Welcome in really need to be welcomed in a very personal confident way. To cut through some of that alienation and loneliness. , i conceived of a Mentorship Program where we pair incoming new members, graduate students, with a senior scholar of their choice, who has volunteered to do this. To get together for at least an hour for a cup of coffee, which the oah pays for. And to talk about the Young Persons career and their interests and the direction they wish to take. This morning, and met with two mentees and we talked about their work. We also talked about the job market and ways in which the oah can help those who are entering the job market for the first time. I think there are a number of ways. Available tohops teach people how to write a new cover letter, how to put together a job resume, how to interview on skype. What is the meaning of an oncampus interview and how do you handle loads . Those. We are trying to reach out to a new generation of historians who are entering our pro
to speakers are welcome speak to a broader region if they like. primarilyhave been targeted at our facilities in 2009.nd between 2000 and gone to othero countries, mainly cambodia, indonesia, laos, malaysia, and vietnam. we did that happen and the programs with singapore or myanmar or burma. the way we organize our discussion was to have input and two fantastic experts people with perspective. it will result in a good discussion. i do not know about a debate. i think a discussion with points of view is always a good way to suss out some of the policy issues. i will introduce both speakers and then we will start with lieutenant-general chip gregson. chip is assistant secretary of defense for asian-pacific security affairs. before that he served as a cheap operating officer for the united states olympic committee. he knows a little something in terms of hands on experience. he was commanding general of the marine corps in the asia- pacific. over 70,000manage .arines and sailors