Alumni News Promotions Comoros Nepal Alumni Host Panel on Lt. Col. Rafick Soilihi, CSRT09-1, was promoted U.S. Rebalance to Asia-Pacific Australia as Commandant of the Gen- Steven Parsons, C12-01, darmerie. was promoted to wing commander. He has re- Jordan cently returned to Australia Ghaleb Qudaymat, following a 12-month de- CSRT13-1, was promoted to ployment. colonel. Bangladesh Korea Monsurul Alam, ASC08- Youngkwan Ryu, EC05-2, 2, was promoted to Joint was selected for promotion Secretary and posted to the to brigadier general. 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 admiral and is work- Phonepaseuth Vann- with other senior alumni including the Nepal Chief of ing as Assistant Chief of abouth, CSRT09-1, was Army Staff General Gaurav SJB Rana (EC99-1). Naval Staff (Personnel). promoted as police major Sabbir Khan, CSRT11-1, and appointed Assistant was promoted to com- Director General of Interpol of Administration and For- eral Officer 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 lieutenant 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- commodore 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 captain 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 major general. 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 Rear Admiral 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 vice admiral and assigned Australia Pakistan (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. India 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 Air Marshal 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.