Alumni News

Promotions Comoros Nepal Alumni Host Panel on Lt. Col. Rafick Soilihi, CSRT09-1, was promoted U.S. Rebalance to Asia-Pacific as Commandant of the Gen- Steven Parsons, C12-01, darmerie. was promoted to wing . He has re- Jordan cently returned to Australia Ghaleb Qudaymat, following a 12-month de- CSRT13-1, was promoted to ployment. .

Bangladesh Korea Monsurul Alam, ASC08- Youngkwan Ryu, EC05-2, 2, was promoted to Joint was selected for promotion Secretary and posted to the to . Department of Environ- ment as Director, Climate Lebanon APCSS Director, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Change and International Youssef Haddad, EC08-2, Leaf, recently spoke to nearly 100 APCSS alumni in Conventions. was promoted to colonel Kathmandu, Nepal. He was part of a panel discussing Shamsul Alam, CCM12-1, and was deployed to the U.S. Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific that included former was promoted to commo- northern city of Tripoli to finance minister Prakash Chandra Lohani (SSD10-1), dore. stabilize conditions. Professor Shidhar Khatri (SSD11-1, SEC07-1), and for- M. Makbul Hossain, mer Inspector General of the Armed Police Force Sanat CCM08-1, was promoted Laos Kumar Basnet (SEC08-2). During his trip he also met to rear and is work- Phonepaseuth Vann- with other senior alumni including the Nepal Chief of ing as Assistant Chief of abouth, CSRT09-1, was Army General Gaurav SJB Rana (EC99-1). Naval Staff (Personnel). promoted as police Sabbir Khan, CSRT11-1, and appointed Assistant was promoted to com- Director General of Interpol of Administration and For- eral Commanding mander and completed his Department Laos. eign Relations. He is also Mid Division. Master’s degree in military Deputy Head of the General Pawan Pande, EC98-2, studies. Malaysia Authority for Border Pro- was promoted to Md Tajri Alwi, EC01-2, tection and Chief of Staff of general. M. Abidur Rahman, the Border Force. EC04-1, was promoted to was promoted to major Sujan Sijapati, CSRT04- and appointed general and posted as Grand 2, was promoted to major Nepal Deputy Director General of Chamberlain of the National general. Palace. Binoj Basnyat, ASC11-2, Bangladesh Coast Guard. Himalaya Thapa, ASC09- was promoted to major gen- 2, was promoted to major Maldives eral and posted as General Canada general and assigned as the Commanding Officer of Ahmed Saudhee, CCM11- Adjutant General of the Russell Fowler, ASC11-2, Eastern Division, Nepalese 1, was promoted as Deputy Nepalese Army. was promoted to Army. (Navy), and posted to Bei- Commissioner of Police. jing as Canada’s Defence Padam Karki, EC05-2, was New Zealand Attaché to China and Mon- Mongolia promoted to . Shaun Fogarty, C12-02, golia. Myagmardorj Tsend, Sundar Pudasaini, ASC12- was promoted to Navy Cap- ASC12-2, was promoted to 2, was promoted to major tain and appointed as the 32 CURRENTS Spring 2014 colonel and appointed Head general and posted as Gen- Chief of Staff to the New Alumni News Alumni Zealand Defense Logistics Sanyalak United states Associations Rungsampa, EC03-1 and Command. Craig Reistad, JEC05-3, Afghanistan SEC09-2, was promoted to American Samoa was promoted to FS-01 and assigned Australia (GS-15) and appointed Dep- as Royal Thai Armed Forces Bangladesh uty Program Director of the Bhutan Tahir Hanfi, EC04-1 and Headquarters Special Ex- OR09-2, was promoted as International Law Enforce- Cambodia* pert. Cameroon Additional Secretary Public ment Academy (ILEA) in Lt. Gen. Nipat Thonglek, Canada Accounts Committee, Na- Gaborone, Botswana. Chile OR07-1 and SEC08-2, was tional Assembly of Pakistan. Ronald Stenger, ASC09-1, China promoted to general and ap- Colombia was promoted to colonel. pointed the new Permanent Comoros ** Philippines Secretary for Ministry of Joseph Y. Yun, EC04-3, Cook Islands Edgard A. Arevalo, C12- was appointed as Ambassa- Fiji Defense. Guam 01, was promoted to colo- dor to Malaysia. Hong Kong nel. Philip Cacayan, ASC09-1, Indonesia Iraq was promoted to rear admi- Japan ral and assigned as Deputy Jordan Chief of Staff for Personnel, Kazakhstan J1, Armed Forces of the Lao PDR Lebanon Philippines. Madagascar** Yerson