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Hosts and guests of the U.S. AFRICOM C4ISR Senior Leader Conference tour a winery in the hills above Vicenza, Italy, Feb. 3, 2011.
U.S. Army Africa photo by David Ruderman
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted its second annual C4ISR Senior Leaders Conference Feb. 2-4 at Caserma Ederle, headquarters of U.S. Army Africa, in Vicenza, Italy.
The communications and intelligence community event, hosted by Brig. Gen. Robert Ferrell, AFRICOM C4 director, drew approximately 80 senior leaders from diverse U.S. military and government branches and agencies, as well as representatives of African nations and the African Union.
The conference is a combination of our U.S. AFRICOM C4 systems and intel directorate,” said Ferrell. “We come together annually to bring the team together to work on common goals to work on throughout the year. The team consists of our coalition partners as well as our inter-agency partners, as well as our components and U.S. AFRICOM staff.”
The conference focused on updates from participants, and on assessing the present state and goals of coalition partners in Africa, he said.
“The theme for our conference is ‘Delivering Capabilities to a Joint Information Environment,’ and we see it as a joint and combined team ... working together, side by side, to promote peace and stability there on the African continent,” Ferrell said.
Three goals of this year’s conference were to strengthen the team, assess priorities across the board, and get a better fix on the impact that the establishment of the U.S. Cyber Command will have on all members’ efforts in the future, he said.
“With the stand-up of U.S. Cyber Command, it brings a lot of unique challenges that we as a team need to talk through to ensure that our information is protected at all times,” Ferrell said.
African Union (AU) representatives from four broad geographic regions of Africa attended, which generated a holistic perspective on needs and requirements from across the continent, he said.
“We have members from the African Union headquarters that is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; we have members that are from Uganda; from Zambia; from Ghana; and also from the Congo. What are the gaps, what are the things that we kind of need to assist with as we move forward on our engagements on the African continent?” Ferrell said.
U.S. Army Africa Commander, Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg, welcomed participants as the conference got under way.
“We’re absolutely delighted to be the host for this conference, and we hope that this week you get a whole lot out of it,” said Hogg.
He took the opportunity to address the participants not only as their host, but from the perspective of a customer whose missions depend on the results of their efforts to support commanders in the field.
“When we’re talking about this group of folks that are here — from the joint side, from our African partners, from State, all those folks — it’s about partnership and interoperability. And every commander who’s ever had to fight in a combined environment understands that interoperability is the thing that absolutely slaps you upside the head,” Hogg said.
“We’re in the early stages of the process here of working with the African Union and the other partners, and you have an opportunity to design this from the end state, versus just building a bunch of ‘gunkulators.’ And so, the message is: think about what the end state is supposed to look like and construct the strategy to support the end state.
“Look at where we want to be at and design it that way,” Hogg said.
He also admonished participants to consider the second- and third-order effects of their choices in designing networks.
“With that said, over the next four days, I hope this conference works very well for you. If there’s anything we can do to make your stay better, please let us know,” Hogg said.
Over the following three days, participants engaged in a steady stream of briefings and presentations focused on systems, missions and updates from the field.
Col. Joseph W. Angyal, director of U.S. Army Africa G-6, gave an overview of operations and issues that focused on fundamentals, the emergence of regional accords as a way forward, and the evolution of a joint network enterprise that would serve all interested parties.
“What we’re trying to do is to work regionally. That’s frankly a challenge, but as we stand up the capability, really for the U.S. government, and work through that, we hope to become more regionally focused,” he said.
He referred to Africa Endeavor, an annual, multi-nation communications exercise, as a test bed for the current state of affairs on the continent, and an aid in itself to future development.
“In order to conduct those exercises, to conduct those security and cooperation events, and to meet contingency missions, we really, from the C4ISR perspective, have five big challenges,” Angyal said.
“You heard General Hogg this morning talk about ‘think about the customer’ — you’ve got to allow me to be able to get access to our data; I’ve got to be able to get to the data where and when I need it; you’ve got to be able to protect it; I have to be able to share it; and then finally, the systems have to be able to work together in order to build that coalition.
“One of the reasons General Ferrell is setting up this joint information enterprise, this joint network enterprise . . . it’s almost like trying to bring together disparate companies or corporations: everyone has their own system, they’ve paid for their own infrastructure, and they have their own policy, even though they support the same major company.
“Now multiply that when you bring in different services, multiply that when you bring in different U.S. government agencies, and then put a layer on top of that with the international partners, and there are lots of policies that are standing in our way.”
The main issue is not a question of technology, he said.
“The boxes are the same — a Cisco router is a Cisco router; Microsoft Exchange server is the same all over the world — but it’s the way that we employ them, and it’s the policies that we apply to it, that really stops us from interoperating, and that’s the challenge we hope to work through with the joint network enterprise.
“And I think that through things like Africa Endeavor and through the joint enterprise network, we’re looking at knocking down some of those policy walls, but at the end of the day they are ours to knock down. Bill Gates did not design a system to work only for the Army or for the Navy — it works for everyone,” Angyal said.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Searyoh, director general of Defense Information Communication Systems, General Headquarters, Ghana Armed Forces, agreed that coordinating policy is fundamental to improving communications with all its implications for a host of operations and missions.
