U.S. European Command’s director of Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber discussed cyber security and policy during the first-ever Program on Cyber Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies here Dec. 12.

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Welton Chase Jr., U.S. European Command’s director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber, discusses issues of cyber sovereignty and policy Dec. 12 during the inaugural Program on Cyber Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (DOD photo by Karlheinz Wedhorn/RELEASED)

The 10th annual International Senior Enlisted Seminarbrings together the senior enlisted leaders from over 30 nations in order to build the capabilities and interoperability of noncommissioned officers, while continuing to develop the NCO corps of NATO, Partnership for Peace, and key-contact nations.

Command Chief Master Sgt. Todd Small, enlisted advisor to NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, addresses an assembled group of senior enlisted leaders, from more than 30 nations, at the opening of the 10th annual International Senior Enlisted Seminar, Sept. 9, 2013. ISES participants focus on building the capabilities and interoperability of noncommissioned officers, while continuing to develop the NCO corps of NATO, Partnership for Peace, and key-contact nations.

Command Sgt. Maj. Metaj Cenc, command senior enlisted leader of the Kosovo Security Forces, addresses an assembled group of senior enlisted leaders, from more than 30 nations, at the opening of the 10th annual International Senior Enlisted Seminar, Sept. 9, 2013. ISES participants focus on building the capabilities and interoperability of noncommissioned officers, while continuing to develop the NCO corps of NATO, Partnership for Peace, and key-contact nations.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to a group of fellow command senior enlisted leaders about noncommissioned officer development within NATO, during the 10th annual International Senior Enlisted Seminar, Sept. 10, 2013. ISES brings together the senior enlisted leaders from over 30 nations in order to build the capabilities and interoperability of noncommissioned officers, while continuing to develop the NCO corps of NATO, Partnership for Peace, and key-contact nations.

Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander U.S. European Command, speaks to a group of Command Senior Enlisted Leaders at a luncheon during the 10th annual International Senior Enlisted Seminar, Sept. 11, 2013. ISES brings together the senior enlisted leaders from over 30 nations in order to build the capabilities and interoperability of noncommissioned officers, while continuing to develop the NCO corps of NATO, Partnership for Peace, and key-contact nations.

GARMISH, Germany - Senior enlisted leaders of the 2012 International Senior Enlisted Seminar take part in a video teleconference briefing given by Command Sgt. Maj. Sofi Roshan, senior enlisted leader of the Afghan National Army. Roshan spoke on the current status of Afghan forces, strengthening and building the enlisted forces, then moved on to an open discussion with the ISES attendees, Sept. 12. Bringing together 32 nations at the George C. Marshall European Center for International Studies in Garmisch, Germany, ISES is the flagship professional development event for NATO, Partnership for Peace and key contact nation senior enlisted leaders, helping to prepare them for increasingly complex and challenging multinational environments, while continuing the development of a professional NCO Corps in NATO and partnered countries.

GARMISH, Germany - Command Sgt. Maj. Istvan Kriston, senior enlisted leader of the Hungarian Defense Force, takes part in a video teleconference briefing given by Command Sgt. Maj. Sofi Roshan, senior enlisted leader of the Afghan National Army. Roshan spoke on the current status of Afghan Forces, strengthening and building the enlisted forces, then moved on to an open discussion with the 2012 International Senior Enlisted Seminar attendees, Sept. 12. Bringing together 32 nations at the George C. Marshall European Center for International Studies in Garmisch, Germany, ISES is the flagship professional development event for NATO, Partnership for Peace and key contact nation senior enlisted leaders, helping to prepare them for increasingly complex and challenging multinational environments, while continuing the development of a professional NCO Corps in NATO and partnered countries.

GARMISH, Germany - Chief Master Sgt. Denis Jelinski-Hall (left), senior enlisted leader to the Chief of the U.S. National Guard Bureau, and Adjutant Major Claude Schmitz, regimental sergeant major of the NATO School, takes part in a video teleconference briefing given by Command Sgt. Maj. Sofi Roshan, senior enlisted leader of the Afghan National Army. Roshan spoke on the current status of Afghan forces, then moved on to an open discussion with the 2012 International Senior Enlisted Seminar attendees, Sept. 12. Bringing together 32 nations at the George C. Marshall European Center for International Studies, ISES is the flagship professional development event for NATO, Partnership for Peace and key contact nation senior enlisted leaders, helping to prepare them for increasingly complex and challenging multinational environments, while continuing the development of a professional NCO Corps in NATO and partnered countries.

GARMISH, Germany - Warrant Officer Terry Casey, Naval Service Royal Navy Command, takes part in a video teleconference briefing given by Command Sgt. Maj. Sofi Roshan, senior enlisted leader of the Afghan National Army. Roshan spoke on the current status of Afghan forces, strengthening and building the enlisted forces, then moved on to an open discussion with the 2012 International Senior Enlisted Seminar attendees, Sept. 12. Bringing together 32 nations at the George C. Marshall European Center for International Studies in Garmisch, Germany, ISES is the flagship professional development event for NATO, Partnership for Peace and key contact nation senior enlisted leaders, helping to prepare them for increasingly complex and challenging multinational environments, while continuing the development of a professional NCO Corps in NATO and partnered countries.

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – In the course of exploring a definition and framework for “Countering Violent Extremism,” the 97 participants in a week-long seminar on the topic here have traveled down many paths.

GARMISH, Germany - Command Sgt. Maj. Howard Robinson (right), senior enlisted leader of the Illinois National Guard, speaks to an assembled group of fellow senior enlisted leaders during a NATO noncommissioned officer strategy session designed to promote NCO Corps professional development, Sept. 10. Bringing together 32 nations at the George C. Marshall European Center for International Studies in Garmisch, Germany, the International Senior Enlisted Seminar 2012 is the flagship professional development event for NATO, Partnership for Peace and key contact nation senior enlisted leaders, helping to prepare them for increasingly complex and challenging multinational environments, while continuing the development of a professional NCO Corps in NATO and partnered countries.

ISAF senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Capel provided an operational update to International Senior Enlisted Symposium attendees at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.

With attendees from four combatant commands, the Senior Executive Seminar titled “Beyond Al Qaeda: How to Understand and Counter Violent Extremism” at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies started Sept. 5.

The elective at this Department of Defense Regional Center is one of a handful offered to complete the Program in Advanced Security Studies, a 10-week look at international law and the frame work for the program’s namesake.

The future of Afghanistan and what might happen in that nation after 2014 took center stage during a three-day conference held by three of the Department of Defense’s regional centers here March 13-15.

Ninety seven participants from 47 countries covering three combatant commands – U.S. Africa, Central and European Command – are working over nine days to better define what’s happening in countries like Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Syria and other nations. Speakers include academics, military leaders and others involved with the change process in those nations.

A contingent from NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan spent the day at the Marshall Center talking to staff members and interacting with better than 140 students in the Program in Advanced Security Studies Dec. 9.

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany -- News updates, a Twitter feed and access to videos from the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies are now available free via a mobile telephone application.

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Rare will be the occasion when the U.S. military will operate by itself and instead will rely on partnerships with other nations going forward, said the U.S. Army in Europe's top officer.