Epie Depayso, Malaysia EC06-2, was promoted to Maldives Marshall Islands brigadier general. Mauritius** Usana Ildebrandi, ASC11- Micronesia Mongolia 02, was promoted to Police Mozambique Senior Superintendent and Nepal he is the Training Man- New Zealand ager, School for Specialized Pakistan Courses. Palau APCSS Alumni Association charted for Papua New Guinea by Papua New Guinea Dr. Rouben Azizian with Defense Chief of Staff Captain Alois Tom Peru Tanzania (SEC04-2) and Lt.Col. Anthony Polum (EC01-1). Philippines Republic of Korea Yacoub Mohamed, ASC11- Russia & Far East Russia 2, was promoted to briga- Samoa dier general. Singapore Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Taiwan Peerapong Doungamporn, Tanzania CSRT05-1, was promoted Thailand Timor-Leste to Deputy Commissioner Tonga Special Branch Royal Thai Tuvalu Police. Vanuatu Vietnam Maj. Gen. Boonchu Kird- U.S. (D.C. & Hawaii) chok, EC03-1, was pro- moted to lieutenant general * Informal group and placed in charge of the ** Joint alumni association The Philippine APCSS Alumni Association gathered in Manila dur- with the Africa Center border committee. ing an APCSS workshop. More in the next issue! www.apcss.org 33 Alumni news

Position Bulgaria Alumni Awards Captain Stoyan Sengeliev, The following alumni are reconized for their outstanding Changes CSRT13-1, attended the work in support of APCSS and security cooperation: U.S. Marine Corps Com- Afganinistan mand and Staff College in Gen. Emmanuel Bautista (Philippines), SSD10-2 was Ghulam Haider, CCM08-1, Quantico ,Virginia. honored as the APCSS Alumnus of the Year for 2013 for his was appointed Chief Execu- outstanding contributions to reform the security sector of the tive Director of Afghanistan Chile Philippines. Institute of Rural Develop- Rodrigo Toledo, CSRT10- Commodore Severino David (Philippines), ASC10-1 ment. 1, is assigned to the Embas- earned an APCSS Alumni Achievement Awards for his con- sy of Chile in New Zealand tributions to developing and implementing the Defense Sys- Australia as Head of the Counterter- tem of Management approach to defense planning, resource rorism Department. management and budget execution within the Philippines Ambassador Peter Tesch, defense establishment. SEC02-1, completed his A. K. Singh (India), EC00-3/OR10-1, earned four-year tour as ambassa- Fiji an APCSS Alumni Achievement Awards for his efforts in dor to Germany. In his next Akuila Namakadre, establishing the India APCSS Alumni Association and for role, he will serve as First ASC10-1, returned from a his contributions in environmental protection as part of the Assistant Secretary, Interna- year working with the Unit- United Nations Environment Program. tional Security Division in ed Nations Mission in South S.D. Banga (India), ASC10-1, earned an APCSS Alumni the Department of Foreign Sudan. He is now pursuing Achievement Awards for completing his Fellows Project to Affairs and Trade. a Masters in International “Revise the Army Promotion System.” Relations and Diplomacy. Captain Khritsada Prapuettarm (Thailand), ASC10-2, Bangladesh Viliame Bulewa, ASC12- earned an APCSS Alumni Achievement for his efforts in Kamrul Ahsan, EC00-3, is 2, was appointed Assistant organizing and conducting the 2013 Western Pacific Naval Symposium Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand. High Commissioner of Ban- Commissioner of Correc- gladesh to Ottawa. He is tions in Fiji. Tanielu Vaiaso (Samoa), CCM13-1, earned an APCSS applying for a Master’s Pro- Alumni Achievement Awards for drafting the Standard Op- gram in International Rela- erating Procedures for all Samoa disaster response agencies India tions at Ottawa University. and for his efforts to improve the radio communication net- Mr. Kundan Vohra, work for disaster response. Commodore Baten A. S. CSRT11-1, was appointed Mr. Tahir Hanfi of EC04-1/OR09-2, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Tan- M. Abdul, EC07-2 and Director in the Chief of vir Tahir pf EC98-3 and Air Marshal (Ret.) Muhammad OR10-2, was appointed as Army Staff Secretariat. Yousaf of SEC06-3, earned alumni achievement awards Dean of the Faculty of Se- for