Concluding his service this Fall And Wake it making way for a new vice chair, the identity of which we dont know. But he began as an Rotc Cadet at Harvard University where he studied engineering. Those of you who know the military know that he is often quite involved not only as deputy to the chairman but perhaps even more importantly, as the chief Uniform Technologist for the department of defense. It is in fact often the case that not only starting with the rotc experience but all the way through when he was Combatant Commander in strategic command, he has often been involved in the high technology aspects of our military as if they were not all hightech. He has particularly been involved in the domain of nuclear forces, satellite capability, communications infrastructure, commandandcontrol. If you read through his bio, you see a lot of assignments in colorado, nebraska, alabama where the u. S. Military has a lot of its space related assets. And also in the pentagon and the middle ea
And studied engineering. The Vice Chairman is often quite involved ott not only as the deputy to the chairman, but in some ways the chief Uniform Technologist thats not an official label or slogan, but it is, in fact, often the case, and general Hytens Background all the way through when he was Combatant Commander at u. S. Strategic command, he has often been involved in the high technology aspects of our military, as if they were involved quite hightech, but hes particularly been involved in the domain of nuclear forces, satellite weapons satellite capability, communications infrastructure, Command And Control. If you read through his bio, you see a lot of assignments in colorado, in nebraska, in alabama where the u. S. Military has a lot of its spacesrelated assets and, of course, at the pentagon and also in the middle east. So i think we will begin today first, im going to give the general a moment just to say greetings to the crowd and amend anything i described about the Vice Chai
Good Afternoon And Welcome to this virtual event. The taliban has taken control of the country. President biden has said that the United States will evacuate americans, afghan helpers, special immigrant visa holders along with their immediate families. Other afghans at special risk for the taliban. Its hard to know exactly how many individuals fit into each of these categories. Clearly, its in the tens of thousands. This is not the first time the United States has been faced with a challenge similar, at least in some ways. In 1975, the Ford Administration evacuated more than 100,000 vietnamese refugees to the United States via guam. The u. S. Rescued people from kosovo and albania. But it is a massive undertaking now. Today, we will spend the session reviewing the status of the evacuation and the lessons learned from past experiences and where things should go from here. To that end, i am pleased to have with us three individuals with direct and really unique experience. Congressman Se
, a former officer in the marine corps, talked about the situation in afghanistan and u. S. Evacuation efforts. Hes joined by Richard Armitage. This is about an hour. Good Afternoon And Welcome to this virtual event. The taliban has taken control of the country. President biden has said that the United States will evacuate americans, afghan helpers, special immigrant visa holders along with their immediate families. Other afghans at special risk for the taliban. Its hard to know exactly how many individuals fit into each of these categories. Clearly, its in the tens of thousands. This is not the first time the United States has been faced with a challenge similar, at least in some ways. In 1975, the Ford Administration evacuated more than 100,000 vietnamese refugees to the United States via guam. The u. S. Rescued people from kosovo and albania. But it is a massive undertaking now. Today, we will spend the session reviewing the status of the evacuation and the lessons learned from past
President biden has said that the United States will evacuate americans, afghan helpers, good Afternoon And Welcome to this virtual event. The taliban has taken control of the country. President biden has said that the United States will evacuate americans, afghan helpers, special immigrant visa holders along with their immediate families. Other afghans at special risk for the taliban. Its hard to know exactly how many individuals fit into each of these categories. Clearly, its in the tens of thousands. This is not the firste United States has been faced with a challenge similar, at least in some ways. In 1975, the Ford Administration evacuated more than 100,000 vietnamese refugees to the United States via guam. The u. S. Rescued people from kosovo and albania. But it is a massive undertaking now. Today, we will spend the session reviewing the status of the evacuation and the lessons learned from past experiences and where things should go from here. To that end, i am pleased to have w