Alumni News Alumni Associations - Ken Sosavoeun, CS 04-2, Was Promoted Afghanistan PROMOTIONS to Lieutenant General

Alumni News Alumni Associations - Ken Sosavoeun, CS 04-2, was promoted Afghanistan PROMOTIONS to lieutenant general. He commands the American Samoa National Centre for Peacekeeping Force, Australia mine ERW clearance. Bangladesh BANGLADESH Bhutan Cambodia* - Md. Shafiqul Ahmed, ASC 14-2, was INDIA Cameroon promoted to joint secretary, Ministry of De- - Rajeev Sirohi, CCM 08-2, was promot- Canada fence. ed to major general. Chile China - Mahbub Hasan, CSRT 14-1, was promot- - Amit Sharma, CSRT 08-1, was pro- Colombia ed as superintendent of Police. He is work- moted to colonel. Comoros ** ing for the U.N. Mission in South Sudan. Cook Islands - Vijay Chafekar, ASC 13-1, was pro- Fiji moted to inspector general. Guam BRUNEI Hong Kong India - Othman Suhaily, TSC 15-1, was pro- INDONESIA Indonesia moted to captain and assigned as deputy - Adrian Wattimena, EC 02-3 and Iraq commander of the Brunei Navy. He also Japan CSRT 06-3, was promoted to air vice Jordan organized the initial planning conference for marshal and appointed as corps com- Kazakhstan the Ex Mahi Tangaroa Exercise 2016. mander of Indonesian Air Force Special Lao PDR Forces. Lebanon CAMBODIA Madagascar** - Johni Asadoma, ASC 10-1, was pro- Malaysia - David Sorithyka Meach, ASC 13-1 and moted as police brigadier general and ap- Maldives CSRT 14-1, was promoted to major general pointed head of the International Mission Marshall Islands Mauritius** and assigned as deputy director of central Bureau. Micronesia security of the National Police. ...continued on next page Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Palau Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Republic of Korea Russia & Far East Russia Samoa Singapore Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Tonga Tuvalu Visiting Korea Vanuatu DKI APCSS Director retired Lt. Gen. Dan Leaf (left of center) and Foreign Policy Advisor Vietnam Brent Christensen (second from right) are pictured with DKI APCSS alumni from Korea dur- U.S. (D.C. & Hawaii) ing the pair’s strategic recruiting and engagement visit to Koreaj and Japan in March. * Informal group ** Joint alumni association with the Africa Center

