle East and, in April 2010, he deployed to Afghanistan, as the Senior National Officer and Commanding Officer of the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, Bamyan. Brigadier Boswell was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD) in recognition of his service in Afghanistan. In 1999 Brigadier Boswell attended the Australian Command and Staff Course at Queenscliffe and, in 2015, the National Defence College of India. He holds a Masters in Defence Studies from the University of Canberra, a Masters of Philosophy (Defence and Strategic Studies) from the University of Madras, and a Masters of Management, Bachelors of Arts (History) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Massey University. Brigadier Boswell is married to Vicky and they have a son and a daughter; Joseph and Kate. His interests include all sports, either as a participant, administrator or spectator.

51 Brigadier General Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum is the Mobilization Assistant to Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, U.S. Pacific Command at Camp Smith, Hawai i. She has a key role in the Pacific Command s effort to shape and maintain regional security through development of diplomatic, economic, and military policies. This includes building and maintaining military-to-military and political-military relationships among 36 nations within the Pacific region covering over 51% of the globe. Activities include military to military engagements, homeland defense, extended deterrence, Women, Peace and Security, and, as a senior leader within the directorate, oversight of strategy and policy issues that influence the region. Brigadier General Vares-Lum was commissioned as a Distinguished Military Graduate in the Military Intelligence Corps on 15 May 1988 through the Army ROTC program at the University of Hawai i at Mānoa. She has served in a variety of command and staff positions throughout her 30 years of service on Active Duty and in the Hawai i National Guard. Prior to her current position at USPACOM, she served as the Chief of the Joint Staff, Hawai i National Guard (HING), the Vice Chief of Staff, the HING J2, and the 298th Regiment Multifunctional Training Unit Commander. Brigadier General Vares- Lum was also mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III and the led the Joint Intelligence Center in Balad, Iraq. BG Vares-Lum received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism in 1989 and her Master of Education in Teaching in 1996 from the University of Hawai i at Mānoa. She is also a graduate of the U.S. Army War College and earned a Master of Strategic Studies degree in Her awards include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, and the Iraqi Campaign Medal. BG Vares-Lum is the 19th general officer and the first female general officer commissioned from the University of Hawai i at Mānoa Army ROTC program, and was inducted into the Army ROTC Hall of Fame at Ft. Knox, KY. She is an active community member who advocates for mentorship, and has been a speaker and panelist for a multitude of community events. BG Vares-Lum was born and raised on O ahu. She has been married to LTC (R) Courtney Vares-Lum for 28 years and has two daughters, Diana (18) and Connie (14).

52 MAJOR GENERAL WILSON A. SHOFFNER MG Wilson A. Shoffner graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations. He holds a Master of Military Art and Science degree from the School of Advanced Military Studies and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. MG Shoffner s command experience includes: B Battery, 3 rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2 nd Battalion, 319 th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, and the 18th Fires Brigade. Operational deployments include: Saudi Arabia and Iraq during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, and Afghanistan in 2003 as the Chief of Plans, 82d Airborne Division during Operation Enduring Freedom. As a Battalion Commander, he deployed to New Orleans in 2005 as part of Joint Task Force Katrina, and in 2007 deployed to Baghdad, Iraq where th was employed as a maneuver task force as part of the surge during Operation Iraqi Freedom. From , MG Shoffner served as the Deputy Chief of Plans for the NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, then located in Rheindalen, Germany. As a Colonel, he served as the Army s liaison to the U.S. House of Representatives. General Officer assignments include: Deputy Commanding General- Support, 1st Armored Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, Army Training and Doctrine Command, and Deputy Chief of Staff-Communications, NATO Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan. He most recently served on the Army Staff in the Pentagon as Director, Army Talent Management Task Force, and Director of Operations, Army Rapid Capabilities Office. MG Shoffner s awards and decorations include: Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (3), Bronze Star Medal (1), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (1), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal (2), Southwest Asia Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, GWOT Service Medal, GWOT Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Valorous Unit Award, Kuwait Liberation Medals, and the Master Parachutist Badge. MG Shoffner is married to the former Carron Charney of Lansing, MI and has one daughter, Kristin.

