National Defense University Foundation Fall/Winter 2022 Newsletter

NDU FOUNDATION: A FORCE MULTIPLIER

Best-in-Class Thought Leadership & Innovation

Dear Friends of the National Defense University Foundation, I’m pleased to share our Fall/Winter 2022 Newsletter, which highlights recent convenings and initiatives of the National Defense University (NDU) Foundation and of the National Defense University. All of this has been possible only with the support of our Board of Directors, our McNair Partners, and well-informed donors who understand the critical importance of developing senior leaders as a national security imperative. With your continued support, our vision is to grow NDUF’s impact on national security leader development and international relationship development because we recognize these emerging leaders are our most vital national security assets.

Working with our corporate partners, the Foundation hosted numerous salient national security briefings and convenings, which supplemented student learning and policy debate. The 2022 College of Information and Cyberspace CyberBeacon brought global cybersecurity experts and professionals to the NDU community. CyberBeacon is another example of how the Foundation and the NDU operate together at the intersection of the security environment, creating a strategic advantage.

With support from the NDU Foundation, NDU hosted its Alumni Continuing Education Security Seminar (ACESS). The event brought together the NDU International Fellows Program alumni and many of their spouses for a robust academic program complemented by a series of networking events that included a cultural field study. ACESS Australia’s delivery of educational programs and networking activities provided a rich and fulfilling opportunity for NDU International Fellow alumni, faculty, USG stakeholders, and representatives from NATO to network with one another and reconnect with their shared NDU experience. ACESS continues to demonstrate the importance and impact of professional military education on national security and global diplomacy.

As we look forward to 2023, thank you for your continued engagement and partnership. With your support, we are securing resources for high-priority, performance-based initiatives at NDU, forging partnerships ensuring NDU remains the pinnacle provider of joint interagency education and facilitating relationships that provide a conduit for private sector expertise and capabilities that enable best-inclass transformation and innovation at National Defense University.

Warm regards,

James Schmeling President & CEO

ACESS

Alumni Continuing Education Security Seminar (ACESS) Convened in Sydney, Australia

NDU hosted its 15th Alumni Continuing Education Security Seminar (ACESS) in Sydney, Australia, from 8-12 August 2022. This seminar allowed 100 U.S. and partner nation leaders to gather for a week-long engaging academic program, and, for the first time, included U.S. alumni of NDU with NDUF support. The educational program was executed by faculty from across the University and featured plenaries focusing on a wide range of topics, small-group seminar discussions, and elective sessions.

Reflections on ACESS 2022

By Glenda Jakubowski

I particularly valued being exposed to international perspectives at ACESS 2022. The NDU Foundation provided a professionally enriching opportunity by enabling American NDU alumni attendance at the ACESS 2022 event in Australia. The opportunity to engage with 100 other alumni from 40 nations spanning multiple class years was especially valuable to me as a 2018 graduate of the College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC) because international students began attending CIC the year after I graduated. It was only with the class of 2019 that CIC students began to experience and benefit from the breadth of perspectives an international student cadre brings to the classroom.

Thanks to the contributions of the National Defense University Foundation, the ACESS program’s networking activities featured a spouses program, a private educational tour of the Sydney Opera House, and a Sydney Harbor Cruise in which participants had the opportunity to see migrating whales crossing the harbor for warmer Pacific waters.

The academic content, focusing on the rules-based international order in the Indo-Pacific, was especially relevant to the defense challenges each represented nation, including the United States, faces today and in the future. The thoughts and insights of the international students, in classroom and social settings, about these challenges in the Indo-Pacific broadened my understanding in ways that would have been impossible in other forums. This is a particular strength of NDU—sharing the tradition of academic freedom we enjoy in the United States with international partners. From the first plenary session, I saw instantly through the electives and the spirited debate in our seminar breakout groups, and on to the capstone presentation, the intellectual camaraderie

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that the international partners felt in immersing once again in an NDU environment. I saw that intellectual camaraderie and collaboration compounded and reciprocated by the presence of American alumni in attendance.

