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MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – United States Special Operations Command hosted a one-day seminar focusing on “Migration and Immigration – Vulnerabilities and Opportunities,” in Virginia on Sept. 15, 2016. Sometimes bureaucracies stifle innovation from the bottom. The Galileo Awards competition was created within the intelligence community to help bring innovative ideas directly to its senior leaders. In fact, the Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper, reviews the winning entries. Special operations legend Caesar Civitella was awarded the French Legion of Honor which is the highest decoration offered by the French government and was started by France’s first consul, Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. Despite being normally awarded only to French nationals, the honor can be bestowed upon foreign nationals who have served France or helped the country’s values and principles. USSOCOM hosted a change of responsibility ceremony at the headquarters, July 7, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. A fireball in the night sky on a bleak desert plain in Iran is the defining event in the career of General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA (Ret), the 2016 recipient of the Bull Simons Award. In a 35-year career full of significant events, the former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and Chief of Staff of the Army looks back on what he calls a “successful failure” as the catalyst that shaped his career and made today’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) what they are today. As the two weeks of the Warrior Games came to a close Wednesday, the final game for sitting volleyball marked the grand finale. WEST POINT, N.Y. - The saying, “It takes a village,” is more than just a catchphrase at the 2016 Warrior Games, currently being held at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. The campus is teeming with family members, coaches, support staff, volunteers and medical personnel, all working hard to manage the athletes’ individual needs as well as the logistics of ensuring the wounded, ill and injured athletes are able to make it to their next event. WEST POINT, N.Y. — Camaraderie and fellowship has been the highlight of the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy here for medically retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Sualauvi Tuimalealiifano. “Winning is a byproduct,” said Marr, a medically retired Special Forces combat engineer. “I always try to contribute and perform to the best of my abilities and by doing that, my hope is that it will inspire and encourage others to know that they can do the same.” “Winning is a byproduct,” said Marr, a medically retired Special Forces combat engineer. “I always try to contribute and perform to the best of my abilities and by doing that, my hope is that it will inspire and encourage others to know that they can do the same.” |
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