their contributions in establishing the Pakistan APCSS curity and Strategic Studies Japan Alumni Association and for their efforts to nominate the best of Bangladesh University of participants for APCSS workshops. Professionals. Rear Admiral Gojiro Watanab, EC01-2, was Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Farooq Khan SEC03-2, Maj. Gen. Azeem Commander Sheikh Arif Asif EC00-2, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Zaheer Babur SSTR07-1 assigned as Chief of Staff, Mahmood, EC03-1, has and OR13-2, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Zakeer Abbasi SSTR06-1 Fleet Air Force. and ASC12-1, and Lt. Col. M. Abrar Ismael CCM08-2, completed his course at the National Defense College in earned alumni achievement awards for their leadership and Korea outstanding contributions in reconstruction and rehabilitation Bangladesh. efforts following the disastrous earthquakes that devastated Masudur Rahman, Ambassador (Ret.) Jae- many population centers in Pakistan. ASC09-1, was appointed bum Kim, EC02-2 and Consul General of Bangla- SEC05-2, assumed the posi- Note: Watch for our next edition with more alumni recog- desh in Dubai. tion of the Secretary Gener- nized for their outstanding efforts! al of the Korean-American Association. He also was 34 CURRENTS Spring 2014 appointed Secretary General of the Congo at the Mo- dor to the United Kingdom. quarters Defence Logistics Command as the SO1 Strat- of the Korean-American nusco police headquarters in Mashbat Otgonbayar, egy Execution. Association. He is also a Kinshasa. EC00-1 and SSD10-2, was board member and associate selected as Advisor to the director for the International Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs. Pakistan Policy Studies Institute and Brig. Gen. Mansoor Mr. Agha Jan Akhtar, Policy Commissioner for Zakariyya, EC01-3 and Mozambique CRC08-1, OR12-1 and the Korean Council on For- OR10-1, is attending the OR13-2, was appointed as eign Relations. He wears Col. Ricardo Macuvele, College of International Chairman/Chief Executive another hat as a senior CSRT12-1, was appointed Security Affairs at the U.S. Port Qasim Authority. researcher for the Cyber Military Attaché in Malawi. National Defense Univer- Secretariat of the Forum for sity. East Asia—Latin America Nepal Philippines Cooperation. Brig. Gen. Anuj Basnyat, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ferdinand Malaysia EC06-1, is participating in Bocobo, SEC06-3, is a laos Col. Badrul Hisham Mu- the Defense and Strategic practicing lawyer and Direc- hammad, EC05-2, was Studies Course at the Col- tor, Integrated BAR of the Ms. Sisamay Luangchan- selected as Commandant of lege of Defense Studies, Philippines-PPLM Chapter davong, ASC08-2, was ap- the Malaysian Peacekeeping NDU, Beijing, China. President, Rotary Club of pointed Lao Consul General Center in Port Dickson. Pasay MIA. in Shanghai. Rishi Ram Ghimire, EC05- 1, was appointed Minister Ms. Zenonida Brosas, Mongolia EC03-3 and SSD10-2, was Madagascar and Deputy Chief of Mis- appointed Deputy Direc- Odonjil Banzragch, EC04- sion to the Embassy of Ne- Capt. Ranaivoseheno tor General of the National 2, was appointed Ambassa- pal in Washington D.C. Louis Antoine de Padoue, Security Council, in charge dor to Egypt. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Bijaya EC05-2, was appointed of carrying out closure-mo- Shahi, EC05-3, was ap- Chief of Staff of the Naval Ambassador Dashdorj dalities for existing peace pointed Security Consultant Forces Command. Bayarkhuu, EC06-1, agreements. completed his duties as for the Institute of Policy Brigadier General Same- Ambassador Elizabeth Ambassador to Cairo. He Research, Government of tiana Rabeharindranto, Buensuceso, EC04-1, is currently Ambassador at Nepal. EC99-1, is the Director of moved to the posting as per- large to Iran and working Mr. Chiran Thapa, Defense at the Ministry of manent representative of the from Ulaanbaatar. He is also ASC11-2, has taken a posi- the Armed Forces. Republic of the Philippines Chief Editor of Britannica’s tion with an organization to ASEAN. Col. Rarasoa Ralaialo- Edition on the Foreign Poli- called