“One would expect that in these modern times there is some kind of mutual engagement, and to build that engagement to be strong, there must be some kind of element of trust. … We have to build some kind of trust to be able to move forward,” said Searyoh.
“Some people may be living in silos of the past, but in the current engagement we need to tell people that we are there with no hidden agenda, no negative hidden agenda, but for the common good of all of us.
“We say that we are in the information age, and I’ve been saying something: that our response should not be optional, but it must be a must, because if you don’t join now, you are going to be left behind.
“So what do we do? We have to get our house in order.
“Why do I say so? We used to operate like this before the information age; now in the information age, how do we operate?
“So, we have to get our house in order and see whether we are aligning ourselves with way things should work now. So, our challenge is to come up with a strategy, see how best we can reorganize our structures, to be able to deliver communications-information systems support for the Ghana Armed Forces,” he said.
Searyoh related that his organization has already accomplished one part of erecting the necessary foundation by establishing an appropriate policy structure.
“What is required now is the implementing level. Currently we have communications on one side, and computers on one side. The lines are blurred — you cannot operate like that, you’ve got to bring them together,” he said.
Building that merged entity to support deployed forces is what he sees as the primary challenge at present.
“Once you get that done you can talk about equipment, you can talk about resources,” Searyoh said. “I look at the current collaboration between the U.S. and the coalition partners taking a new level.”
“The immediate challenges that we have is the interoperability, which I think is one of the things we are also discussing here, interoperability and integration,” said Lt. Col. Kelvin Silomba, African Union-Zambia, Information Technology expert for the Africa Stand-by Force.
“You know that we’ve got five regions in Africa. All these regions, we need to integrate them and bring them together, so the challenge of interoperability in terms of equipment, you know, different tactical equipment that we use, and also in terms of the language barrier — you know, all these regions in Africa you find that they speak different languages — so to bring them together we need to come up with one standard that will make everybody on board and make everybody able to talk to each other,” he said.
“So we have all these challenges. Other than that also, stemming from the background of these African countries, based on the colonization: some of them were French colonized, some of them were British colonized and so on, so you find that when they come up now we’ve adopted some of the procedures based on our former colonial masters, so that is another challenge that is coming on board.”
The partnership with brother African states, with the U.S. government and its military branches, and with other interested collaborators has had a positive influence, said Silomba.
“Oh, it’s great. From the time that I got engaged with U.S. AFRICOM — I started with Africa Endeavor, before I even came to the AU — it is my experience that it is something very, very good.
“I would encourage — I know that there are some member states — I would encourage that all those member states they come on board, all of these regional organizations, that they come on board and support the AFRICOM lead. It is something that is very, very good.
“As for example, the African Union has a lot of support that’s been coming in, technical as well as in terms of knowledge and equipment. So it’s great; it’s good and it’s great,” said Salimba.
Other participant responses to the conference were positive as well.
“The feedback I’ve gotten from every member is that they now know what the red carpet treatment looks like, because USARAF has gone over and above board to make sure the environment, the atmosphere and the actual engagements … are executed to perfection,” said Ferrell. “It’s been very good from a team-building aspect.
“We’ve had very good discussions from members of the African Union, who gave us a very good understanding of the operations that are taking place in the area of Somalia, the challenges with communications, and laid out the gaps and desires of where they see that the U.S. and other coalition partners can kind of improve the capacity there in that area of responsibility.
“We also talked about the AU, as they are expanding their reach to all of the five regions, of how can they have that interoperability and connectivity to each of the regions,” Ferrell said.
“(It’s been) a wealth of knowledge and experts that are here to share in terms of how we can move forward with building capacities and capabilities. Not only for U.S. interests, but more importantly from my perspective, in building capacities and capabilities for our African partners beginning with the Commission at the African Union itself,” said Kevin Warthon, U.S. State Department, peace and security adviser to the African Union.
“I think that General Ferrell has done an absolutely wonderful thing by inviting key African partners to participate in this event so they can share their personal experience from a national, regional and continental perspective,” he said.
Warthon related from his personal experience a vignette of African trust in Providence that he believed carries a pertinent metaphor and message to everyone attending the conference.
“We are not sure what we are going to do tomorrow, but the one thing that I am sure of is that we are able to do something. Don’t know when, don’t know how, but as long as our focus is on our ability to assist and to help to progress a people, that’s really what counts more than anything else,” he said.
“Don’t worry about the timetable; just focus on your ability to make a difference and that’s what that really is all about.
“I see venues such as this as opportunities to make what seems to be the impossible become possible. … This is what this kind of venue does for our African partners.
“We’re doing a wonderful job at building relationships, because that’s where it begins — we have to build relationships to establish trust. That’s why this is so important: building trust through relationships so that we can move forward in the future,” Warthon said.
Conference members took a cultural tour of Venice and visited a traditional winery in the hills above Vicenza before adjourning.
