AUSA ANNUAL MEETING AND EXPOSITION SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE 9 11 October 2017 Building Readiness: America s Army from the Great War to Multi-Domain Battle A Profession Development Forum (please note all presentors are on an invited basis only and subject to change) FRIDAY, 6 OCTOBER 0800 1700 AUSA Registration West Registration Area SATURDAY, 7 OCTOBER 0800 1700 AUSA Registration and Ticket Pickup West Registration Area SUNDAY, 8 OCTOBER 0800 1800 AUSA Registration and Ticket Pickup East and West Registration Area 1300 1700 Chapter Presidents Training 1900 2200 Chapter Presidents Reception and Dinner Marquis Ballroom -Salons 1-5 Host and Keynote GEN Carter F. Ham President and CEO Association of the United States Army Presentation of Chapter Awards MONDAY, 9 OCTOBER THEME: LETHALITY 0630 0830 The Sergeant Major of the Army Battle Challenge Room 152 A and Exhibit Hall C 0700 1900 AUSA Registration Open Convention Center East and West Registration 0700 1900 AUSA Ticket Pickup Open Convention Center West Registration
0730 0900 National Guard/Army Reserve Breakfast Room 146 A, B, and C (ticket/id badge required) Host: LTG Jack Stultz Council of Trustees AUSA Presentation of Walter T. Kerwin, Jr. Readiness Awards 1st Battalion 116th Infantry Virginia Army National Guard Commander: LTC Christopher Samulski CSM: Irving N. Reed, Jr. 900th Quartermaster Company U.S. Army Reserve El Paso, TX Commander: Captain Carlos Almanza SFC: Emiliano Nevarez Presentation of Chapter Awards GEN Robert B. Abrams United States Army Forces Command 0730 0900 AUSA Family Readiness Networking Breakfast * Room 201 (By invitation only ticket/id badge required) 0900 1700 Exhibits Open Halls A, B, C, D and E 0930 1115 Opening Ceremony Ballroom Prelude 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Fife & Drum Corps The United States Army Band, Pershing s Own Presiding: GEN Carter F. Ham President and CEO AUSA INVOCATION: Chaplain (COL) Terry Austin Military District of Washington United States Army Keynote The Honorable James N. Mattis Secretary of Defense United States Department of Defense
National Award Presentations General Creighton W. Abrams Medal GEN Eric Shinseki United States Army Retired Major General Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Medal Catherine Roache Lieutenant General Raymond S. McLain Medal MG Gus R. Hargett, Jr. United States Army Retired Major General James Earl Rudder Medal MG Marcia M. Anderson United States Army Retired Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge Medal SGM Todd B. Hunter United States Army Retired John W. Dixon Award Dennis Muilenburg The Joseph P. Cribbins Award Margaret A. Barrett-Tyree The AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year SFC Eryn Seidl and Family United States Army Retired The AUSA National Service Award Patriot Guard Riders Presentation of Chapter and Division/Command Awards 1230 1430 SMA Awards Luncheon * Room 146 ABC (CSMs, GOs, NCOs, and Soldiers of the Year ticket/id badge required) Host: SMA Daniel A. Dailey Sergeant Major of the Army MASTER OF CEREMONIES: SMA Kenneth O. Preston Director Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier Programs AUSA GEN James C. McConville Vice Chief of Staff United States Army Patriotic Program The United States Army Chorus
1230 1430 Corporate Member Luncheon * Marquis Ballroom -Salon 1-5 (Ticket/ID badge required) HOST: MG Patricia P. Hickerson Council of Trustees AUSA SPEAKER: GEN David G. Perkins United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Presentation of Chapter Awards Patiotic Program The United States Army Brass Quintet 1230 1430 ROTC Luncheon * Marquis Ballroom -Salon 6-10 (Ticket/ID badge required) Host: LTG Raymond V. Mason GEN Gustave F. Perna United States Army Materiel Command Presentation of ROTC Awards Patriotic Program Down Range 1300 1730 AUSA Author s Forum Room 145 A Moderators: LTG Theodore G. Stroup, Jr. AUSA Senior Fellow LTG Richard Trefry AUSA ILW Senior Fellow Author s Discussion: Maj. Gen. Jacob Even, IDF Retired (Author), Simcha B. Maoz, IDF Retired (Author) Maj. Gen. Jacob Even, IDF Retired, (Presentor) At the Decisive Point in the Sinai: Generalship in the Yom Kippur War Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (September 5, 2017)