Saferworld, as its Re- mady, EC05-1, is the Direc- cy of Mongolia. gional Security and Justice Henry Dar, ASC12-1, was tor, Military Information appointed Deputy, 401st In- Col. Yeruultsengel Chi- Adviser for Asia. and Communication. fantry . middorj, CSRT08-1, is Brigadier General Frank working at U.S. Central New Zealand Col. Maxima ‘Emma’ Julson Rasolonjatovo Command as Chief of Sec- Captain (Ret.) Warren Ignacio, ASC12-2, was ap- Iavizara, EC01-1, is serv- tion, Central Asian Studies Cummings, EC01-3, is pointed Commandant, Air ing as Technical Advisor to Section. leading his own manage- Force Officer School, Phil- the Minister of the Armed ippines. Col. Erdenetsogt Dorj- ment consulting training Forces. palam, EC02-3, is working business. Police Senior Superin- Chan in The Hague as a United Lt. Col. Cate Tarsau, tendent Noli G. Talino, Kan Rika, ASC08-2, is Nations Inspector. EC06-1, recently returned serving in the United Na- continued on next page Mr. Tulga Narkhuu, EC04- to New Zealand following tions peacekeeping mission 3, was appointed Ambassa- an 8-month deployment and in the Democratic Republic has been posted to Head- www.apcss.org 35 Alumni News

Position Terrorism Task Force Pacif- ic, FBI Honolulu Division. Changes Sri Lanka Cmdr. Daniel Linquist, (continued) APOC10-2, completed his Air Marshall Kolitha year at the Army War Col- ASC12-1, was designated as Gunatilleke as the new the Deputy Director of the lege. He is now the senior Chief of the Air Force in Navy instructor at the De- Philippine National Police Sri Lanka, EC04-2. Special Action Force. fense Institute for Security Assistance Management. Poland Col. John Lloyd, ASC11-2 and APOC11-2, is the 19th Col. Dariusz Karwinski, missioner to Australia. is Chief Immigration Of- Engineer Battalion Com- CSRT08-1, was appointed Ambassador Adam Sadiq, ficer. mander. He is deployed Military, Naval and Air EC01-3,is at the Harvard Mr. Tataua Pese, CCM09- to Kuwait with his bat- Attaché Embassy of the Kennedy School in Cam- 1, is Secretary General of talion; they are conducting Republic of Poland Astana, bridge, Massachusetts as Tuvalu Red Cross. construction operations Kazakhstan. part of his Master’s degree throughout the country. program at the Lee Kuan United States Maj. (Ret.) John Lynch, Russia School of Public Policy of Gen. (Ret.) John Allen, JEC04-1, SSTR06-1 and Professor Larissa Ruben, the National University of SEC05-1, is a Senior Advi- CSRT05-1, transferred EC04-3, is Director of the Singapore. sor to the Secretary of De- from Okinawa Japan to Center in Russian Academy Rear Admiral (Ret.) fense on Middle East Secu- Washington D.C where he of Sciences. Sarath Weerasekara, rity and he has been selected is the Director of Data and EC99-1, was appointed as a Board Member for the Web Services at the Marine Sri Lanka Deputy Minister of Labor. Center for a New American Corps Institute. Maj. Gen. Gamini Jayas- Security. Col. Robert McDowell, undara, EC97-2, is head of Thailand Christopher Bazin, EC07- APOC12-1, is Commander the National Cadet Corp. Capt. Chusak Chupaitoon, 2, is Chief, Plans and Pro- of the 1st Special Forces H.W.W. Erandana He- EC05-1, is Deputy Direc- grams for the Joint POW/ Group (Airborne). He is mawardana, CCM10-1, tor of the Naval Strategic MIA Accounting Command. also the Commander, Joint was appointed Private Sec- Studies Center. He recently Special Operations Task Maj. Michelle Charleston, Force – Philippines. retary to Member of Par- hosted a WPNS Workshop APOC10-3, is Commander liament, the Honorable P. 2013. of the Defense Logistics Kenneth McKay, EC05-2, Thigambaram. Col. Saranyu Viriyave- Agency Energy Alaska. completed a year’s assign- ment in Kabul, Afghanistan, Rear Admiral (Ret.) jakul, EC08-2, served as Captain Ashley Evans, Wasantha Karannagoda, defense and military attaché working programs related to APOC13-2, is Commanding the rule of law. EC97-2, is the Sri Lankan to the U.S. and Canada in Officer of the Joint Typhoon Ambassador to Japan. Washington, D.C. Warning Center. Lt. Col. John P. Mitchell, Rear Admiral (Ret.) Anan- Mr. Thanawat Sirikul, APOC11-2, was selected for Maj. Allison Husman, the Army’s