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Symposium Speakers
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"Sea-Air Battle concept and the budget deficit: An Active Duty Perspective"
Speaker: General Norton A. Schwartz
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
 Video presentation
As Chief, he serves as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipping of nearly 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the general and other service chiefs function as military advisers to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the President. |
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Keynote Address
General Peter W. Chiarelli
Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
Video presentation
General Peter W. Chiarelli became the 32nd Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army on August 4th, 2008. In his previous assignment, he was the Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense from March 2007 to August 2008. He hails from Seattle, Washington and is a Distinguished Military Graduate of Seattle University. General Chiarelli was commissioned a second lieutenant of Armor in September 1972. He has commanded at every level from platoon to corps. |
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ROA Minuteman of the Year Award
Recipient: Congressman Tom Latham
Iowa – 4th District
Presentation Video
Tom Latham came to Washington with a vision of changing the way Washington works and changing the work that Washington does. Latham, an eight-term Republican, has represented the people of Iowa since January of 1995. He was honored for his contributions to national security and special efforts on behalf of America’s National Guard and Reserve members. |
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ROA Minuteman Hall of Fame Inductee
Honoree: Rear Admiral Daniel R. May
Commander, Personnel Service Center, USCG
Presentation Video
Rear Admiral May was assigned as Commander of the Personnel Service
Center in May of 2010. In this capacity, he oversees execution of all military
personnel actions and services to support an active duty and reserve force of
nearly 50,000 members from recruiting to retirement including the Coast
Guard Exchange System. He is a member of the Coast Guard Academy Board of Trustees and previously served as the Assisstant Superintendent of the Academy from June of 2006 to January of 2008 where he was selected for flag rank. He is the former Director of Reserve and Leadership, United States Coast Guard.
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“The Tipping Point of an All Volunteer Force"
Speaker: Honorable James R. Locher III
CEO of the Project for National Security Reform
Presentation Video
James R. Locher III has more than 25 years of professional experience in both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1989, he served as assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict throughout the Bush administration and the first five months of the Clinton administration. Upon leaving government service in June 1993, he was awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Since 1993, he has been consulting, lecturing, and writing.
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Budget Deficit and National Security
Speaker: Baker Spring
Debt/Defense Analyst at Heritage Foundation
F.M. Kirby Research Fellow in National Security Policy
Presentation Video
Baker Spring specializes in examining the threat of ballistic missiles from Third World countries and U.S. national security issues. In 2005, he developed “Nuclear Games, ” a table-top exercise to show diplomats from Australia, China, India, Japan, Russia and South Korea the realities in a world where many nations, including rogue states such as North Korea, have nuclear weapons. |
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Budget Deficit and National Security
Tom Donnelly, Debt/Defense Analyst at AEI
Resident Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Studies
Presentation Video
Thomas Donnelly is the coauthor with Frederick W. Kagan of Lessons for a Long War: How America Can Win on New Battlefields (2010). Among his recent books are Ground Truth: The Future of U.S. Land Power (2008), coauthored with Frederick W. Kagan; Of Men and Materiel: The Crisis in Military Resources (2007), coedited with Gary J. Schmitt; The Military We Need (2005); and Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Strategic Assessment (2004). |
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"Affect of Modern Technologies on the Battlespace"
Speaker: Mitchell Howell
Deputy Director Rapid Acquisition & Technology, Joint IED Defeat Organization
Video presentation
Mr. Howell, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Director for Rapid Acquisition and Technology (RA&T), Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). In this position, he has oversight of the acquisition and technology functions undertaken by JIEDDO to perform the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device mission. |
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"Cybersecurity"
Speaker: Maj Gen David N. Senty
Chief of Staff, U.S. Cyber Command
Presentation Video
Maj. Gen. David N. Senty is Chief of Staff, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Md. The command plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and is prepared to, and when directed, conduct full-spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure U.S./allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to adversaries. |
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“The Impact of International Relations on National Security”
Speaker: R. James Woolsey
Former Director of the CIA
Presentation Video
James Woolsey served as director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency from 1993-1995. Currently, Woolsey is the Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; chairs the Strategic Advisory Group of the Washington, D.C. private equity fund, Paladin Capital Group and is of counsel to the Washington, D.C. office of the Boston-based law firm, Goodwin Procter. He specializes in a range of alternative energy and security issues. Woolsey serves on a range of government, corporate, and non-profit advisory boards including the National Commission on Energy Policy.
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“The Impact of International Relations on National Security"
Speaker: Colonel (P) Ferdinand Irizarry II
Deputy Commander, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
Presentation Video
Colonel Ferdinand Irizarry II is the deputy commander of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School based at Fort Bragg, N.C. He was commissioned from Johns Hopkins University as an Infantry officer in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. From August 2008 to August 2010, he served as the executive officer to the Under Secretary of the Army in Washington, D.C., and deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan. He was named the deputy commander of SWCS in August 2010. |
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“Reserve Component Future” and Reserve Chief Panel Moderator
Speaker: Honorable Dennis M. McCarthy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
RC Future Video
Reserve Chief Panel Video
Secretary Dennis M. McCarthy was confirmed as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs on June 25, 2009. He serves as the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense on all matters involving the 1.2 million members of the Reserve Components of the United States Armed Forces. Prior to returning to government service, Secretary McCarthy served for four years as the Executive Director of the Reserve Officers Association.