53 Colonel Robert M. Ryan COL Robert M. Ryan enlisted in the Army in 1984 and was stationed at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, with the 1st Ranger Bn., 75th Ranger Regiment. COL Ryan served from as a rifleman, PLT RTO, team leader and squad leader. In 1993, COL Robert Ryan was commissioned into the Infantry as a Distinguished Military Graduate from the ROTC program at Cornell University. After attending the Infantry Officer Basic Course, COL Ryan was assigned to the 6th Brigade (Light) at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. There he was assigned to the 4th Bn., 9th Infantry Regiment and served as a rifle platoon leader, scout platoon leader, and company executive officer. In 1995, COL Ryan returned to Fort Benning, Georgia, and assumed duties as a Ranger rifle platoon leader and executive officer with the 3rd Ranger Bn., 75th Ranger Regt. COL Ryan attended the Infantry Officer Advanced Course in 1998 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Riley, Kansas, where he served as the assistant operations officer for 1st Bn., 16th Inf. Regt. (Mechanized). In 1998 COL Ryan assumed command of C Co., 1st Bn., 16th Inf. Regt. (Mechanized) and deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo from After leaving Fort Riley, COL Ryan returned to the 75th Ranger Regt. and served as the 3rd Ranger Bn. s assistant operations officer prior to assuming command of A Co., 3rd Ranger Bn. As a staff officer and company commander, COL Ryan deployed during the initial combat operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq. He was then selected for a third company command as the 75th Ranger Reconnaissance Detachment commander. In this capacity COL Ryan deployed to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq for over 18 months during his two years of command. In 2005, COL Ryan attended the U.S. Air Force Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, where he received a Masters of Military Arts and Science. In 2006, COL Ryan returned back to 3rd Bn., 75th Ranger Regt. to serve as a Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) commander and Joint Task Force Operations Officer, Ranger battalion operations officer, and Regimental Special Troops battalion executive officer. From , COL Ryan completed his tour with U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) as the aide-de-camp for the commanding general, USASOC. From 2010 to 2012, COL Ryan commanded the 4th Bn., 31st Inf. Regt. at Fort Drum, N.Y. He was then assigned with the 2nd Brigade Command Team, 10th Mountain Division as the brigade s deputy commander in Patika Province, Afghanistan. In 2013, COL Ryan returned to Fort Benning and assumed duties as the battalion commander for the Regimental Special Troops Bn., 75th Ranger Regt. During his tenure at the Regimental Special Troops Bn., he also served as the Joint Task Force Commander, in Kabul, Afghanistan. COL Ryan recently graduated from the Naval War College and earned a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.

54 COL Ryan s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal (2 V devices, 1 silver and 2 bronze oak leaf clusters), Meritorious Service Medal (1 silver oak leaf cluster), Army Commendation Medal (1 V device, 1 silver oak leaf cluster), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal (1 silver oak leaf cluster), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (with arrowhead device), Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Valorous Unit Award, Afghan Campaign Medal (3 service stars), Master Parachutist Badge (with bronze combat service star), Military Freefall Master Parachutist Badge, and Ranger Tab. COL Ryan is married to the former Christine Clarke of Syracuse, N.Y., and they have two children, Colin, currently serving in the US Navy, and Haley who is entering her sophomore year at West Georgia University.