Richard Harrison, Ph.D., (Editor) The Iasi-Kishinev Operation: The Red Army's Summer Offensive Into the Balkans Publisher: Helion and Company (August 19, 2017) The Budapest Operation: An Operational-Strategic Study Publisher: Helion and Company (June 12, 2017) The Battle of Kursk: The Red Army s Defensive Operations and Counter-Offensive, July-August 1943 Publisher: Helion and Company (August 19, 2016) Brian Laslie, Ph.D. (Author) Architect of Airpower: General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth of the US Air Force Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (October 6, 2017) COL Pesach Malovany, IDF Retired (Author) Wars of Modern Babylon: A History of the Iraqi Army from 1921 to 2003 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (July 4, 2017) MG David Zabecki, USA Retired (Author) Lossberg's War: The World War I Memoirs of a German Chief of Staff Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (September 5, 2017) Brig. Gen. Dani Asher, IDF Retired (Editor) Inside Israel s Northern Command: The Yom Kippur War on the Syrian Border Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (February 8, 2016) Robert S. Allen (Author), Capt John Nelson Rickard, CAF (Editor) Forward with Patton: The World War II Diary of Colonel Robert S. Allen Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (August 4, 2017) 1330 1500 United States Army Women s Foundation Panel Room 209 BC Keynote MG Mari K. Eder Panel Presentation: Extraordinary Soldiers: Their Experiences, Challenges, Successes Moderator: CSM Donna A. Brock United States Army Retired Senior Enlisted Advisor 43rd Surgeon General United States Army BG Cindy R. Jebb 14th Dean of the Academic Board United States Military Academy, West Point CW5 Phyllis J. Wilson Senior Army Leadership Instructor United States Army Warrant Officer Career College Fort Rucker CSM Billie Jo Boersma United States Army Garrison Fort Belvoir
SSG Elizabeth Marks World Class Athlete Program Fort Carson 2016 Paralympic Gold and Bronze Medalist 2016 Invictus Games (4) Gold Medals 2016 ESPY Pat Tillman Award Recipient 1330 1500 Digital Learning Session Room 204 ABC Social Media and the Future of Leader Development COL Jim Greer CPT Doug Meyer Creator Hay in the Barn Leader Rebecca Johnson, Ph.D. Marine Corps University MAJ Joe Byerly Editor and Creator From the Green Notebook 1400 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Army Modernization A Life Cycle Approach to Lethality Room 202B Lead Steffanie B. Easter Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology 1400 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Ready Now Room 151 AB Lead GEN Robert B. Abrams United States Army Forces Command Robert L. Wilkie (Invited) Lawyer Senior Advisor to United States Senator Thom Tillis MG Joseph M. Martin 1st Infantry Division MG Joseph F. Jarrard Adjutant General State of Georgia Colonel Christopher R. Norrie Chief, Operations Group, National Training Center and former Commander 3/4 Infantry Division, the rotational ABCT to Europe
1400 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Future Multi-Domain Threats within the Operational Environment Room 147 AB Jeffrey Mankoff Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program Center for Strategic & International Studies Ken Gause Director, International Affairs Group CNA Corporation Mehdi Khalaji Libitzky Family Fellow The Washington Institute Peter Brookes Senior Fellow, National Security Affairs Heritage Foundation Vera Zakem Director, Strategy, Marketing, and Partnerships/Project Director (CSS) CNA Corporation 1400 1600 Military Retiree and Veteran Update Seminar Room 140A 1400 1630 AUSA Military Family Forum I Warrior and Family Wellness: It Takes a Team Room 207 AB Opening Remarks: Patty Barron Director of Family Readiness Association of the United States Army Lead LTG Nadja Y. West (Invited) United States Army Medical Command The Surgeon General, United States Army Soldier and Family Wellness Panel Moderator: Josie Beets Senior Advisor for the Chief Financial Officers Council and President s Management Council Office of Executive Councils Past President, Military Spouse JD Network Marianne Campano Military Caregivers - Heart of Recovery Initiative Office of The Surgeon General, Army Chaplain (COL) Joseph H. Melvin Fort Belvoir Garrison Chaplain
