E Komo Mai to 107 new Fellows from 36 countries attending the DKI APCSS ASC 18-2
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DKI APCSS Director Pete Gumataotao greets Advanced Security Cooperation (ASC) 18-2 Fellows upon their arrival on the first day of the course. ASC 18-2 runs from Sept. 20 - Oct. 24. The five-week course is designed to provide mid-career and senior security practitioners from across the Asia-Pacific Region about this large, diverse and complex region, its many issues, and opportunities for cooperation. The course also seeks to enhance the capability of every participant-or Fellow-in the areas of critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and decision-making undertaken in complex and culturally-diverse environments. The overall aim is to enable ASC Fellows to comprehend the Asia-Pacific Region’s most compelling security problems and to empower cooperative measures to address these.
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Director Gumataotao participates in U. S. INDO-PACOM Chiefs of Defense Conference
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DKI APCSS Director Pete Gumataotao poses for a photo with Alumni participating in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command annual Chiefs of Defense (CHoD) conference. The CHoD provides a forum for military leaders from throughout the Indo-Pacific region to strengthen military-to-military relationships, discuss common defense issues and foster regional cooperation. From left to right: Brigadier Lord Fielakepa, Chief of Defence Staff, Tonga; Rear Adm. Viliame Naupoto, Chief of Defense, Republic of Fiji Military Forces; Gen. Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines; Director Gumataotao; Brig. Gen. Gilbert Toropo, Commander, Papua New Guinea Defence Forces; and Lt. Gen. Nothapol Boonngam, Thailand.
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DKI APCSS Director keynote speaker at National POW/MIA Recognition Day Event
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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) leadership and honored guests render a salute during a ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2018. DKI APCSS Director Pete Gumataotao was the keynote speaker at the event.
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DKI APCSS Alumni, Military Fellows participate in Coast Guard Strategy Workshop
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DKI APCSS' personnel participated in the Asia-Pacific Coast Guard Liaison Officers Conference and inaugural Indo-Pacific Strategy Workshop, which was hosted by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Pacific Area (PACAREA) Headquarters in Alameda, Calif., Sept. 11-13. Click here for full article.
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Trust, partner-building, goals of Vietnam workshop
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The Indo-Pacific is in the midst of an epochal change. The global economic shift to Asia, the surge of maritime competition and security issues, and China’s continued forward momentum in their One Belt, One Road initiative demand a sense of urgency in identifying like-minded partners and priority areas of security cooperation. To build shared understanding and trust in this changing environment, the DKI APCSS and the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam co-hosted a workshop entitled, “Vietnam in a Changing Region: Looking Ahead to 2025” Sept. 5-7, in Ninh Binh, Vietnam. The workshop identified priority areas where the U.S. and like-minded partners could assist Vietnam to realize shared visions and goals. Click here for full article.
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Dr. Benjamin Ryan (2nd from left) presented at the 42nd Pacific Armies Management Symposium in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 20-23. 2018. The theme was: “Cooperation among Indo-Pacific Land forces in Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response (HA/DR).” Click here for full article.
Associate Professor Elina Noor presented on, “New Technologies, international humanitarian law, and the future of warfare: Cyber” at the 13th Southeast and Northeast Asian Session on International Humanitarian Law in Bangkok on 23 August 2018. Assoc. Prof. Noor also participated in the Japan-ASEAN Media Forum in Bangkok held on 25-26 August 2018, where she provided a briefing on the “Indo-Pacific Region – Economy, Society, and Politics” from a Malaysian and Southeast Asian perspective; and an update on Malaysia’s strategic outlook following the country’s 14th general elections in May 2018.
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Courses:
Advanced Security Cooperation (ASC) Course 18-2 Sept. 20 – Oct. 24
Transnational Security Cooperation (TSC) Course 18-2 Nov. 4-9, 2018
Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (APOC) 18-3 Dec. 3-7, 2018
Comprehensive Crisis Management Course (CCM) 19-1 Feb. 7 - Mar. 13, 2019
Workshops:
Maritime Security Workshop (MSC) Oct. 15-18, 2018
Implementing the Indo-Pacific Strategy Workshop Oct. 25 - 26, 2018
Integrating Private, Civil & Public HADR
Dec. 11-13, 2018
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International Visitor Leadership Program
Rear Adm. Kevin E. Lunday, Commander, Fourteenth Coast Guard District
Amb. Rena Bitter, U.S. Ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Brig. Gen. William Bowers, President, Marine Corps University
Chiefs of Defense Spouse Program
Brig. Gen. Jeremy C. “Java” Horn Commander of the Washington Air National Guard
Gen. Carlito “Charlie” Galvez (CCM10-1) Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines
Consul General Kurt Tong, U.S. Consul General Hong Kong and Macau
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