2008 Marshall Army ROTC Award Seminar

 

 

      

 

The 2008 George C. Marshall Army ROTC Award Seminar was held April 15-18, 2008 in Lexington, and Natural Bridge, Virginia. 

The top 267 Army 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 Army, government, and civilian officials.

 

Seminar Speakers:

Senator James Webb (D-VA)

HON Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army

General George W. Casey, Jr., USA, Chief of Staff

General William Wallace, USA, CG, TRADOC

LTG Benjamin C. Freakley, USA, CG, USAAC

Major General Douglas Carver, USA, Chief of Chaplains

RADM Larry Marsh, The Olmsted Foundation

Major General (Ret), USA, Robert Wagner

SGM Regina Willingham, USA, SCARNG

 

Seminar Roundtables and Leaders:

1.  Peacekeeping and the U.S. Military ~ Mr. William Flavin, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, U.S. Army War College

 

2.  Homeland Security ~ COL George J. Millan, U.S. Army War College,

3.  Media and the Battlefield ~ Mr. David Tate, WSLS – Channel 10/NBC Affiliate

4.  Terrorism and Counter Terrorism ~ BG (Ret) Russell Howard, The Fletcher     School of  Law  and Diplomacy

 

5.  Ethics: An Officers Character ~ CAPT (Ret) James Campbell, Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, U.S. Naval Academy

 

6.  Trans National Movements ~ Major Lorenzo Rios, U.S. Military Academy

7.  Southwest Asia – COL (P) Anthony Crutchfield, U.S. Army Accessions Command

 

8.  Conflict in the Persian Gulf: Operation Iraqi Freedom ~ Mr. Wayne White, Middle East Institute,

   

9.  Israel and Its Neighbors ~ Mr. Thomas Dowling, Retired Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

 

10.  Sub Saharan Africa ~ Dr. James J. Hentz, Professor & Chair of International Studies & and Political Science at VMI and Dr. J. Holmes Armstead, Jr.,  VMI

11.  Russia and the Other New Independent States ~ MAJ Jonathan S. Dunn, U.S. Military Academy

12.  China, Japan, and the Koreas ~ MAJ Andrew DeKever, U.S. States Military Academy

13. A  The Role of the Platoon Leader and NCO ~ CPT Justin Pavlica, CSM Charles Green, SFC Todd Hodge

13. B  The Role of the Platoon Leader and NCO ~ CPT Margaret D. Hughes, CSM Michael Peters, SFC John Keys

13. C  The Role of the Platoon Leader and NCO ~ CPT Latrina Lee, CSM Victor Mercado-Rivers, SFC Christopher Crossley

13. D  The Role of the Platoon Leader and NCO ~ 1st LT Frederick O. Nash, SGM James Kennedy, SFC Michael J. Alexander

13. E  The Role of the Platoon Leader and NCO ~ 1st LT Tyler M. Sandoval,  SGM Kevin Watson, SFC James Torrico

13. F  The Role of the Platoon Leader and NCO ~ CPT Preston Robinson, CSM Rue Mayweather, SFC Maria K. Vockert