GCSC Newsletter - July 2009 - Naval Postgraduate School
GCSC Newsletter - July 2009 - Naval Postgraduate School GCSC Newsletter - July 2009 - Naval Postgraduate School
Page 8 Global Outreach Regional Centers Spotlight (news and updates) GCMC Students Visit Africa Command During a visit to the U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany on May 28, 2009, a group of six African graduate students learned about the command's mission, met with senior leaders, and engaged in discussions focusing on regional issues. The students were in Germany as part of a 12-week academic program offered through the Marshall Center, a German-American security and defense educational institution. The Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS) provides civilian government officials, military officers, and government academics with graduate-level study in security policy, defense affairs, international relations, and related topics. Taking a day away from their regular courses, the students took advantage of an opportunity to tour the U.S. Africa Command headquarters. Among the highlights of their visit was the chance to engage with U.S. Africa Command desk officers, who provided the students with a tailored orientation of the command's initiatives in each of their respective countries. The day concluded with remarks from the command's Chief of Staff Major General Snodgrass and other senior command staff. Marshall Center's PASS includes seminar discussions, debates, panels, role-playing exercises, and field study, allowing participants to examine national and international security institutions and speak with senior decision-makers. . Policy Auth/Dir/Con of RC’s Students met with U.S. Africa Command senior leaders and engaged in discussions focusing on regional issues. GCSC Providing a Common Operating Picture Administrative Authority Added Capacity One-stop Shopping Coordination Guidance DLIELC Deconfliction RIO Harmonization Integration DLIFLC CAPABILITIES: Educational & subject matter expertise Faculty sharing METs In-residence courses Distance Learning Program & curricula synchronization Faculty & student research Graduate & executive level education
Volume 1, Issue 2 In the Spotlight News and Updates Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (COE-DMHA) U.S. Military, United Nations in Landmark Pandemic Influenza Event ROME, Italy (May 18 to 22) - A landmark senior-level pandemic influenza conference was attended by health and military professionals from nine Asia-Pacific and 13 African countries. Approximately 90 senior-level civilian and military participants attended, including Ministries of Health officials or representatives from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal and Vietnam. The conference was co-hosted by U.S. Pacific Command’s (USPACOM) Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (COE) and the U.S. military’s Africa Command (USAFRICOM), with the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The Rome workshop aimed to identify important gaps in international pandemic response protocols, ensure effective integration of civilmilitary plans, and create opportunities to develop relationships among civilian and military agencies. Page 9 Since 2007, COE has held 11 pandemic influenza planning workshops in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand on behalf of USPACOM. These events have involved the participation of foreign militaries, national ministries of health, UN agencies, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). DISAM – “Getting the Word Out” One of the missions of the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM) is information dissemination. To that end the Institute maintains their website (www.disam.dsca.mil), publishes numerous textbooks and training materials, and publishes The DISAM Journal. The Objectives of the DISAM Journal are to provide the International security assistance/security cooperation community a quarterly journal of information that is topical, and as broad and varied as the audience. That is, articles will encompass all aspects of security cooperation and assistance, as well as related topics considered international in nature. The DISAM Journal is published in quarterly editions throughout the calendar year and is available in hard copy on a no fee basis to USG organizations within CONUS and overseas. It is also available for a subscription fee to U.S. and international industry as well as International purchasers. www.disam.dsca.mil/pubs/yearjournal.asp Approximately 8500 printed editions are distributed each year through the U.S. and abroad. Another approximately 9000 visits are made to the on-line editions via the DISAM website every year. Those interested in submitting an article for publication, or in having their organization “featured” can obtain more detailed information at the DISAM website: http://www.disam.dsca.mil/pubs/clncrqst.pdf or by contacting DISAM/DR at (937) 255-2994, DSN 785-2994.
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Page 8 Global Outreach<br />
Regional Centers Spotlight (news and updates)<br />
GCMC Students Visit Africa Command<br />
During a visit to the U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany on May 28, <strong>2009</strong>, a group of six African graduate students<br />
learned about the command's mission, met with senior leaders, and engaged in discussions focusing on regional issues. The students were<br />
in Germany as part of a 12-week academic program offered through the Marshall Center, a German-American security and defense<br />
educational institution. The Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS) provides civilian government officials, military officers, and<br />
government academics with graduate-level study in security policy, defense affairs, international relations, and related topics.<br />
Taking a day away from their regular courses, the students took advantage of an opportunity to tour the U.S. Africa Command headquarters.<br />
Among the highlights of their visit was the chance to engage with U.S. Africa Command desk officers, who provided the students with a<br />
tailored orientation of the command's initiatives in each of their respective countries. The day concluded with remarks from the command's<br />
Chief of Staff Major General Snodgrass and other senior command staff. Marshall Center's PASS includes seminar discussions, debates,<br />
panels, role-playing exercises, and field study, allowing participants to examine national and international security institutions and speak<br />
with senior decision-makers.<br />
.<br />
Policy<br />
Auth/Dir/Con of RC’s<br />
Students met with U.S. Africa<br />
Command senior leaders and engaged in discussions<br />
focusing on regional issues.<br />
<strong>GCSC</strong> Providing a Common Operating Picture<br />
Administrative Authority<br />
Added Capacity<br />
One-stop<br />
Shopping<br />
Coordination<br />
Guidance<br />
DLIELC<br />
Deconfliction<br />
RIO<br />
Harmonization<br />
Integration<br />
DLIFLC<br />
CAPABILITIES:<br />
Educational & subject matter expertise<br />
Faculty sharing<br />
METs<br />
In-residence courses<br />
Distance Learning<br />
Program & curricula synchronization<br />
Faculty & student research<br />
Graduate & executive level education
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