Thanks, and welcome everyone. When we held our First Virtual Discussion Forum six weeks ago, i dont know if we would have imagined this would become, as it has, such a wonderful ongoing series. We are incredibly fortunate to be able to draw upon a network here at jackson of our senior fellows, faculty, and our friends. One such former senior fellow is sir general graeme lamb. Graeme has taught at jackson for number of years, is a retired army officer who served for 38 years, including as commander of the field army. General lamb is a renowned expert on leadership, on crisis planning, and counterinsurgency. He served in Senior Leadership roles in iraq and afghanistan alongside the u. S. Generals petreus, crystal, and mattis, further cementing that special bond that connects the United States and united kingdom. Graeme is a dear friend and i am grateful he has taken the time, along with your friends over your right shoulder, in the cool helmet, to join us. We are delighted today to be jo
We are fortunate to draw on a network. Who has taughton at jackson for a number of years , retired army officer who served for 38 years, including as commander of the field army. He is a renowned expert on planning, andisis counterinsurgency. He served in iraq and afghanistan alongside the u. S. Further cementing that special bond that connects the United States and united kingdom. I am a dear friend and grateful he has taken the time, along with your friends over your right shoulder to join us. We are delighted today to be joined by general jim mattis. General mattis over four decades was commander of u. S. Central while all of that is well known, what might not be well known is that when he was teaching at yale, he ask our students to lay out their strategy for afghanistan, and he told the students he would send the best essays to general mattis to grade, which he did. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for your service to our country, and thank you for grading those papers.
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And we do say good morning on this tuesday, and were going to start with that deadly weather situation in the caribbean. A catastrophic strike from Hurricane Matthew is imminent for haiti and parts of jamaica. You can see the massive storm on the radar swirling in the sea, packing winds of more than 140 miles per hour. Overnight in jamaica the outer bands of matthew hit kingston sending a wave cras gas stations are closed as Police Rescue people and try to take them to higher ground. And we have this video from haiti in the meantime, taken right before sunset. The sea is already rising even with the storm well offshore. Three people have already died in the caribbean because of the storm. And people in cuba are also preparing for the worst by boarding up buildings and filling sandbags. The storm is then expected to head toward floridas east coast. Accuweathers Paul Williams is tracking the storm for us. Paul, what can you tell us . Matthew still targeting the same areas throughout hait
Had, i was progressively spiraling down. Derek wittenbergs Second Military enlistment included a tour in afghanistan. And his return to civilian life two years ago was not what he planned. Its kind of hard to relate to that. It wasnt like it was before. I wasnt the same person. This time, he was homeless. The situation was different for henry frank. He served in the army more than 30 years ago. When i went in i did my tour at ft. Stuart, georgia. I stayed there pretty much the whole time, even though we did desert training; never saw combat, but his life changed dramatically a couple of years ago when financial problems left him with no home, no money, and no prospects. You show obvious signs of being homeless, its very difficult to get a job. Hacap says 40 per cent of iowas homeless are veterans and their families. Thats a startling statistic that hacaps Operation Home strives to eliminate. The whole sole purpose of the program is to end veteran homelessness. So we prioritize helping