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KIRIBATI - Maj. Gen. (Ret) Richard Blanch- ette, TSC 10-2, established and is in - Beretitara Neeti, CCM 16-1, was POSITION CHANGES charge of a security consultant com- promoted to inspector and appointed pany, RVB Securi-T. commander of the police planning BANGLADESH unit. - Masudur Rahman, ASC 09-1, has CHILE MALAYSIA been posted as the director general for - Capt. (Ret) Francisco Fierro, EC West and Central Asia in the Ministry 05-1j, is the senior security manager - Hasan bin Ali, EC 02-3, was pro- of Foreign Affairs. for the DHL supply chain in Argen- moted to brigadier general and is - Commander Mohammad Habib tina and Chile. attending the Thailand National De- ul Alam, ASC 15-2, earned the Presi- fense College. dent Coast Guard Medal from the FIJI - Ganesh Navaratnam, EC 06-2, was minister of Home Affairs for his con- - Auta Moceisuva, ASC 09-2, was promoted to first admiral. tribution to reducing criminal activi- appointed team leader, child protec- ties in Chittagong Port Authority. tion officer, U.N. Mission in South MYANMAR - Tahmid Mustafa Masum, CCM Sudan. - Zaw Moe Than, ASC 14-3, was 14-1, was transferred to the Ministry promoted as police brigadier general of Public Administration. HONDURAS in charge of training for the Myanmar - Ashud Ahmed, TSC 13-2, was ap- - Gen. Rene Ponce, CSRT 15-1, was Police Force. pointed ambassador to Qatar. appointed commander of the Hondu- ran Army. NEPAL - Lt. Col. Md. Saif Ullah, CSRT 15-1, was appointed assistant military sec- HONG KONG - Dr. Rajib Subba, CCM 13-1, was retary to the Honorable Prime Minis- - Steven Wordsworth, CSRT 10-1, promoted to deputy inspector general ter of Bangladesh. of police and appointed director, com- was appointed senior manager, Avia- munication directorate of Nepal Po- BRAZIL tion Security Company, Hong Kong International Airport. lice Headquarters. - Marcio Bravo Goncalves, CCM 15-1, was posted to Haiti to help NEW ZEALAND INDIA repatriate Brazilian troops assigned - Anil K. Upadhyay, SEC 06-2, was - Tony Davies, TSC 14-2, was pro- there. moted to air vice marshall and ap- posted as member (administrative), pointed chief of Air Force. CAMBODIA Central Administrative Tribunal. - Lt. Gen. Mam Sophat, EC 05-2, is - S. D. Banga, ASC 10-1, was ap- PAKISTAN in charge of legislative affairs for the pointed secretary, Committee on - Nadeem Ahmed Anjum, TSC 14-1, Ministry of Defense. Road Safety. was promoted to major general. - Air Marshal Birender Singh Dha- - Ammara Khattak, CCM 15-1, was CAMEROON noa, EC 00-1, is vice chief of Air promoted to deputy commissioner of - Emmanuel “Bill” Essomba Force. the Abbottabad district. She is the Onana, ASC 10-2, has been posted to first female head of a district/city in Navy Headquarters as chief technical INDONESIA the province and only the fourth ever inspector. - Col. Rujito Asmoro, ASC 10-2, is in Pakistan. a staff member of the Indonesian Na- - Syed Naqvi, EC 07-2, is a Fellow CANADA tional Resilience Institute. at the U.S. Air War College. He was - Maj. Gen. Derek Joyce, SP 13-1, - Maj. Ari Maryadi, CSRT 14-1, was selected for promotion to brigadier was selected as director general, In- posted as staff officer for education general. ternational Security Policy. and material cooperation in the direc- 30 CURRENTS Spring 2016 DKI APCSS Deputy Director retired Brig. Gen. James Hirai (left of center) and Alumni Division Chief John Gasner (third left of center) are pictured with participants in a transnational security workshop in Mongolia. The group contained members of Mongolia’s Alumni Association. Mongolia earns DKI APCSS Alumni Association of Year Award The Alumni Association of Mongolia is the Daniel K. Mongolia’s alumni have also assisted DKI APCSS Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Alumni in helping their nation form its National Security and Association of the Year for 2015. Foreign Policy Concepts and most recently its National The association is recognized for long-running sup- Defense Policy. port to DKI APCSS outreach and education efforts to “Congratulations to our friends in Mongolia for a job include workshops on emergency preparedness and risk well done,” said DKI APCSS Director retired Lt. Gen. reduction, de-mining and peacekeeping operations, and Dan Leaf. “They’ve demonstrated a long-term commit- transnational security challenges. The group is currently ment to using the skills and connections they’ve gained working with Center faculty members to assist in hosting at the Center to enhance their nation’s security processes. a Women, Peace and Security seminar later this year in They’re a great example of the many outstanding alumni Ulaanbaatar. associations we have throughout the Asia-Pacific region.” torate for international cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Karim, EC 03-2, is chairman of a security company and a consultant to JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN a New Township development com- - Maj. Gen. Hiroshi Kaminotani, - Dastan Yeleukenov, Cross-Regional pany. TSC 14-2, was appointed director Cooperation Workshop (CRC 08-1), - Rohana Ramli, CCM 11-1, is the general, operations and intelligence, was appointed as ambassador to Sweden. Malaysian ambassador to the Repub- Air Staff Office. LITHUANIA lic of Korea. - Yasuhiro Tojo, CCM 15-1, has been - Vilmantas Vitkauskas, CSRT 05-1, reassigned as the chief representative - Rear Adm. Mior Rosdi Jaafar, was appointed national security advi- of Japan International Cooperation TSC 14-1, was posted as the com- sor to the president of Lithuania. Agency (JICA), Pakistan Office. mander, Naval Education and Train- ing. - Hiromi Kiyohara, EC 05-2, is work- MALAYSIA ing at the Canada desk in Japan’s - Retired Lt. Col. Zakaria Abdul ...continued on next page

