Small Wars Journal

Events Update

Fri, 03/11/2011 - 12:49pm
COIN Center: Monthly Webcast

The US Army Counterinsurgency Center is pleased to host Dr. John A. Bonin, Professor of Concepts and Doctrine at the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Previously, he was the Scholar in Residence for the Army Heritage Center Foundation. He will be presenting from the U.S. Army War College on Thursday, 17 March 2011 at 1000 CST, 1100 EST, 1500 ZULU. His briefing is entitled Building the Security Capacity of Partners. Please see this slide for additional details.

Those interested in attending may view the meeting online at https://connect.dco.dod.mil/coinweb and participate via Defense Connect Online (DCO) as a guest. Remote attendees will be able to ask questions and view the slides through the software.

Certificate Errors: Anytime you have problems connecting to DCO meetings and get "certificate" or "security" errors pop up, go the main DCO website and click on "DoD Certificates Download" link on the left-hand side. It will bring up a pop-up window and click on the first link "InstallRoot 3.13.msi" and run this installer to install the DoD Root Certificates. That should fix any certificate/security errors from then on when connecting to DCO.

Army War College: America and Its Profession of Arms

The Commandant of the U.S. Army War College cordially invites you to join this critical conversation at the U.S. Army War College's XXII Annual Strategy Conference to be held at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania from April 5-7, 2011. Join over 20 leading experts, the U.S. Army War College Class of 2011, and 200 other strategists, academics, journalists, government officials, business leaders, and other members of the public as they examine and debate the critical relationship between the U.S. military and the American society. The conference will include panels discussing the changing role of the military; the possible divergence of the cultural perspectives of the U.S. military and American society in general; and the potential impact such cultural divergence could have on various groups, including those representing both the profession and the larger society--such as military families and veterans. The conference agenda can be found here.

Marine Corps University: Emerald Express

Marine Corps University, in partnership with the DoD Minerva Research Initiative and the Marine Corps University Foundation, is proud to announce its 2011 Emerald Express Strategic Symposium, entitled Al-Qaida after Ten Years of War: A Global Perspective of Successes, Failures and Prospects. The one-day conference will be held 26 April 2011 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center, National Harbor, MD.

The conference will examine the multidimensional aspects of the Al-Qaida threat in various theaters where it currently operates or may do so in the future. The symposium will bring together authorities on Al-Qaida from academia, government (both military and civilian), think tanks, and media from both the United States and from the regions under discussion. We are proud to feature Gen Michael V. Hayden (USAF, Ret), the former Director of the CIA, former Director of the NSA, and former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, as our morning keynote speaker.

To see the agenda and/or register, please visit the symposium website.