I benefitted from ACESS 2022 in ways that directly enhanced my work at the Indo-Pacific Regional Center. And I am grateful to the NDU Foundation for its generosity in providing this dynamic networking, learning, and thought-leadership opportunity.

Reflections on ACESS 2022

By Admiral (Ret) Travis Sinniah

The National Defense University, led by its President, Lieutenant General Mike Plehn, USAF, conducted its Alumni Continuing Education Security Seminar in Sydney, Australia, from the 8th to the 12th of August 2022. Being one of the first conferences since the advent of COVID, it was wellattended by over a hundred representatives from thirty countries and twenty graduating classes. The conference’s theme was Rules-Based International Order: What’s at stake in the Indo-Pacific and Beyond.

The keynote speakers were Lt. General Plehn and Major Gen. Mick Ryan, who set the mood for the seminar with their presentations.

The first plenary was on Human Security in the Asia-Pacific and the armed forces’ role in safeguarding it. The next session was on irregular warfare, questioning the space between rivalry and open conflict. The experience in the room brought out multifaceted views and highlighted the delicate balance of legacy systems morphing with emergent technologies in shaping the right force for the 21st century.

Next on the list was China and its military instrument in South-East Asia – “Dragon Claws .”The discourse was on the rise of China, its changing character, and the threat it poses to the existing world order.

The concluding discourse was on strategic competition in the information age and its capacity to influence populations. Artificial intelligence and autonomous systems supplementing physical systems on the battlefield were also explored.

Moreover, the programme included five distinguished alumni being inducted into the NDU International Fellows Hall of Fame in an imposing but heart-warming ceremony with all their families in attendance, followed by a grand alumni dinner.

The concurrent spouses’ programme was busier than the seminar itself. My wife described it as lively, flexible, easygoing, and fun, with cultural activities such as a tour of the incomparable Sydney Opera House and a whale-watching tour with sightings of hump-backed whales, a visit to a first Australian Art exhibition, leisurely lunches, and shopping expeditions. I am sure it led to many bonds of friendship that will continue in the future.

The ISMO team organized the seminar flawlessly; it flowed smoothly and efficiently. Its proceedings brought back memories of my time at the National Defense University eighteen years ago. This was true for my family as well. Their experience of life in Washington, DC, shaped the personalities of my children, who live in Australia today. Apartment life in Arlington, away from war-torn Sri Lanka, was a carefree time for them, packed with fun and adventure. They enjoyed marvellous cultural activity in the form of free daily concerts at the Kennedy Centre, band performances at Fort Myer, festivals on the mall, and volunteering at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. It was a wonderful interlude to the stress-filled times we lived in.

The relationships I forged whilst at the college helped me throughout my career in the Navy and are still alive today. I must mention my mentor at the college Dr. Tom Marks, other faculty members, and my colleagues from course 2004/2005.

My military education at NDU gave me the intellectual edge to be a strategic thinker and leader. I am sure all who have walked through the portals of the National Defense University would agree and feel the same.

With the support of so many of our partners, National Defense University alumni and faculty have the opportunity to participate in events like this - remaining on the cutting edge of national security learning and advancement.

Admiral (Ret) Travis Sinniah, Former Commander of Sri Lankan Navy and 1st Sri Lankan inductee into the International Fellows Hall of Fame, CISA 2004.

National Defense University announces prestigious International Hall of Fame Inductees

The National Defense University hosted the NDU International Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on August 9, held in Sydney, Australia, during NDU’s 16th Alumni Continuing Education Security Seminar.

Ambassador Agus Widjojo, LTG (Ret)

Indonesia, NWC/ES Class of 1994

--Recognized for his service as Ambassador to the Philippines

Major General

Abdulla Shamaal

Maldives, CISA Class of 2012

- Recognized for his service as Chief of Defence Force, MNDF

Admiral (Ret)

Travis Sinniah

Sri Lanka, CISA Class of 2004 (Class 3)

- Recognized for his service as Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy

Major General

Molefi Seikano

Botswana, CISA Class of 2009

- Recognized for his service as Commander of the Ground Forces and Joint Force Command

Brigadier

Lord Fielakepa

Tonga, JFSC-JCWS Class of 2007-4

- Recognized for his service as Chief of the Defense Staff for His Majesty’s Armed Forces

We congratulate the inductees for their commitment to the safety and security of their respective regions and the globe.

Veterans Day was extraordinary this year as my friend Aris Pavlides and I honored our fathers: Anthony E. Jannace and James A. Pavlides. They parachuted in with the airborne to SainteMère-Eglise on D-Day. James also participated in Operation Market Garden and the Rhineland campaigns.

My father, Anthony E. Jannace, enlisted in the U.S. Army after Pearl Harbor and served in the Second Engineer Combat Battalion of the Second Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations during WWII. He participated in five campaigns: The Battle of Normandy, Northern France (Brest), Ardennes-Alsace, the Rhineland, and Central Europe. The battalion he served in received a Presidential Unit Citation for its heroism during the Battle of the Bulge-during one week, in which 25% of the battalion suffered casualties while being caught behind the German pincer movements in the Ardennes. He was wounded twice: frostbite and mortar shrapnel, and he received The Purple Heart in April 1945. He participated as well in the Liberation of Pilsen in May 1945.

The Second Infantry Division participated in five campaigns in the ETO, including the Elsenborn Ridge Defense from December 20, 1944, until January 29, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge-as it has been said-The Germans, were defeated at Elsenborn, and the Battle was won in Bastogne. It served approximately 337 days in combat, with 320 in contact

Veterans Day: An Opportunity to Honor and Reflect

with the enemy. It traveled about 1,750 miles from Omaha Beach to Pilsen, capturing about 70,300 prisoners of war. The division sustained over 15,000 casualties, including nearly 3,000 killed in action. The 2ID is also a recognized Liberating Unit, having been involved in the liberation of Leipzig Schönefeld (Buchenwald subcamp) and Spergau (labor education camp) in April 1945.

Like many veterans, he spoke little about his experiences during the war. He died in October 1983 after serving nearly 30 years in defense of our country. Although wounded twice, he considered his fallen comrades who never returned home the real war heroes.

Thank you to the Greatest Generation and those who have taken the mantle to defend our country and freedom. Without their sacrifice, we would not enjoy the freedoms we have today.

God bless America.

William Jannace

William Jannace is an Assistant Professor at the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, specializing in finance and economics. He has worked for over 35 years in the securities industry at the American and New York Stock Exchanges, FINRA, and investment banking firms.

National Security Briefings

The Pinnacle of Thought-Leadership

National Defense University Foundation hosted National Security Briefings to engage senior private industry experts and military and public sector officials on issues vital to global and national security. Topics and themes provided National Defense University (NDU) students, DoD personnel, and the Defense Industrial and National Security Innovations Bases with world-class learning and thought-leadership opportunities.

Innovate or Die:

How insurgents

Get to Win Again

Dr. David Ucko, professor of International Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs at the NDU, discussed how insurgents use subversion, spin, and disinformation to reinvent insurgency. Dr. Uko’s discussion explored topics in his recently published book: The Insurgent’s Dilemma: A Struggle to Prevail.

Internationally acclaimed policy expert Dr. Sean McFate spoke on “The Sneaky War: Russia, China, and the U.S. and the Emerging Strategic Paradigm.”

Russia invades Ukraine. China covets Taiwan. Iran wants the Middle East. Everywhere, autocracies are bullying democracies, and many liken it to a new Cold War. It is an existential test of American leadership and the future of the international order. But there is hope. We can defend freedom if we understand the changing nature of power in the 21st century. During a recently held National Security Briefing, Dr. McFate explained what “sneaky war” entails, why it succeeds, and how the U.S. can use it to defend freedom globally.

Explore more on this topic in The New Rules of War by Sean McFate.

how Russia, China, and other entities use misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation as weapons of war and their impact on global security and American democracy. Gamberini’s National Security Briefing, “Disinformation: An Emerging War Weapon,” addressed salient issues affecting national security, diplomacy, democracy, and economic stability.

Upcoming National Security Briefings

February

3, 2023

An exclusive discussion with the new Commander of U.S. Space Operations. Lt. Gen Whiting .

March, 2023 – NDU Foundation Cyber Summit in cooperation with Booz Allen Hamilton. This half day event will discuss topics ranging from K-12+ higher ed cyber education as a priority, corporate collaboration on incident reporting, gaming, outpacing our adversaries through STEM Education.

March 7/8 2023 – NDU Foundation will host the first ever Summit on Corporate National Security Responsibility in partnership with Business Executives for National Security (BENS). This day and half event will address competition, antitrust and corporate cooperation and collaboration to ensure our national security including the regulatory environment and procurement environment’s approach to competition.

Sarah Jacobs Gamberini, Senior Policy Fellow, NDU Institute for National Strategic Studies Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction (CSWMD), discussed

DISINFORMATION AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

Sarah Jacobs Gamberini NDU CSWMD

National Defense University Faculty & Staff Announcements

Dr. Denise Natali has been named the new Director of the National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies. Dr. Natali comes to the position with an exceptional set of experiences and a proven track record of leadership that includes serving as the Director of the INSS Center for Strategic Research and the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. Dr. Natali’s areas of expertise include Post-Conflict Stabilization, the Middle East, Iraq, and Turkey.

Dr. James Lepse was recently appointed National Defense University’s Provost. Lepse previously served as the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy Dean of Faculty and Academic Programs. Before joining the NDU team, Dr. Lepse served in the U.S. Navy. He holds a Ph.D. from Virginia Technology University and master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University, University of Southern California, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, as well as an MBA from The Ohio State University.

Sarah Jacobs Gamberini was recently promoted to Senior Policy Fellow at the National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction (CSWMD).

With funding and staff support from the NDU Foundation, the annual flagship conference of the College of Information and Cyber Space at the National Defense University, CyberBeacon, convenes leaders and experts from across public and private sectors to discuss today’s most pressing national security challenges related to the cyberspace domain.

CyberBeacon 2022: Lessons Learned from Recent Cyber Conflict and Militarized Crisis featured speakers from organizations like the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Atlantic Council. The NDU Foundation greatly appreciates and recognizes board member Mike Moniz and Circadence for their generous support of CyberBeacon 2022.

University Foundation President’s Award for Significant Contributions to National Security

Congressman Langevin’s work on behalf of senior professional military education in the cyber and information domains, his service as Chairman of the Subcommittee on House Armed Services Committee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems, and his work as a commissioner of the Cyber Solarium Commission has created a lasting impact on our national security advancements.

NDUF President and CEO James Schmeling recognized Congressman Jim Langevin with the inaugural National Defense

at the CyberBeacon conference.

Dr. Trey Herr, Director of Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council, joined as a speaker. Dr. Herr’s team works on cybersecurity and geopolitics, including cloud computing, the security of the internet, supply chain policy, cyber effects on the battlefield, and growing a more capable cybersecurity policy workforce.

Dr. Herr participated on the “Ukraine and other Recent Campaigns” panel with Annette L. Redmond, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence Policy and Coordination, Intelligence and Research Bureau, Department of State, Jayce Nichols, Vice President, Threat Intelligence, Mandiant, Michael Warner, Ph.D., Command Historian at U.S. Cyber Command, and Aaron Brantly, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Tech4Humanity Lab at Virginia Tech.

The Managing Challenges of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies panel featured Kevin Mulligan, Senior Manager of Government Affairs and Public Policy for Google Cloud and Google Public Sector, Perri Adams, Program Manager, DARPA, Christopher Cleary, Principal Cyber Advisor, Department of the Navy and Michael Kilpstein, Ph.D., Chief of Staff, Office of the U.S. Army Principal Cyber Advisor.

Cyber experts from government, leading academic institutions, and corporate America participated on the Intelligence, Persistence, and Strategy panel, including Emily Goldman, Ph.D., U.S. Cyber Command, Jon Lindsay, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dave Aitel, Cordyceps Systems, and Thomas Rid, Ph.D., Professor of Strategic Studies and founding director of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Please contact James Schmeling at Schmeling@ndufoundation.org

Sophia D’Antoine, Managing Partner, Margin Research, Alexei Bulazel, Winnona DeSombre, Fellow at the Atlantic Council Digital Forensics Research Lab, and Cheri Caddy (Director, Cyber Policy and Plans and Senior Advisor to the National Cyber Director, White House, spoke on Capabilities and Arsenal Management.

“I am thrilled for the opportunity to continue my research and policy support at this new level, especially in my work on resilient strategies for the United States and its allies to counter disinformation and to understand better the impact of the information environment on the WMD space. I am glad to be part of our strong team at CSWMD as we work to support multiple departments and agencies of the U.S. government on timely and relevant WMD issues. Thanks to everyone who made this promotion possible.”

Alumni Career Advancements

Admiral Linda Fagan, USCG, a 2008 NDU Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy alumna, was sworn in as the 27th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. She is the Coast Guard’s first female four-star admiral and the first female Service Chief.

Sarah Jacobs Gamberini

NDU and NDU Foundation Collaborate to Create Focal point for WMD Education

Donor Provides Funding for Program for Emerging Leaders

Founded in 2008, the National Defense University’s Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction Program for Emerging Leaders (PEL) shapes and supports the next generation of leaders from across the U.S. government to meet the challenges of countering weapons of mass destruction. To meet the new and emerging WMD challenges of the 21st century, NDU initiated PEL to develop an interagency network of future military and civilian leaders with a deeper understanding of the role of WMD in U.S. and global security. Through education, outreach, mentorship, and debate, PEL seeks to cultivate trusting relationships among future leaders who may someday need to call upon one another to address WMD-related challenges.

PEL aims to foster a community of rising U.S. government leaders with the knowledge and skillset to respond to the dangers of WMD. The program brings together early- to mid-career national security professionals, selected on a competitive basis from across the U.S. government, to develop and enhance awareness of the variety of WMD threats.

When federal funding cuts threatened to eliminate PEL program operability, the NDU Foundation executive committee vice chairman, Mr. Robert Spring, Esq. provided a generous $75,000 donation. Spring is a managing director at Gracie Square Capital, LLC, an investment and consulting firm, and currently serves as a member of the Board of NDU Foundation. Spring is a longtime member of the Board and remains actively involved with the university including traveling with the CAPSTONE program and participating in programs sponsored by the WMD Center. He has also worked with the Defense Science Board on issues involving the defense industrial base. Due to an unexpected reduction in DoD funding, the NDU Foundation is seeking additional support for PEL for the next two years.

Learn more or apply to the PEL Program at https:// wmdcenter.ndu.edu/education/pel

“The engagement with other emerging leaders, scholars, and practitioners in the Program for Emerging Leaders has been exceptional, not only for expanding my understanding of national security but government at-large. I know that the mentorshipand education available through PEL is improving my knowledge and capabilities as a scholar-practitioner, preparing me for future strategic opportunities in federal leadership.”

JULIAN “Cosmo” GLUCK, Major, USAF Director of Staff for Airspace, Ranges & Airfield Operations Division Chief of Mission Sustainment (ACC/A3AM) Air Combat Command

2022 National Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Congratulations to the newest inductees to the NDU National Hall of Fame!

In October, the National Defense University honored three alumni who have achieved and sustained a distinguished record of service to our nation: Brigadier General Wilma L. Vaught, USAF (Ret); General Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton, USAF (Ret); and Ambassador Wanda Nesbitt

Each of them achieved remarkable successes on their unique career paths, but their education at NDU is something they and more than 20,000 other NDU alumni have in common. The three leaders who were inducted embody the positive impact that NDU seeks to have on our nation’s security.

Brigadier

Wilma L.

graduated from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF, now the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy) in 1973. Her last military assignment was as Commander of the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command, North Chicago, Ill., where she served from June 1982 until she retired from the United States Air Force in August 1985. Among her numerous military decorations and awards are the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to her on 7 July 2022 by President Biden.

General Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College (now Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University) in 1976 and from ICAF in 1985. He retired as Executive Vice President of Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, which he joined in Sept 2000 after more than 34 years as a command pilot. He completed his military career as the Commander Air Education and Training Command. In June 2009, he was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as a commissioner for the White House Fellows Program. Gen. Newton is also a past Chair of the NDU Board of Visitors.

the National War College

She retired from the U.S. Department of State in December 2019 with the rank of Career Minister following 38 years of service, where she served as U.S. Ambassador to Namibia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Madagascar. From November 2013 to July 2016, Amb. Nesbitt served as Senior Vice President and Interim President of the National Defense University. Her last State Department assignment was as Dean of the School of Language Studies.

General

Vaught

Ambassador Wanda Nesbitt graduated from

in 1997.

Join Us in Meeting the National Security Need

Given the current national security challenges facing our military leadership, your support is appreciated. The NDU Foundation is rising to meet an increased and urgent need to provide the best-in-class professional military education to our joint warfighters.

Today, we are working closely with the NDU leadership, NDU Board of Visitors, NDUF Board of Directors and the NDUF Chairman’s Advisory Group emphasizing our role as catalysts for building private sector partnerships to support NDU’s ability to respond to the rapidly changing national security situation.

I hope we can count on you for continued and potentially increased support in the coming year.

NDU Foundation, NDU and CASL Support Applied Strategic Learning Exercise

Last fall, several NDU Foundation Board Members and guests participated in a two-day experiential immersion program with National Defense University students, staff, and faculty. The Center for Applied Strategic Learning (CASL) developed this tabletop exercise (TTX) in support of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Headquarters and the Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium (PACS).

Crisis on the Coast is a two-move Humanitarian Assistance/ Disaster Relief (HA/DR) tabletop exercise set on the fictional island of Duyfken(pronounced “Duff-kin”), 48 hours after it was devastated by Cyclone Noru, and 24 hours after the government of Duyfken formally requested international assistance. The events occur two years in the future, and the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a concern. While navigating the challenges of a constrained environment, participants will coordinate immediate and longterm requirements to restore and return the island to normalcy.

The TTX focused on key areas of disaster response and recovery, including emergency relief, rescue, infrastructure, security, and coordination amongst responding organizations. The game uses a mix of physical map/map-board to look at key capacity issues (airport & port operations), infrastructure (roads/ports), and human security issues (food/water, medical, security/rescue, & sanitation/ hygiene) – along with lift capacity to get things into the island. The exercise exposed participants to the complex multi-national joint operations environments, NDU students and military leaders experience.

The Foundation thanks Mr. Kenneth Kligge, Director of the Center for Applied Strategic Learning, for his leadership and coordination of the exercise. The NDUF Board and Guests then traveled to Newport News Shipyard where they were briefed by HII NNS CEO Jennifer Boykin on shipbuilding, carriers, and submarines.

Over the eight-year program, the SPF program provided wargames and simulations to 148

distinct Members of Congress from both chambers, with 229 total visits.

States and Territories were represented, and the program had vast bipartisan support, as well as support and attendance by Senate and House of Representation leadership.

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