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- Fadzil Ismail, SSTR 06-2, is the Cross based in Geneva. SRI LANKA defense attaché to Moscow. - Hasanthi Dissanayake, CSRT - Hayati Ismail, CCM 08-3, was ap- PERU 10-1, was appointed ambassador to pointed ambassador of Malaysia to - Augusto Carlos Wilfredo Vietnam. the Russian Federation. Layzequilla Freyre, CSRT 07-1, has - Maj. Gen. Udayanta Wijeratne, - Loon-Lai Cheong, CCM 12-1, is been appointed as an ambassador. CSRT 07-1, was appointed security the Malaysian high commissioner in force commander, Eastern Province. Accra. PHILIPPINES - Dayani Mendis, ASC 15-2, is serv- - Afandi Bakar, CSRT 15-1, was ap- - Police Senior Superintendent Car- ing as minister, Sri Lanka Embassy in pointed consul general of Malaysia in los Lozano, CSRT 06-1, was desig- Vienna. Songkhla, Thailand. nated deputy director for operations, THAILAND MICRONESIA intelligence group. - Paisit Boonparlit, EC 05-2, is di- - Carlson Apis, EC 04-2, is ambas- - Col. Cirilito “Lito” Sobejana, ASC rector, legalization division, depart- sador to Beijing. 10-2, was appointed brigade com- ment of consular affairs, Ministry of mander, 601st Brigade, 6th Infantry Foreign Affairs. MONGOLIA Division, Philippine Army. - Lt. Col. Sodnomtsog Davaa, ASC - Col. Sanphet Pinetburana, EC 12-2, was selected as chief of audit - Susan Trillanes Rabanao-Jalla, 04-1, was posted as Army attaché to section, National Defense University. ASC 14-3, is the chief of staff of the Singapore. Philippine National Police Crime NEPAL Laboratory. TIMOR-LESTE - Pashupati Upadhyay, CSRT 14-1, - Enrico Evangelista, CSRT 15-1, - Ana Filipa Carvalho, SSD 10-1, is a special assistant to the U.N. in was selected as deputy inspector gen- was assigned as the chief of Coast Guinea-Bissau. eral, Mid-Regional Police Office. Guard Staff.

NEW ZEALAND - Jet Villacorte, TSC 15-1, was des- UNITED STATES - David Cliff, TSC 10-2, was sec- ignated regional director of Police - Col. Seung J. Lee, EC 08-2, is serv- onded to the International Red Regional Office 8 in EasternV isayas. ing at the Pentagon in the U.S. Joint

Director meets with alumni in Timore-Leste DKI APCSS Director retired Lt. Gen. Dan Leaf traveled to Timor-Leste in December to take part in an academic seminar hosted by the Office of the President in Dili. General Leaf is pictured here (just left of center) with several DKI APCSS alumni.

32 CURRENTS Spring 2016 Staff J5 as the country director for the CHILE - Col. Richard Siga-an, Korean peninsula. EC 05-2, retired from the - Lt. Col. Augusto military after 36 years of - Sherrod Lewis Bumgardner, EC Scarella, ASC 09-2, service. 99-2, completed his eleventh year at retired from active mili- NATO as legal advisor. tary service. He will - Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Del- serve as an advisor to - Capt. Dwight Collins, APOC 11-2, gado, EC 01-1, retired the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has was selected to command the mari- from his position as also started his own organization of time safety and security team, San chief of the Air Force. Diego, Calif. specialized analysts in future scenar- io building, specifically in strategic - Scott Sweetow, SP 13-1, is deputy communications. director of the Terrorist Explosive SINGAPORE Device Analytical Center. INDIA - Lt. Col. Lawrence Chee, EC 05-2, retired - Col. Todd Fish, APOC 14-1, is - Lt. Gen. Amarjeet transferring to Wiesbaden, Germany, from active duty and in Singh Chabbewal, EC addition to still serving where he will assume a unit com- 00-3, retired and is now mand. in the Reserve, he is a living in San Francisco. defense executive officer - Special Agent Stephan Notarianni, - Air Vice Marshal D.P. involved in training development. EC 03-1, is chief, military liaison Upot, EC 02-1, retired SRI LANKA office, U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, from the Indian Air Romania. Force. - Group Capt. Saman Lewangama, CCM 08-3, RETIREMENTS MALAYSIA retired from the military. - Maj. Gen. Dato’ Lim UNITED STATES Tiow Yew, EC 06-1, AUSTRALIA retired from the Royal - Col. Mark Aycock, - Capt. Richard Mc- Malaysian Air Force. EC 01-2, retired from Millan, EC 06-2, retired the U.S. Marine Corps. from active military PAKISTAN - Thomas McNamara, service and currently at- - Tahir Hanfi, EC 04-1, CA 11-5, retired from tached to the Active Re- retired from the National the Defense Intelligence serve Force. Assembly Secretariat Agency. after serving 32 years BANGLADESH - Robert Skipp Orr, in parliamentary affairs. TSC 13-1, retired as - Group Capt. Rabiul Since 2006, Tahir Hanfi ambassador to the Asian I. Sikder, SSRT 07-1, has been serving as secretary of the Development Bank. He retired from the military Pakistan DKI APCSS Alumni As- is now a member of the after 33 years of distin- sociation. Board of Governors Pa- guished service. cific Forum CSIS. PHILIPPINES - Capt. (Ret) Larry Dove, EC 00-3, BHUTAN - Police Maj. Gen. Rodrigo De retired from the Federal - Thinley Dorji, EC 04- Gracia, EC 07-1, retired Emergency Management 2, retired and is enjoying from the police and is Agency, where he served time with his 9-month now working as chief of as an emergency manage- old granddaughter and a staff for Sen. Joseph Vic- ment preparedness spe- newborn grandson. tor “JV” Ejercito. cialist.