Rachel O'Hern Executive Director Returning Heroes Home Inc LTC Amy Beth P. Moore United States Army Retired Army Survivor Advisory Working Group Closing Speaker Vice Adimral Raquel C. Bono (Invited) Director, Defense Health Agency Medical Corps, United States Navy 1400 1700 Reserve Component Committee Meeting Room 209 A 1500 1630 CSM ARNG/CSM USAR Breakout Session Room 150 AB Speakers: SMA Daniel A. Dailey Sergeant Major of the Army CSM Christopher S. Kepner Army National Guard CSM Ted L. Copeland United States Army Reserve 1500 1800 Army Civilian Advisory Committee Room 203 AB 1500 1800 Young Professionals Advisory Committee Room 145 B 1515 1645 Digital Learning Session Room 204 ABC 1730 1830 International Military Reception* 1830 2015 President s Reception* Honoring: The Secretary of the Army The Chief of Staff, United States Army The Sergeant Major of the Army TUESDAY, 10 OCTOBER THEME: READINESS 0730 0830 Warrant Officers Breakfast* Room 209 ABC 0800 0900 International Military Networking Breakfast* Room 202 A (Ticket and ID badge requied)
MG Stephen E. Farmen United States Army Security Assistance Command 0800 1100 Retiree and Veterans Affairs Committee Meeting Room 140A 0800 1100 Chapter Presidents and Delegates Workshop Room 150 AB 0800 1100 The Sergeant Major of the Army s Professional Development Forum Room 152 AB Building Readiness through Training and Education Speakers: SMA Daniel A. Dailey Sergeant Major of the Army CSM David S. Davenport United States Training and Doctrine Command CSM David O. Turnbull United States Army Combined Arms Center CSM Jimmy J. Sellers United States Army Sergeants Major Academy (Commandant) Joe Parson Army University 0830 0930 Congressional Staffers Breakfast* Room 146 ABC Speakers: Ryan D. McCarthy Acting Secretary of the Army GEN Mark A. Milley Chief of Staff United States Army 0830 1700 Small Business Seminar Room 201 0900 1100 Warrant Officers Professional Development Forum Room 202 B 0900 1200 AUSA Military Family Forum II Soldier & Family Readiness: Identifying Needs & Leveling Expectations Room 207 AB R.E.A.L. Training Overview Heather Leiby School Liaison Transition Specialist HQ IMCOM G9 United States Army
Assessing Soldier and Family Needs Dr. Carra S. Sims (invited) Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist The RAND Corporation Strengthening Soldier and Family Readiness Panel Moderator: SGM Rodney J. Rhoades Senior Enlisted Advisor United States Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management CSM Michael Grinston United States Army Forces Command CSM David S. Davenport Sr. United States Army Training and Doctrine Command CSM Sheryl Lyon United States Army Europe CSM Christopher Kepner Senior Enlisted Advisor Chief National Guard Bureau CSM Ted L. Copeland United States Army Reserve Center 0900 1700 Exhibits Open: Halls A, B, C, D and E 1000 1130 Director, Army National Guard Seminar Room 145 AB LTG Timothy J. Kadavy Director, Army National Guard National Guard Bureau 1000 1200 ILW Contemporary Military Forum (Homeland Defense) Defense Partnerships and Security of North America Room 151 AB Moderator: LTG Jeffrey S. Buchanan United States Army North/Fifth United States Army Panelist: LTG Reynold N. Hoover Deputy Commander United States Northern Command LTG Stephen Bowes Commander Canadian Joint Operations Command Canadian Armed Forces
Sergio de la Peña Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Western Hemisphere Affairs United States Department of Defense Ronald Vitiello Acting Deputy Commissioner United States Customs and Border Protection United States Department of Homeland Security LtGen Roble Gallardo Chief of Staff, National Defense Mexican Military 1000 1200 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Army Material Readiness for the Future Force Room 147 AB Lead Lisha Adams Executive Deputy to the United States Army Materiel Command Moderator: MG Cedric T. Wins United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Christopher J. Lowman Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition Policy and