55 Brigadier General Christopher W. Stockel Commanding General Brigadier General Christopher W. Stockel is the Commanding General of the 351st Civil Affairs Command, Mountain View, California. He commands a force of over 2200 Soldiers and Civilians geographically dispersed in 8 western states, to include Hawaii, and is responsible for strategic through tactical civil affairs support across the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility. Prior to his current assignment, he served as the Deputy Commanding General of the US Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne). The command has more than 13,000 Soldiers and Civilians for the worldwide mission of supporting Combatant Commanders, along with their respective Army Service Component Commands, with theater oriented strategic through tactical level civil affairs and military information support operations. Before this assignment at USACAPOC(A), he was the commander of the 207th Digital Liaison Detachment, 412th Theater Engineer Command. He served as the Chief of Staff for the 352nd Civil Affairs Command with the mission of supporting strategic through tactical civil affairs in support of US Central Command. BG Stockel has more than 30 years of military service. He received his commission through Officer Candidate School and has attended Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses. BG Stockel has also completed Airborne and Ranger schools, Special Forces Assessment and Selection, Special Forces Detachment Officer Qualification Course, Survival, Escape, Evasion, and Resistance Training Course, Civil Affairs Officer Advanced Course, and the Public Affairs Officer Course. BG Stockel served as an Operational Detachment Alpha Commander with 12th Special Forces Group (Airborne). As a captain and major he served in various civil affairs and public affairs assignments in the special operations community. He served in Iraq from 2003 to 2004, directing a Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC) and later as the Government Team Chief for the 4th Infantry Division. In 2005, he served as the Public Affairs Officer for the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Arabian Peninsula with Special Operations Command. From 2011 to 2012, BG Stockel served as the CMOC Commander & Director Strategy and Effects Operational Command Post Third Army/ARCENT, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. BG Stockel is a graduate of the Army War College, earning a Master of Science degree in Strategic Studies. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Ranger tab, Special Forces tab, Parachutist tab, and German Parachute Badge. In his civilian career, BG Stockel works for Federal Express as an operations manager at Newark International Airport. He speaks German and has limited knowledge of Arabic and Spanish, has a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Computer Science from Trenton State College, and studied abroad at the University of Frankfurt during his senior year. He is married to Lisa (Napiorski) Stockel and they live in New Jersey.

56 BIOGRAPHY James E. Rivenbark, Jr. Lieutenant Colonel USARPAC Army Reserve Engagement Cell Lieutenant Colonel James Rivenbark is assigned to the U.S. Army Pacific Command s Army Reserve Engagement Cell as the Civil Affairs Planner. He provides subject matter expertise to inform U.S. Army Pacific Command of relevant Army Reserve Civil Affairs capabilities and assets related to U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Army Pacific exercise development and crisis and contingency planning operations. His previous assignments include: Chief of Plans and Operations of the 354 th Civil Affairs Brigade; Headquarters Company Commander, 351 st Civil Affairs Command; Chief of Plans and Operations of the 489 th Civil Affairs Battalion; Civil Affairs Team Leader with the 489 th Civil Affairs Battalion (Operation Iraqi Freedom); Company Executive Officer, 60 th Ordnance Company, and Scout Platoon Leader in 2 nd Squadron, 3 rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Carson, CO. He received his commission as an Armor Officer from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Middle Tennessee State University in He is a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic Course, Scout Platoon Leader Course, the Ordnance Captain s Career Course, the Civil Affairs Qualification Course, Command and General Staff College, and the Army Security Cooperation Planner s Course. Lieutenant Colonel Rivenbark holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Middle Tennessee State University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (three Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Badge.

57 Director, Pacific Outreach, U.S. Pacific Command (J9) Dr. John Randolph Wood, SES Dr. John Wood is the Director, J9, Pacific Outreach at U.S. Pacific Command (HQ USPACOM) at Camp Smith, Hawaii. As the HQ USPACOM J9, Dr. Wood leads the Command s Strategic Public-Private Partnership Outreach; Senior Leadership Engagement and outreach to nontraditional security entities such as academia, think tanks, NGOs and private sector; PACOM staff academic development and speaker series; USPACOM All-Hazards campaign to reduce the risks of natural disasters, build resilient communities through innovative and strategic partnerships, and plan, align, and synchronize PACOM s humanitarian response; interagency alignment in Washington, D.C. and in PACOM by coordinating the embedded Liaison Officers; economic security intelligence and analysis for the command; historical office to provide historical context to real-time operations and to create and catalog USPACOM commander histories; and Legislative Affairs outreach to U.S. Congress and Hawaii state government to accomplish USPACOM s mission, strategy, and priorities. Prior to his 2014 appointment to the Senior Executive Service, Dr. Wood was an active duty naval officer and fighter pilot, and brings 31 years of leadership and management to civilian service at USPACOM. Dr. Wood has lived in Germany, Italy, Bahrain, Japan, and Singapore, flown fighter aircraft off of aircraft carriers throughout the Middle East and Asia, and served in major staffs and Combatant Commands throughout the world in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Dr. Wood was the Senior Defense Official, US Defense and Naval Attaché at the US Embassy in the Republic of Singapore from With a staff of 15 including six fully accredited attachés, Dr. Wood was the coordinating authority for all Defense activities in Singapore and the principal military advisor to the Ambassador. In 2012 the Department of Defense awarded Dr. Wood s Defense Attaché Office (DAO) in Singapore the top DAO globally. Dr. Wood commanded Training Air Wing One from As Commodore, he led 800 civilian contractors, government civilians, and Navy, Marine, French and UK instructor pilots and student pilots in three subordinate squadrons in advanced strike training. He was directly responsible for 85 aircraft and a $100M budget. His Air Wing produced half of the Navy/Marine Corps strike fighter pilots.