Advanced Civil da Peiris, EC03-2, is head EC01-2, was seconded to APOC09-1, transitioned of the Civil Security Depart- the Asia-Pacific Economic Schooling program where from the U.S. Army Pacific he is earning a master’s ment. Cooperation (APEC) Secre- Command to California. tariat as a Program Director. degree in Strategic Public Admiral (Ret.) Thisara David Ikeda, CSRT07-1 Relations from George Samarasinghe, EC03-1, is and ASC09-2, is working as Washington University. the Sri Lankan High Com- Tuvalu a Task Force Officer, Joint Wesley Potter, CSRT05-2, Mr. Salasopa Puti, EC07-2, transitioned to Fort Wain- 36 CURRENTS Spring 2014 wright as the Deputy Gar- Retirements Iotita United States rison Commander. Kuarawete, Capt. Richard Col. Patrick Reardon, EC00-1, re- Pusateri, Bangladesh EC01-3 and OR09-1, is tired from APOC11-2, serving in Afghanistan as Lt. Col. ABM Kiribati Police retired from Director for Security Assis- Azizul Islam, Force. the Navy as a tance Office. CCM08-2, re- Allan Timona, Force Chap- tired from the Lt. Col. (Ret) Victor Sala- EC02-1, re- lain. Bangladesh zar, EC02-3, is serving as tried from the Mr. David Army. He is the first Director of the C.L. Kiribati Police Coleman, currently writing articles Ivey Center at the College Force. APOC08-2, and books. His first book is of Education and Health retired from entitled “The Mission.” Professions. Mongolia the APCSS li- Canada brary. Kirk Skinner, Magvan SEAPOC10-1, transferred Khorolsuren, Col. James Col. Chris to Tampa Florida, where he EC01-3, re- Reilly, Weicker, will work as Transportation tired as a po- APOC07-3, EC05-2, re- Security Administration’s lice colonel. retired from Deputy Federal Security tired from the the Marine Director. Canadian Corps. Armed Forces after 36 years Nepal Lt. Col. Eric Udouj, of service. He is living with Lt. Col. Mi- SSTR06-02, is working his wife Evamarie in Victo- Bijaya Shahi, chael Yap, as the PSYOP Acquisition ria, British Columbia, Cana- EC05-3, re- APOC09-2, Analyst at U.S. Special Op- da. tired after 35 retired from erations Command. years of active Science Appli- France Colonel Brent Willson, service. cations SEAPOC12-1, transferred Vice Admiral Philippines (SAIC). Jean-Louis to 3rd Fleet in San Diego, Brigadier California. Vichot, Cmdr. Brian TSC09-2, re- General Ra- O’Donnell, tired from the mona Go, EC07-2, re- Uruguay French Navy CCM08-2, re- tired from the Col. Jose Vecino, CCM10- and is now living in Paris. tired and de- Navy after cided to enter 1, was appointed 1st Ar- Kiribati over 24 years mored Brigade Commander. politics. She won election of military service. Kamaua Ti- as Mayor in San Enrique, Cmdr. P. J. rae, EC97-2, Iloilo. Yemen Tech, OR12- retired from tonga First Lieutenant Abdullah Kiribati Police 03 and former Al-Mahbashi, CSRT13-1, Force. Solomone APCSS mili- is supporting the United Savelio, tary professor, Nations’ Mission in Darfur EC06-1 and retired from (UNAMID). He is the Of- Johnny Lang- CSRT09-1, the Navy and is now First ficer in Charge of Admin- ley, EC01-2, was promoted Officer, 767 and 757 inter- istration in Shangil Tobaia retired from to commander. national at American Air- Team Site. He was selected Kiribati Police He recently retired from the lines. as trainer in El-Fasher head- Force. Tonga Defence Services and quarters. now lives in the U.S. in Florida. www.apcss.org 37 APCSS Course Calendar * Note: Dates are subject to change. Please visit our website for the most current information. Course # Start Date End Date Advanced Security Cooperation (ASC) 14-3 25-Sep-14...... 30-Oct-14 15-1 02-Apr-15...... 09-May-15 15-2 24-Sep-15...... 29-Oct-15