Logistics) Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) MG John A. George Director, Force Development Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 8 MG Robert M. Dyess, Jr. Deputy Director/Chief of Staff, Army Capabilities Integration Center United States Army Training and Doctrine Command MG Susan Davidson (Invited) Commander, 8th Theater Command United States Army Pacific Command Maj. Gen. Richard L. Comer (Invited) United States Air Force Retired Scott J. Davis (Invited) Program Executive Officer Combat Support & Combat Service Support 1230 1430 Dwight David Eisenhower Luncheon* Ballroom (Ticket and ID badge required) Host: Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman Council of Trustees, AUSA
Master of Ceremonies: GEN Carter F. Ham President and CEO Association of the United States Army GEN Mark A. Milley Chief of Staff United States Army Invocation: Chaplain (BG) Thomas L. Solhjem Deputy Chief of Chaplains United States Army Stephen Ailes Award TBD Ralph E. Haines, Jr. Award TBD Finnis D. McCleery Award TBD Gen Maxwell Thurman Recruiting Excellence Awards SSG Christopher J. Geber SFC Richard E. Barcus SSG Brian J. Campagna Army Retention Excellence Award SSG Gwen E. Van Etten SFC Matthew D. Wienczkowski 1300 1600 Small Business Matchmaking Room 202 A 1400 1600 Military Retirement Planning Seminar Room 140 A 1430 1530 Foreign Military Sales: Building Readiness Through Partner Capacity Room 202 B Speakers: LTG Charles W. Hooper Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency Ms. Ann Cataldo Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports & Cooperation MG Stephen E. Farmen United States Army Security Assistance Command
1500 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum: United States Department of Homeland Security Breakout Session I Unity of Effort for Border Security Room 204 AB Opening Remarks: LTG Jeffrey S. Buchanan United States Army North/Fifth United States Army Moderator: Eric OIson Wilson Center Richard Booth Dircetor Domains Awareness Division United States Department of Homeland Security Chief Robert Boatright Director Border Patrol Special Coordinator Center United States Border Patrol BG Patrick Hamilton Director of Joint Staff Texas Army National Guard BG Laura Yeager United States Army National Guard Joint Task Force North United States Northern Command 1500 1630 AUSA Military Family Forum III A Town Hall with the Army s Senior Leaders Room 207 AB Moderator: LTG Gwen Bingham Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management Panelist: Ryan D. McCarthy Acting Secretary of the Army GEN Mark A. Milley (Invited) Chief of Staff United States Army SMA Daniel A. Dailey (Invited) Sergeant Major of the Army Special Recognition: Army Survivors Advisory Working Group AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year Closing Remarks: Patty Barron Director of Family Readiness Association of the United States Army
1500 1630 Chief, United States Army Reserve Seminar Readiness for the Near Peer Fight Room 145 AB LTG Charles D. Luckey Chief, Army Reserve United States Army Reserve Command GEN Robert B. Brown United States Army Pacific GEN Robert B. Abrams (invited) United States Army Forces Command LTG Stephen M. Twitty First United States Army LTG Joseph Anderson (invited) Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 United States Army 1500 1700 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Year of Execution: Achieving Deterrence in Europe Through Land Power Dominance Room 151 AB Lead LTG Frederick B. Hodges United States Army Europe and Seventh Army LTG Darryl K. Williams Commander Allied Land Command North Atlantic Treaty Organization Maj. Gen. Jaroslaw Mika General Commander Polish Armed Services Lt. Gen. Leo Beulen Royal Netherlands Army Maj. Gen. Karl Engelbrektson Chief of Staff Swedish Army Moderator: COL Kathleen Turner Public Affairs Director United States Army Europe 1500 1700 Chapter Operations Committee Meeting Room 208 B
