NPS Hosts Diverse Array of Speakers at LDESP Seminar

Retired Ambassador Peter Tomsen, Special Envoy on Afghanistan for former President George H.W. Bush, discusses "The Way Forward for Afghanistan" with senior leaders of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team stationed out of Georgia at a Leadership Development & Education for Sustained Peace seminar Aug. 28. Sitting in the front row taking notes is COL Lee K. Durham, the brigade's Commanding Officer. (U.S. Navy photo by MCSN John R. Fischer) Full story

NPS Hosts Homeland Security Conference as Gustav Hurls Towards Gulf

Cell phones rang and beepers beeped as top Department of Homeland Security and other crisis/disaster management officials, first responders and industry and academic leaders gathered at the Naval Postgraduate School Aug. 26-29 for the second annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) conference on “Homeland Security in Action” occurring just as hurricane Gustav bore down on the Louisiana coast.  The goal of the working symposium was to catalyze communications, collaboration and interoperability among the agencies, organizations and individuals who develop and operate air, space and maritime systems in support of the homeland defense and security mission.  A highlight of the conference was the presentation of a special commendation award to the Department of Homeland Security by AIAA Homeland Security Program Committee chair Dr. Kevin Kremeyer, left. Accepting the honor on behalf of Secretary Michael Chertoff was Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker, right, who spoke at the first day’s luncheon. U.S. Navy photo by Javier Chagoya.  Full story

CSRS Offers Unique Educational Programs for Disaster Relief, Peacekeeping Practitioners

Participants from the Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies (CSRS) workshop, “Tools for Cross-Cultural Understanding,” congregate at the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) rose garden during a three-day conference in June. CSRS, a center within the NPS School of International Graduate Studies, provides cross-community learning programs for practitioners who engage in international peacekeeping, reconstruction and stabilization efforts. Photo by Nico Mavris. Full story