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“The Future of the Operational Reserve: A Service Perspective”
Moderator: Dr. Jim Carafano
Deputy Director, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies and Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies
Presentation Video
James Carafano is one of the nation's leading experts in defense and homeland security. He is an accomplished historian and teacher as well as a prolific writer and researcher on a fundamental constitutional duty of the federal government: to provide for the common defense.
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“The Future of the Operational Reserve: A Service Perspective”
Panelist: Hon. Daniel Ginsberg
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Presentation Video
Mr. Daniel B. Ginsberg is the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Washington, D.C. A political appointee confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Mr. Ginsberg heads a four-division department that deals at the policy level with Air Force manpower and Reserve issues. He is responsible for providing overall supervision of manpower, military and civilian personnel, Reserve component affairs, and readiness support for the Department of the Air Force.
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"The Future of the Operational Reserve: A Service Perspective”
Panelist: Hon. Juan Garcia, III
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Presentation Video
Juan M. Garcia, III was confirmed as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) on 16 September, 2009. In this capacity, he acts on matters pertaining to manpower and personnel policy within the Department of the Navy including issues affecting active duty and reserve Sailors, Marines, and Department of the Navy civilians. |
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“The Future of the Operational Reserve: A Service Perspective”
Panelist: Hon. Thomas Lamont
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Presentation Video
Thomas R. Lamont is the former Chair of University of Illinois Board of Trustees and a longtime Springfield attorney and resident partner for the Chicago firms of Gordon & Glickson and Altheimer & Gray, and the Springfield firm of Brown, Hay & Stephens. Mr. Lamont served in a variety of Judge Advocate positions in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 25 years. He culminated his career serving as the Illinois Staff Judge Advocate. He retired as a Colonel in 2007.
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“Irregular Warfare and the Future of the Reserve Component”
Speaker: MG David A. Morris Director, Joint Irregular Warfare Center, Joint Forces Command
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As the JIWC director, he is responsible for the execution of USJFCOM's mission as the DoD executive agent for joint urban operations. As the JRD director, he oversees the training and management of over 1100 assigned reservists and serves as the senior advisor to the commander of USJFCOM on all reserve matters.
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“Strategic Air Lift”
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Grant
President, IRIS Research
Presentation Video
Dr. Rebecca Grant is President of IRIS Independent Research, a public-policy research organization in Washington, DC. She also serves as the Director of the General William Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, a new non-profit research arm founded by the Air Force Association to promote scholarly research and debate on airpower in all its forms: air, space and cyber.
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"Maritime Future Strategy"
Speaker: Christopher Cavas
Journalist, Defense News
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Christopher P. Cavas has been the naval warfare correspondent for Defense News since 2004. Formerly the managing editor of Navy Times, he is the 2010 winner of the James Crawley award for journalistic excellence presented by the Military Reporters and Editors Association. Cavas is one of the few journalists to have been underway on both Littoral Combat Ships.
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Reserve Chief Panelist
Lieutenant General Jack C. Stultz
Chief, Army Reserve & Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command
Reserve Chief Panel Video
Lieutenant General Stultz was recently confirmed for a second term as Chief, Army Reserve, and Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Command. In May, 2006, he was sworn in as Chief, Army Reserve and Commanding General of the United States Army Reserve Command.
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Reserve Chief Panelist
Vice Admiral Dirk J. Debbink
Chief, Navy Reserve
Reserve Chief Panel Video
Vice Admiral Dirk J. Debbink, a native of Oconomowoc, Wis., graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering in June 1977. Admiral Debbink transitioned to the Reserve Component in 1983. Admiral Debbink became Chief of Navy Reserve on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, on 22 July 2008.
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Reserve Chief Panelist
Lieutenant General Charles E. Stenner
Chief, Air Force Reserve and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command
Reserve Chief Panel Video
As Chief of Air Force Reserve, he serves as principal adviser on Reserve matters to the Air Force Chief of Staff. As Commander of Air Force Reserve Command, he has full responsibility for the supervision of all U.S. Air Force Reserve units around the world.
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Reserve Chief Panelist
Major General Darrell Moore
Director, Reserve Affairs Division, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve Chief Panel Video
Major General Darrell L. Moore assumed his duties as the Director, Reserve Affairs, Quantico, VA on April 10 2010.
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Reserve Chief Panelist
Major General Hugh T. Broomall
Special Assistant to the Director, Air National Guard
Reserve Chief Panel Video
Major General Hugh T. Broomall is the Special Assistant to the Director, Air National Guard. He is responsible for strategy development, state and federal liaison, inter-agency coordination, and special studies supporting the one hundred and six thousand Air National Guard members nationwide.
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Reserve Chief Panelist
Major General Raymond W. Carpenter
Acting Director, Army National Guard
Reserve Chief Panel Video
Major General Raymond W. Carpenter assumed duties as Acting Director, Army National Guard, National Guard Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia on May 29, 2009. As Acting Director, he guides the formulation, development and implementation of all programs and policies affecting the Army National Guard; a force of over 350,000 Soldiers in the 54 States, Territories and the District of Columbia.
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Reserve Chief Panelist
Rear Admiral Sandra L. Stosz
Director, Reserve and Leadership, United States Coast Guard
Reserve Chief Panel Video
She is responsible for developing policies to recruit, train and support over 8,000 Coast Guard Reservists. She also serves as a member of the Coast Guard Academy Board of Trustees and chairs the Commandant’s Leadership Advisory Council. |
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