Prepare and train for it. He spokes in Salt Lake City to talk to leaders on the international stage. It was hosted by the utah council of kip diplomacy. Its an hour and 10 minutes. As a proud arm brat, its my privilege to introduce general david d perk perkins. Hes responsible for training and educating professionals and designing the future u. S. Army to support National Security. A graduate of the u. S. Military academy at west point in 1980. General perkins held numerous leadership positions over his career. These include special assistant to the speaker of the house, 104th u. S. Congress. Battalion commander in macedonia. Brigades commander, leading over 300,000 personnel during the invasion of iraq, executive assistant to the vicechairman of the joints chief of staff and division commander. The u. S. Forces from iraq in 2010 through 2011. Most recently, some november 2011 to february of to 14, general perkins commanded the u. S. Armys premier education and Leader Development insti
Good morning, we meet to receive testimony on the situation in afghanistan, i am pleased to welcome general john ,icholson back to the committee we thank you for your many years of distinguished service and leadership of u. S. And allied forces in afghanistan at a critical time. We would ask you to relate to the brave men and women fighting under your command how appreciative and how proud we are of their service. At war ins been afghanistan for more than a decade and a half. It is always worth remembering that American Forces went to afghanistan because that was where, under the century of the under the taliban regime, now counted planned and trained for the september 11 attacks that killed 3000 innocent civilians on american soil. Our mission was to ensure that afghanistan would never again be a safe haven for al qaeda or other terrorist groups to attack america or our allies and partners, that mission has been successful for 15 years but it is not over. American forces are carrying
D. C. Says that nobody from the agency was available for an on camera interview. Septa confirmed this section of the track has technology, known as automatic train control, and which under ideal conditions should have made a collision next to impossible. And only adding to the mystery sources say the fact operator george mink was able to activate that emergency status , suggested that he didnt have a medical emergency, or lose conscious ness prior to the collision. Regular el riders tell cbs3 that no way to pass judgment on safety. Everything is a fail safe, you though, nothing is 100 percent, just like anything else. Is has to work. It takes time, nothing is perfect. Reporter sources tell thaws george mink is hospitalized at lankanol hospital. They say he is in a hellly induced comb a we did check with lankanol hospital, they would not the release his current conditions, although as of yesterday he was reported to be in critical condition. Coming up on Eyewitness News at 6 00 more on
D. C. Says that nobody from the agency was available for an on camera interview. Septa confirmed this section of the track has technology, known as automatic train control, and which under ideal conditions should have made a collision next to impossible. And only adding to the mystery sources say the fact operator george mink was able to activate that emergency status , suggested that he didnt have a medical emergency, or lose conscious ness prior to the collision. Regular el riders tell cbs3 that no way to pass judgment on safety. Everything is a fail safe, you though, nothing is 100 percent, just like anything else. Is has to work. It takes time, nothing is perfect. Reporter sources tell thaws george mink is hospitalized at lankanol hospital. They say he is in a hellly induced comb a we did check with lankanol hospital, they would not the release his current conditions, although as of yesterday he was reported to be in critical condition. Coming up on Eyewitness News at 6 00 more on
Hosted by the National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. Id like to introduce our next speaker for the day. That is dr. John curatola. He is an associate professor of history at the United States army command and general Staff College at fort leavenworth, kansas. Prior to this position dr. Curatola was an active duty marine Corps Officer and retired in 2009 as a Lieutenant Colonel after 22 years of service. Today we have the honor of welcoming him for his talk thats going to explore ways allied and Central Forces battled for air superiority during world war 1. And listen truly for how he will emphasize how skyfought battles lead to the modern development of the concept of total war. Please join me in a warm welcome to dr. John curatola. [ applause ] thank you, lora. I appreciate it. Thank you, lora. I appreciate the introduction. If you noticed when she went down my biography, yes, im a marine officer who works at an army school who studies air power. I have kin