So welcome to the annual lecture. Featuring our special guest general david berger in the marine corps. He is a true american patriot, he is making very exciting changes to the recorder and he is here to share with you. We are honored to have him here to hear his insights and to see what the future holds for the marine corps. We would like to think the sponsor for this event James Mcginley who makes a series of lectures possible. The annual colonel lecture always features an distinguished speaker talking about the topics of national security. In the past we have welcomed david hansen senator jon kyl and james mattis, a distinguished list and were very happy to have another distinguished speaker here today. The Foundation Also partners with the Marine Corps University foundation to host this event. And Lieutenant General Richard Mills who is the president and ceo of the Marine Corps University foundation. General mills enjoyed a 40 year career at the marine corps and led marines all aro
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6th and 7th on cspan2s book tv and on American History tv on cspan3. Working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. Appearing in his Beverly Hills home library, Academy Award winning actor and world war ii bomber pilot James Stewart uses models, animation, and archival film, to describe how the u. S. Air force missile and jet arsenal was used as a deterrent in the cold war. Mr. Stewart who also describes his World War Ii Service in a b24 liberator was promoted to Brigadier General in the u. S. Air force reserve in 1959 and flew a 1966 vietnam bombing mission. Evening. I hope youll excuse all this, but ive been taking some time off from my job to look into something important to all of us. That seems to be pretty well confused. What i mean is, missiles, High Performance airplanes. Why do we have so many . Why do we need both . Where are we going with all of this . A fellow asked me that question in london not very long ago. It is not a simple question, and i couldnt get him a
The way quickly so im going to try to do that. I would like to welcome everybody to Daniel Morgan graduate school of National Security. A great school we have here and a nice opportunity for us to have the latest in a series of speakers at the National Security area, and also thanks to cspan3 people who are here today as well. I started off as a Clandestine Services in the cia in the soviet division, and we were always curious as to what the military people were doing on the other side. Today i get to find out at long last. Jim stejskal is here, our speaker. He has a new book special forces berlin, clandestine cold war operations of the u. S. Army elite from 19561990. Jim has someone who came out of nebraska, the midwest, and did a few stinlts in a very special place, in special forces. And then onward to some work with ngos and over to the cia, where he served as an Operations Specialist with quite a career, military historian and conflict archeologist. I would like to hear what that
Some of you know me. Im ron marks. I head up the Intelligence Program here. Before we begin our session, and talk about our speaker and everybody gets to sit down, i would like to make sure there is q a at the end, if everybody would be so kind as to shut off your cell phones. Frank fletcher, who is our head of Public Affairs here, has a very large and heavy mike. Hell run to you and get you. So be careful. Were dealing with dangerous people here. The best thing someone who introduces can do is get out of the way quickly so im going to try to do that. I would like to welcome everybody to Daniel Morgan graduate school of National Security. A great school we have here and a nice opportunity for us to have the latest in a series of speakers at the National Security area, and also thanks to cspan3 people who are here today as well. I started off as a Clandestine Services in the cia in the soviet division, and we were always curious as to what the military people were doing on the other sid