Senior Executive Asia-Pacific Orientation Course Commander, U.S. Pacific Command Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III (SEAPOC) welcomes particpants and provides opening remarks on the first 14-2 7-Oct-14...... 9-Oct-14 day of the USPACOM State Partnership Program. Partnering with Hawaii Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) 15-1 11-Feb-15...... 13-Mar-15 Military Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCM) nent commanders. 15-1 21-Jul-15...... 21-Aug-15 Faculty members often lead and facilitiate discussions to Transnational Security Cooperation (TSC) help frame regional issues and their impact on the rest 14-2 08-Dec-14...... 12-Dec-14 of the region. 15-1 22-Jun-15...... 26-Jun-15 One example of this sup- port was a three-day Senior Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (APOC) Leaders Workshop held at 14-1 21-Jul-14...... 25-Jul-14 APCSS, as part of the US PACOM State Partnership 14-2 08-Sep-14...... 12-Sep-14 Program (SPP). The “Part- 15-1 26-Jan-15...... 30-Jan-15 Lt.Col. Chris Hemming (USAF) addresses participants of the nering in the Rebalance” 15-2 01-Jun-15...... 05-Jun-15 workshop focused on the PACAF Conference. 15-3 31-Aug-15...... 04-Sep-15 rebalance to the Asia-Pacific APCSS provides CoCom region. It provided the at- support through executive tendees the opportunity to education, Regional Secu- review and facilitate en- rity Discussions and partici- hancements to security co- pation in workshops. operation efforts with seven These various efforts in- key regional partners. clude support for the U.S. Workshop participants Pacific Command’s Senior included USPACOM and Leaders Workshop, the U.S. National Guard (NG) senior Pacific Air Forces Com- leaders and other SPP stake- mander Conference, and holders from Washington, other workshops for compo- Alaska, Oregon, Guam, Idaho, and Hawaii.

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Dean – Capt.(Ret.) Carleton Cramer, U.S. navy Dr. J. Mohan Malik – China, Geopolitics, & Weapons Deputy Dean – Col. (Ret.) David Shanahan, U.S. Army Proliferation Academic Chief of Staff – Col. Gregory Winston, U.S. Army Dr. Justin Nankivell – International Law, Security Sector

Development contacts Dr. Rouben Azizian – Security Sector Development, Regional Ms. Kerry Nankivell – Maritime Security, Strategy & Organizations, Eurasia Security Decision-making Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd – Economics, Adult Ed., Myanmar Dr. Al Oehlers – Economics, Burma, Southeast Asia, Pa- Dr. James Campbell – Indonesia, BioSecurity cific Islands Maj. Jason L. Campbell, U.S. Army -Strategic Planning Mr. Tom Peterman – Disaster Management, UN HA/DR, Capt. Benjamin Clancy, U.S. Navy - National Security Law/Rule UN Peace Operations of Law Maj. James Popphan, USAF - Political Affairs, Terrorism, Ms. Jessica Ear – Human Security, Crisis Management, Civil Contingency Response Societies, Cambodia Dr. Jeffrey Reeves - China, Mongolia, and East Asia Se- Lt.Col. Reese Evers, USAF - Indonesia curity Mr. Herman Finley, Jr. – Information Technology, Strategic Col. (Ret.) Dave Shanahan, U.S. Army – Security Sector Communication, China Reform Dr. Lori Forman – Development Financing, ODA, Public-Private Mr. Shyam Tekwani – South Asia; Media & Conflict; Ter- Partnerships, Non-Governmental Organizations rorism Dr. David Fouse – Japan Col. Bryan P. Truesdell, U.S. Army - Decision-making, Lt. Col. Ian E. Francis, U.S. Army - China, Counter-Terrorism Leadership Dr. Scott Hauger – Environment/Science Dr. Alexander Vuving – Geopolitics, Southeast Asia, Lt. Col. Christopher Heming, USAF - Systems Acquisition China, Vietnam, South China Sea Dr. Jeffrey Hornung – Japan, East Asia Security/Foreign Policy Dr. Virginia Watson – Science & Technology Policy, Dr. Steven Kim – Korea, Governance Southeast Asia/Philippines, Water Security Lt.Cmdr Dara Kollasch, U.S. Navy - Southeast Asia Dr. William A. Wieninger – WMD Issues, Security Sector Maj. Douglas P. Krugman, USMC – Southeast Asia Development Maj. Christopher Kuchma, U.S. Air Force - Counterintelligence, Col. Gregory Winston, U.S. Army- South Asia Northeast Asia Dr. Saira Yamin - South Asia, Conflict Analysis & Reso- lution.

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Gen. Emmanuel Bautista (SSD10-2), Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Phil- ippines was honored as the APCSS Alumnus of the Year for 2013 for his outstanding contributions to reform the se- curity sector of the Philippines. (Left) Gen. Emmanuel Bautista meets with APCSS Director, Lt.Gen. Dan Leaf during a visit to the Center Oct. 18, 2013.

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