2008 Marshall-Arnold Air Force ROTC Award Seminar

 

The 2008 George C. Marshall-Henry H. Arnold Air Force ROTC Award Seminar took place January 31-February 3, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency at the Reston Town Center in Reston, Virginia. 

The top 142 Air Force ROTC cadets from U.S. colleges and universities attended the Seminar which brings them together in roundtables with subject-matter experts in National Security Issues, and gives them a chance to meet and talk with senior Air Force, government, and civilian officials.

Seminar Speakers:

Mr. Joseph Benkert:  Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global  Security

Major General Allen Peck:  Commander, Air Force Doctrine Development and Education Center and Vice Commander, Air University

Major General James Graves:  Assistant to the Chairman, JCS for Reserve Matters

Brigadier General Lori Robinson:  Commander, 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, OK

Dr. Thomas Henriksen:  Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institute, Stanford, California; Author:  American Power after the Berlin Wall         

 

Seminar Roundtables and Leaders:

1. Peacekeeping and the US Military; Iraq – The Mission and Challenges -

Leader: CPT Gregory Amira, USA OIC Provisional Reconstruction Team, US Dept of State

 

2. Homeland Security -

Leader:  Professor Bert Tussing, USMC (Ret) US Army War College, Carlisle, PA

3.  Air Force Recruiting -

Leader: Maj Matt Smith, USAF, Maxwell AFB

4. Ethics: An Officer’s Character -

Leader:  Captain James A. Campbell, USN (Ret) Stockdale Ethics Center, US Naval Academy, Annapolis

 

5. Transnational Movement: Religion, Ethnicity & National Loyalty -

Leader:  MAJ Rios, USA, US Military Academy, West Point

 

6. The Challenges for Transition in Afghanistan -

Leader: Lt Col Jeffrey Waechter, USAF, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk

7. China, Japan and the Koreas -

Leader:  Prof Mark F. Wilkinson, Virginia Military Institute

 

8. Joint Staff Operations -

Leader:  LTC Joseph E. Whitlock, USA, Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

 

9. Israel and its Neighbors – Is Peace Possible -

Leader:  Thomas Dowling, (Ret), US Department of State       

                                   

10. Expeditionary AF’s Role in National Security -

Leader: Col Ellwood P. “Skip” Hinman, IV, USAF, Office of the Secretary of Defense

 

11. Future Threats to National Security -

Leader:  Lt Col Timothy J. Cathcart, USAF , Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff