Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional
Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional Security Education Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, also in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Ins... More
Foreign Area Officer Training Program trains experts, celebrates 50 ye...
U.S. Army Col. Robert Duggleby Jr., the Regional Program Director for Black Sea – EURASIA, instructs the Foreign Area Officers on their role in the interagency process at the George C. Marshall European Center ... More
Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional
Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional Security Education Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, California, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Langu... More
Former ambassador to Fiji David Lyon spoke about embassy
Former ambassador to Fiji David Lyon spoke about embassy settings Jan. 26, where FAOs will work with Foreign Service Officers together on a day-to-day basis to promote diplomacy and solve problems before they b... More
Foreign Area Officers attending the Defense Language
Foreign Area Officers attending the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center practice listening to Arabic in their classroom at the institute’s Middle East School II Jan. 27. Retired U.S. Army Brig. G... More
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell takes question
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell takes question from an audience of foreign area officers participating in a Joint FAO conference Jan. 14. Brig. Stilwell shared his overseas experience as a top U.S. military... More
Conference Row in the Joint Security Area, also known
Conference Row in the Joint Security Area, also known as the “Truce Village,” between North Korea (right side) and South Korea (left side) within the Demilitarized Zone is seen here in 2010. In 1945, the U.N. w... More
Dr. Christopher Darnton, an associate professor of
Dr. Christopher Darnton, an associate professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Institute F... More
Force Education, Training DASD Sees Firsthand Marshall Center’s Role i...
A team of U.S. Defense Department language and education officials visited the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies’ programs and events during a visit here Sept. 27 and 28. Pictured (left): ... More
Maj. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, director of strategic
Maj. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, director of strategic plans and programs for the U.S. Africa Command, was key-note speaker at the Joint Foreign Area Officer Conference held at the Defense Language Institute Foreig... More
Foreign Area Officers listen as Daniel Eizenga, a doctoral
Foreign Area Officers listen as Daniel Eizenga, a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida and a researcher with Sahel Research Group, speaks about Boko Haram with FAOs in language training at the Defens... More
Retired Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Seo-young interacts with
Retired Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Seo-young interacts with students studying Korean at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Feb. 10. Lee is a professor at the Korea National Defense University and ... More
Dr. Sharad Joshi, an assistant professor of nonproliferation
Dr. Sharad Joshi, an assistant professor of nonproliferation and terrorism studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the De... More
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Keith W. Dayton, director
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Keith W. Dayton, director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, addresses Eurasian Security Studies Seminar VI at the Marshall Center Aug. 26. Dayton, a form... More
U.S. Army deputy chief of staff for intelligence Lt.
U.S. Army deputy chief of staff for intelligence Lt. Gen. Mary Legere told foreign area officers participating in a conference at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center that they are “U.S. ambas... More
Daniel Eizenga, a doctoral candidate at the University
Daniel Eizenga, a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida and a researcher with Sahel Research Group, shared his understanding of Boko Haram with Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defens... More
FAO program guest speaker discusses democracy issues in Africa
Nicholas Tomb, program manager of the Center for Civil-Military Relations Africa Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, spoke to U.S. Army Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defen... More
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell receives an honorary
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell receives an honorary Associate of Arts degree from Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s Assistant Commandant Col. Ginger Wallace Jan. 14, following his addres... More
Eurasian Security Seminar VI group photo. (DOD photo
Eurasian Security Seminar VI group photo. (DOD photo by Karlheinz Wedhorn/RELEASED)
LEAP to FAO: Giving More than What’s Expected
Capt Christopher Price with Former Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, Brasil. Photo compliments of Capt Christopher Price
Facing the Future with Perpetual Optimism
(A) As part of Project GO, 2nd Lt Stephenie Reid toured the Narva Castle in Narva, Estonia. Most of the Project GO programs were in Narva, but the program allowed for weekend trips to other cities such as Talli... More
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Randy Kee gives the first
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Randy Kee gives the first presentation at the Joint Foreign Area Officer Course Jan. 26. Kee is a former political-military planner and as keynote speaker gave a presentation titled ... More
Foreign Area Officers attend a college fair at the
Foreign Area Officers attend a college fair at the Weckerling Center on the Presidio of Monterey to learn more about graduate programs in international relations or regionally focused degree programs Jan. 29. T... More
Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional
Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional Security Education Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, California, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Langu... More
Army Major Clifford Schaefer escorts veterans through
Army Major Clifford Schaefer escorts veterans through the offices of today’s FAOs in-training at the Marshall Center. The veterans visited the Marshall Center July 9 as part of a reunion trip to Europe.
Dr. Sharad Joshi, an assistant professor of nonproliferation
Dr. Sharad Joshi, an assistant professor of nonproliferation and terrorism studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the De... More
Army Major Stephanie Baugh updates the veterans from
Army Major Stephanie Baugh updates the veterans from the Army Russian Institute Class of 1976 on today’s FAO training done at the Marshall Center. The veterans visited the Marshall Center July 9 as part of a re... More
Maj. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, director of strategic
Maj. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, director of strategic plans and programs for the U.S. Africa Command, was key-note speaker at the Joint Foreign Area Officer Conference held at the Defense Language Institute Foreig... More
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell addresses a group
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell addresses a group of foreign area officers at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Jan. 14, during a conference organized for FAOs studying at the Institute... More
FAO Program celebrates 50 years, still relevant
U.S. Army Col. Robert Duggleby, Jr., the Regional Program director for Black Sea – EURASIA, instructs the Foreign Area Officers on their role in the interagency process at the George C. Marshall European Center... More
A Soldier with the U.S. Southern Command patch observes
A Soldier with the U.S. Southern Command patch observes the Joint Foreign Area Officer Conference at the Presidio of Monterey Jan. 24. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Bray/Released)
A North Korean soldier looks over Conference Row (not
A North Korean soldier looks over Conference Row (not pictured) in the Joint Security Area between North Korea and South Korea from the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone in 2010. North and South Korea... More
Foreign area officers participating in a conference
Foreign area officers participating in a conference at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Jan. 13, 2014, listen carefully to U.S. Army deputy chief of staff for intelligence Lt. Gen. Mary Le... More
Retired Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Seo-young with Foreign
Retired Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Seo-young with Foreign Area Officers studying at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Feb. 10.
U.S. Army Col. Bob Mathers, director of the Eurasian
U.S. Army Col. Bob Mathers, director of the Eurasian Foreign Area Officer studies program at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (center), talks to FAOs gathered for Eurasian Security St... More
FAO program guest speaker on U.S. – Israeli policy
Dr. Guy Ziv, an associate professor at the American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C., spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Institute Foreign ... More
George C. Marshall European Center Director Army Lt.
George C. Marshall European Center Director Army Lt. Gen. (ret.) Keith Dayton and 1979 Army Russian Institute alumnus provides an overview of what the George C. Marshall Center does today. The veterans, gradua... More
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell offers advice to
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell offers advice to a newly-minted foreign area officer during the weeklong FAO conference held at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Jan. 13 to 17.
Rear Adm. Todd Squire, director for international
Rear Adm. Todd Squire, director for international engagement, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon in Washington, spoke about security cooperation at the Joint Foreign Area Officer Course Jan... More