58 From Dr. Wood served as Director of Strategy, Assessments, and Analysis for the Commander of Naval Forces in Europe. He managed a team of 20 personnel that advised, led and assessed a major staff move from London to Naples and commensurate 20 percent staff reduction, and helped develop and execute a completely new organizational structure. He created the strategy and assessment team for the Command s partnerships in Africa, and developed an innovative open- source information and assessment process that tracked the efficacy of US military training teams in the Gulf of Guinea. From , Dr. Wood was the Assistant Chief of Staff (N5) for Political-Military Affairs, Plans, Exercises, Strategy and Assessments to the Commander of Naval Forces Central Command/Commander Fifth Fleet in the Kingdom of Bahrain during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Dr. Wood led a team of 60 political-military experts, coalition officers, and analysts to develop objectives and lines of operation congruent with coalition and the Combatant Commander s strategies, reinvigorated a dormant exercise program, led all mil-mil engagements throughout the Middle East, and developed short- and long-term strategic plans that extended into the post-war period. From Dr. Wood s assignments included: Commanding Officer, 33d Squadron; Plans and Fleet Warfare Officer (N32/N52), U. S. Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka Japan; Operations and Readiness Officer, Fighter Wing Atlantic; Plans Officer, US Central Command; Operations Officer, Fighter Squadron Eleven; Instructor, Fighter Squadron One Two Four; Graduate, Navy Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun); and F-14 Training Officer, Fighter Squadron One. Throughout his career, Dr. Wood received numerous naval aviation honors including: Training Command Pilot of the Year, Carrier Air Wing Two Tailhook Pilot of the Year, and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen Tailhook Pilot of the Year. Selected as the US Navy s Moreau Scholar in 1998, Dr. Wood holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and Security Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where he graduated top in his class and was awarded the Robert Stewart Prize for leadership and academic excellence. He holds Masters of Arts degrees from the University of San Diego and United States Naval War College in International Relations, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the US Naval Academy. He is a 2015 graduate of Harvard s Senior Executive Course in National Security. Throughout his career he has served as a guest lecturer at universities, think tanks, UN Conferences, and regional symposia in the U.S. and Asia. In 1996, out of over one thousand national applicants, Dr. Wood was selected as 1 of 18 White House Fellows, serving as Special Assistant to the Secretary of State. He continues to be an active White House Fellows Alumni Associate and sits on the San Francisco Regional Selection Panel. An avid supporter of the military s role in diplomacy and international engagements, Dr. Wood helped found the US Navy s Foreign Area Officer (FAO) community in 2005 and served on the first of many FAO selection and promotion boards. Dr. Wood s personal decorations include Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit Medal (3), Meritorious Service Medals (4), Air Medal, Joint Commendation Medal, Navy and Air Force Achievement Medals, as well as various service medals, commendations and citations.