1645 1700 Guard and Reserve Reception Room 150 B 1930 2100 AUSA Concert featuring Mark Wills and the United States Army Band Downrange Ballroom B WEDNESDAY, 11 OCTOBER 0700 0900 First and European Regions Breakfast Meeting Marquis Ballroom Salon 6, Level M2 (By invitayion only ID badge required) Presiding: Dennis J. Dougherty First Region President Eric P. Lien European Region President LTG Frederick B. Hodges United States Army Europe and Seventh Army Presentation of Chapter Awards 0700 0830 Second Region Breakfast Meeting Marquis Ballroom Salon 5, Level M2 (By invitayion only ID badge required) Presiding: CSM Douglas W. Gibbens Second Region President LTG Paul A. Ostrowski Military Deputy/Director, Army Acquisition Corps Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) Presentation of Chapter Awards 0700 0900 Third Region Breakfast Meeting Marquis Ballroom Salons 9-10, Level M2 (By invitayion only ID badge required) Presiding: Kris McBride Third Region President LTG Laura J. Richardson Deputy /Chief of Staff United States Army Forces Command Presentation of Chapter Awards
0700 0900 Fourth Region Breakfast Meeting Marquis Ballroom Salons 3-4, Level M2 (By invitayion only ID badge required) Presiding: Gus J. Rodriquez First Region President GEN David G. Perkins United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Presentation of Chapter Awards 0700 0900 Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Regions Breakfast Meeting Marquis Ballroom Salons 1-2, Level M2 (By invitayion only ID badge required) Presiding: Doug Stuart, Ph. D. Fifth Region President COL Phil Stage Sixth Region President COL Sam Thiessen Seventh Region President LTG Charles D. Luckey Chief of Army Reserve/ United States Army Reserve Command Presentation of Chapter Awards 0700 0900 Pacific Region Breakfast Meeting Marquis Ballroom Salons 7-8, Level M2 (By invitayion only ID badge required) Presiding: COL Benjamin D. Lukefahr Pacific Region President GEN Robert B. Brown United States Army Pacific Presentation of Chapter Awards
0800 0915 Senior Executive Service Meeting Rooms Shaw and LeDroit Park Ryan D. McCarthy Acting Secretary of the Army 0900 1700 IGNITE D.C Room 207 AB 0900 1600 Small Business Seminar Room 201 0900 1700 Exhibits Open: Halls A, B, C, D and E 0900 1100 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Multi-Domain Battle: Converging Cross-Domain Solutions Room 151 AB Lead GEN David G. Perkins United States Army Training and Doctrine Command 0900 1100 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Man, Train, Equip the Force of the Future Room 147 AB Panel Moderator: CSM Daniel K. Elder AUSA Senior Fellow Panel Chair: SMA Daniel A. Dailey Sergeant Major of the Army CSM Anthony T. Stoneburg United States Army Recruiting Command James Cox Army Marketing Research Group Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) CSM Michael L. Gragg United States Army Center for Initial Military Training Dr. Whitfield Chip East Director of Guidance Department of Physical Education United States Military Academy West Point CSM Rodger Mansker United States Army Materiel Command
Tom W. Coleman Chief, Operations Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier 0930 1100 AUSA ILW Paper Presentations Room 150 B Moderator: LTG Theodore G. Stroup, Jr. AUSA Senior Fellow Presenters: Scott S. Haraburda Conventional Munitions Industrial Base Land Warfare Paper 113, August 2017 COL Susan Bryant, USA and COL Heidi Urben, USA Reconnecting Athens and Sparta: A Review of OPMS XXI at 20 Years 0930 1130 Army Civilian Forum Army Civilians: Professionals Enabling Readiness Independence Ballroom Salon A-D Keynote Why Civilians are Important to Army Readiness LTG Thomas C. Seamands Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 United States Army How Civilians Contribute to Readiness Kathleen S. Miller Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (G-3/5/7) Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 Panel Discussion: How Civilians Support and are Contributing to Readiness Steffanie B. Easter Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology) William F. Moore Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G4 United States Army Diane M. Randon Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) Office of the Secretary of the Army Charles G. (Gregg) Stevens Chief Army Medical Departmend Civilian Corps United States Army Medical Command 0930 1300 Outstanding Soldiers Tour of Arlington National Cemetery and Washington, D.C.
