Civil Military Emergency Preparedness & Planning
Civil Military Emergency Preparedness & Planning The collection, analysis and sharing of information to ensure the most effective use of resources for use during emergency situations.
- UPDATE - Transatlantic Security Jam: Securing the post COVID future, Started 15:00 CET
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, May 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a swift and severe impact on our societies. In the midst of this pandemic, many of us are facing new challenges and are asking what is next. This exclusive online event will focus on how to secure the post COVID future....
A Network of Maritime Fusion Centers Throughout the Indo-Pacific
Exerpt: The establishment of national maritime fusion centers across the Indo-Pacific region would go a long way toward advancing maritime security. Indo-Pacific states should establish such centers with a focus on maritime threats of a transboundary nature, as well as traditional state-...
ACSS French Representative Discusses Successful Operations in Ivory Coast During Conference
Washington—Colonel Patrick de Vathaire, Senior French Representative at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, spoke at the National Defense University on Dec. 1, 2011, about how his country successfully ran small military operations in Ivory Coast. His remarks were part of a...
Bulgarian alumni meet to discuss civil-security
On Feb 12 the Bulgarian alumni association held an evening roundtable entitled “Civil-Military Interaction in Disaster Preparedness and Response” at the Central Military Club in Sofia. The event drew 43 participants, 36 of them alumni, and consisted of a panel discussion focusing on crisis...
DIILS COURSE ADDRESSES RESPONSIBLE USE OF THE MILITARY TO SUPPORT CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES
Twenty-nine internationals and two U.S. Army participants completed DIILS second Legal Aspects of Defense Support of Civil Authorities (LADSCA) course on 6 August 2015. The three week LADSCA course promotes the participants’ ability to engage in defense support of civil authorities (DSCA) in a...
DIILS ENGAGES WITH DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN SEMINAR ON DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- In July, DIILS conducted a seminar on Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) attended by 20 military and civilian representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Immigration Department. Participants from the Dominican Ministry of Defense...
DIILS GRADUATES FIRST RESIDENT COURSE ON LEGAL ASPECTS OF DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES
NEWPORT – 27 participants from 23 partner nations graduated on August 7 2014 from the inaugural offering of DIILS’ resident course on the Legal Aspects of Defense Support of Civil Authorities (LADSCA). This course, developed in coordination with the geographic combatant commands, is designed...
DIILS GRADUATES INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS FROM LADSCA RESIDENT COURSE
DIILS was excited to resume its resident courses in July with Legal Aspects of Defense Support of Civil Authorities (LADSCA). This three-week course focuses on international and domestic legal frameworks for various aspects of military support to and cooperation with civil law enforcement...
DIILS PRESENTS SECOND ANNUAL ‘VINCENT SOWA AWARD’ TO LADSCA PARTICIPANT
The Legal Aspects of Defense Support to Civil Authorities 19010 course presented the second annual Vincent Sowa Award to Major Mahmoud Magdy Farag from Egypt. The Sowa Award is to honor the memory of LTC Vincent Sowa from Sierra Leone. The award citation reads: “In recognition of your...
DIILS RESUMES RESIDENT COURSES IN NEWPORT
DIILS is excited to announce Resident Courses will resume this July. Legal Aspects of Defense Support to Civil Authorities (15 July – 14 August), Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism (19 August – 9 September), and Legal Aspects of Maritime Security Operations (10 September - 30 September) will...
Gaming Major Power Rivalry and Climate Disasters Using Systems Tools
“Gaming Major Power Rivalry and Climate Disasters Using Systems Tools” is the title of paper by DKI APCSS’ Dr. Deon Canyon and former visiting scholar Jonathan Chan forSecurity Nexus. This paper documents a methodology for creating crisis-games that are designed to explore possible futures in...
GCMC Professor Publishes New Book
Professor John L. Clarke, ProgramDirector for the Seminar inTransnational Civil Security (STACS),examines the role of North American and European armed forces in support of civil authorities in domestic contingencies. He seeks to answer the question of what roles are - and are not -...
Latvian Alumni Gather for Civil Security Lecture
Marshall Center Prof. CAPT Rob Blazewick, the deputy director of the Seminar in Trans-Atlantic Civil Security (STACS), addressed over 45 Latvian civil servants and law enforcement personnel, almost all of them Marshall Center alumni, in Riga, Latvia today. CAPT Blazewick lectured on Japan’s...
Latvian Alumnus Earns Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship in the US to Study for Masters Degree in Homeland Security
Congratulations to Mr. Edmunds Akitis (STACS 2011-2) who learned over the summer that he had earned a Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Masters Degree in Homeland Security -- the first such program of its kind in the world -- at California's San Diego State University. Edmunds (who has...
LEGAL ASPECTS OF DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES (LADSCA) (MASL P176042))
Legal Aspects of Defense Support of Civil Authorities. DIILS is pleased to announce the offering of a new resident course called LADSCA, beginning in July 2014. This course will promote the legal aspects of defense support of civilian authority in ways that are consistent with democratic...
Pacific Trident III: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Alliance System Under Gray Zone Operations
“Pacific Trident III: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Alliance System Under Gray Zone Operations” is the latest paper by DKI APCSS Associate Professor John Hemmings. The paper looks at how tabletop exercises (TTX) are used to train participants on crisis management. The TTX,...
Paris, Major Terje Surdal, Vice President of the Council, Inter-allied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) with French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves le Drian
In February, the Inter-allied Confederation of Reserve Officers for the first time ever had students attending one of the non-resident programs at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. The organization commonly referred to by its French acronym CIOR, represents the...
Perry Center Co-Hosts Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Seminar in Panama
February 5-7, 2020, the Perry Center co-hosted a three-day Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Seminar with the Panamanian Ministry of Public Security, the National Aeronaval Service of Panama, and the United States Embassy in Panama. Vice Minister of Public Security Ivor Pittí Hernández...
STACS Alumni Workship Begins
On April 23rd Marshall Center Alumni Programs opened the STACS Alumni Community of Interest (COI) Workshop: Examining Lessons Learned: Civil Security Operations in Major Disasters & National Security Events. This event, in partnership with the faculty of the STACS Program, is the 4th...