59 U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Pacific Ocean Division Brigadier General Thomas J. Tickner Commander On July 27, 2017, Brigadier General Thomas J. Tickner became the 33 rd Commander and Division Engineer for the Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As the Division Engineer, he is responsible for a mission that includes engineering design, construction and real estate management for the Army in Hawaii, Army and Air Force in Alaska, and for all Department of Defense Services and Agencies in Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Pacific Ocean Division administers the Corps federal water resource development program and waters and wetlands regulatory programs in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Division program includes the multi-year $10.7 billion Korea Transformation Program and the $15.8 billion U.S.-Japan Defense Policy Review Initiative. Pacific Ocean Division also supports U.S. Pacific Command s and U.S. Army Pacific s Theater Security Cooperation strategies, Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Response Program, and Civil-Military Emergency Preparedness with projects throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Brigadier General Tickner has served in a variety of tactical, operational, and strategic assignments spanning a period of 27 years. He most recently served as Chief, Army Budget Liaison, in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, following his return from a oneyear tour in Afghanistan, where he served as the Engineer Director for the Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan (CSTC-A). In 1989, Brigadier General Tickner was commissioned a Distinguished Military Graduate through the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). He began his military career as a platoon leader, executive officer and assistant operations officer in the 326 th Engineer Battalion, 101 st Airborne Division (Air Assault) followed by an assignment to the 84 th Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, where he held company command. He served in various assignments with the Sacramento District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to include a deployment to lead the Los Alamos Fire Recovery Office. Brigadier General Tickner then served as the Operations Officer and Executive Officer for the 52 nd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), Fort Carson, Colo., where he deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He then served as an Engineer Branch Assignment Officer at the Army s Human Resources Command, followed by command at the Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, from June 2008 to July Brigadier General Tickner worked as the Military Assistant for the ASA (Civil Works), followed by commanding the Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, from July 2013 to June Brigadier General Tickner is a native of Wayne, Pa. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1990, his Masters of Civil Engineering Degree from University of Colorado at Boulder in 1999, and a Masters of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School, National Defense University in He is a graduate of the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Brigadier General Tickner is a graduate of the Airborne, Air Assault, and Ranger courses. He is a certified Project Management Professional. Brigadier General Tickner s military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Engineer Silver de Fleury Medal, Combat Action Badge, and Army Staff Identification Badge. BUILDING STRONG U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PACIFIC OCEAN DIVISION

60 Joseph D. Martin, SES Director, Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Mr. Martin is the Director of the Department of Defense Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) on Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He directs training, education, applied research, regional civil-military coordination, and crisis support during disasters in support of U.S. Pacific Command, with worldwide responsibilities and functional alignment under the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Stability and Humanitarian Affairs. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in October 2016 upon resuming duties as the Center s Director; he previously served as the Director of CFE-DM from May 2014 to June 2016 while on active duty as a U.S. Air Force colonel. Mr. Martin was commissioned through ROTC as a distinguished graduate in the U.S. Air Force in 1989 after having completed a bachelor s degree in mathematics from the University of California, Riverside. In his nearly 27-year Air Force career, he served as logistics planner, supply/fuels officer, and logistics readiness officer. He commanded twice at the flight level (including Operation Southern Watch), three times at the squadron level (including Operation Iraqi Freedom), and from was an Expeditionary Mission Support Group Commander during Operation Enduring Freedom. Additionally, he served on the Logistics Staff at Pacific Air Forces and the Air Staff, and completed joint positions with the Defense Logistics Agency, U.S. Forces Korea, and U.S. Pacific Command. Prior to being the Director at CFE-DM, he was the Director of Pacific Outreach (J9) at U.S. Pacific Command from Mr. Martin holds graduate degrees from Troy State University, the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air University, and National Defense University. During his uniformed service he was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal (2), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Meritorious Service Medal (7), Joint and Air Force Commendation Medals, the Air Force Achievement Medal, and numerous campaign and unit awards. Mr. Martin is married and has six children.

61 Lt Gen Purna Chandra Thapa Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Purna Chandra Thapa is an officer in the Nepalese Army and served as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force from 19 January 2015 until 7 February He was educated at the University of Madras in India and Tribhuvan University in Nepal and holds a Master of Philosophy degree. In addition, he pursued additional studies at the Army Command and Staff College of Nepal. He was promoted to the rank of Lt General on 4 October Thapa has held various high-level positions in the Nepalese Army and has worked with the Nepalese contingent to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. In April 2006, Colonel Purna Chandra Thapa served as "Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations". As a brigadier general, he served as Director of Welfare Planning. Thapa was the Adjutant General, before being appointed commander of the Valley Division in Prior to his United Nations appointment on 19 January 2015 by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Lt General Thapa served as the Master General of Ordnance with the Nepalese Army.