1000 1100 ILW Contemporary Military Forum: Department of Homeland Security Breakout Session II Unity of Effort in Protecting the Force Room 204 AB Opening Remarks and Moderator: MG David P.Glaser Provost Marshal General/ United States Army Criminal Investigation Command Kurt Reuther Director Regional Intelligence United States Department of Homeland Security Douglas Raymond Assistant Chief of Staff United States Army North G2 Emmitt (Skip) Sigmon Senior Advisor Office of the Director of INTERPOL Washington United States Department of Justice Michael Trapp Deputy Provost Marshal United States Army North 1000 1200 Military Retirement Planning Seminar Room 140 A 1130 1200 Sustaining Member Reception* Room 145 AB (Ticket and ID badge requied) 1200 1330 Sustaining Member Luncheon* Room 146 ABC (Ticket and ID badge requied) Host: GEN Carter F. Ham President and CEO AUSA Opening Remarks: Ryan D McCarthy Acting Secretary of the Army Speakers: Patrick M. Shanahan Deputy Secretary of Defense Ryan D. McCarthy Acting Secretary of the Army Moderator: John T. Chambers Executive Chairman Cisco Systems
1200 1400 Army Civilian Luncheon* Marquis Ballroom Salon 5 (Ticket and ID badge requied) Host: John B. Nerger Advisory Board of Directors AUSA Presentation of AUSA Army Civilian of the Year Awards Presentation of Chapter Awards Keynote GEN Gustave F. Perna United States Army Materiel Command 1300 1600 Small Business Matchmaking Room 202 A 1400 1500 ILW Contemporary Military Forum: Department of Homeland Security Breakout Session III Unity of Effort in Disaster Preparedness & Response Room 204 AB Opening Remarks and Moderator: COL Scott Heintzelman Defense Coordinating Officer Federal Emergency Management Agency - Region II United States Army North (Fifth Army) MG Richard J. Gallant Commander Joint Task Force Civil Support United States Northern Command Brig. Gen. Timothy J. Labarge Chief of Staff New York Air National Guard COL Bret Van Camp Defense Coordinating Officer Federal Emergency Management Agency - Region III United States Army North (Fifth Army) Tito Hernandez Federal Coordinating Officer Federal Emergency Management Agency RADM Joseph L. Nimmich United States Coast Guard Retired
1400 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum A New Kind of Force for a New Fighting Domain: Cyber Talent Management Room 151 AB Moderator: LTG Paul M. Nakasone United States Army Cyber Command MG John B. Morrison, Jr. Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon BG Stephen J. Hager United States Army Reserve Deputy Operations 335 th Signal Command (Theater) Herb Lin Senior Research Scholar for Cyber Policy and Security Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security, Hoover Institution Stanford University Chris Lynch Leader, Defense Digital Service Guy Filippelli Founder and Chief Executive Officer RedOwl 1400 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Army Special Operations Value to the Nation Room 147 AB Lead LTG Kenneth E. Tovo United States Army Special Operations Command AMB Geoffrey R. Pyatt United States Ambassador Hellenic Republic United States Embassy Athens, Greece Mark Mitchell Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict BG David P. Komar Director, Requirements Integration Directorate Army Capabilities Integration Center United States Army Training and Doctrine Command COL Bethany C. Aragon Commander 4th Military Information Support Group (Airborne)
LTC Thomas Craig Commander 1 st Battalion 5 th Special Forces Group (Airborne) COL Brandon Tegtmeier CDR 75th Ranger Regiment 1830 2130 George Catlett Marshall Memorial Reception and Dinner* Ballroom Recipient: Gary Sinise Actor, Director, Musician and Humanitarian Founder, Gary Sinise Foundation (All information as of September 15, 2017 and subject to change) *Ticket or invitation required.