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In fashion, they say everything old begins new again. This season’s finest example may be couture designer Naeem Khan’s Art Deco inspired fashion show. A mainstay on Awards Show Red Carpets and First Lady Michelle Obama, Naeem Khan has made a name for himself as one of America’s most successful and iconic high end designers.
Originally from Mumbai, India, Khan has long had a love of clothes and appreciation for textiles. He moved to the United States as a teenager where he was an apprentice for Halston. He launched his label in 2003 to immediate global success. A favorite of Michelle Obama, Naeem Khan’s designed have also been worn by Beyoncé, Carrier Underwood, Eva Longoria, Penelope Cruz, Leighton Meester, and others. His clothes are best known for their exquisite fit and modern sensibility. In 2008, Naeem Khan was named to the prestigious council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA.)
For this year’s collection recently debuted at New York Fashion Week, Naeem Khan said he wanted to add more glamour. Describing his Art Deco looks as “Super Glam,” Khan says he was inspired by famous artist Erte. Considered the father of Art Deco, Erte’s looks defined the 1920s and 30s. Interestingly enough, Khan’s take is not the first update of the Art Deco movement. IN the 1960s, Erte himself propelled an Art Deco resurgence that not only breathed new life into a second phase successful art career, but also influenced architecture, design, and fashion.
Drawing on Erte for inspiration is also not a fear reach, unlike artists who paint still lifes or landscapes, Erte’s work primarily focused on fashion. During his career, Erte worked as a costume designer and created covers for iconic fashion magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. His most famous fine art featured women fashionably dressed in Art Deco clothing. Erte is the most famous fashion artist of all time, and his legacy has inspired virtually every aspect of twentieth century design since.
Naeem Khan updated Erte’s classic French Art Deco aesthetic to bring it into the modern era. He combined influences form the Ottoman and Byzantine Empires to add a feeling of luscious opulence. He also streamlined the looks so they look at home in place of the modern woman who looks for simple, clean lines and flattering silhouettes. The results are looks that borrow heavily from the past, but are also thoroughly modern. Stacy Keibler (who you may know better as George Clooney’s girlfriend,) wore a stunning Naeem Khan Erte inspired Art Deco gown to this year’s Academy Awards. Since Naeem Khan is a favorite on red carpets everywhere there is no doubt we will soon be seeing more Erte inspired looks.
Naeem Khan will present his 2013 Fall Collection with Neiman Marcus at the annual Globe Guilders’s Fashion Show and luncheon on May 21 in San Diego. The event will be held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, 1 Park Blvd. Proceeds will go to The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego’s largest performing arts institution.
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Kaleidoscope Afghan Challenge Hosted by The Crochet Crowd for Red Heart Yarns. One of these lucky afghans is going to get a fantastic gift bag!
North Platte Community College hosted its annual Inter-High Scholastic Competition and TECH-Knowledge & Skills Discovery Day on Wednesday at the North and South Campuses of the college.
The theme for Inter-High Day this year is “Spotlight on Success.” Students from 28 area schools took nearly 900 tests in the Inter-High Scholastic competition. In the TECH-Knowledge and Skills competition, more than 120 students represented 21 high schools.
Awards were presented to the top three individual finishers in all categories. They also received a certificate for up to three credit hours of free tuition to be used at MPCC this summer. First place winners were awarded with $500 Mid-Plains Community College Area scholarships. The schools also competed in divisions.
Results of NPCC’s Inter-High Day are:
Accounting:
First - Megan Stokey, North Platte High School
Second - Megan Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s
Third - Carissa Rayburn, Brady
Art:
First - Alissa Rosentrater, Wallace
Second - Amber Nelson, Elwood
Third - Brooklyn Nordhausen, Wauneta-Palisade
Athletic Training:
First - Maegan Hiatt, Hershey
Second - Sage Schmidt, Medicine Valley
Third - Brittany Lawrence, St. Patrick’s
Biological Science:
First - Jordon Laubry, Eustis Farnam
Second - Jocy Nelson, Sutherland
Third - Calyn Werkmeister, Maywood
Business Communications:
First - Libby Jensen, Dundy County Stratton
Second - Abby Daffer, Southwest
Third - Sam Staggs, Sutherland
Chemistry:
First - Megan Kelley, Southwest
Second - Alec Fox, Paxton
Third - David Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s
Dramatic Arts:
First - Alex Roc, McCook
Second - David McCown, Maxwell
Third - Karni Doyle, Callaway
Fire Science/EMS:
First - Kris Kopetzky, South Platte
Second - Chris Werth, Eustis Farnam
Third - Tristan Johnson, Arnold
Grammar & Composition:
First - Grace Magill, Arnold
Second - Christi Christner, Wauneta-Palisade
Third - Bailee Clark, St. Patrick’s
Health Occupations:
First - Sabine Vanhaaren, Cody-Kilgore
Second - Jamie Smith, St. Patrick’s
Third - Taylor Ellison, Callaway
History:
First - David Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s
Second - John Klintworth, Medicine Valley
Third - Joey Anderjaska, Hayes Center
Information Technology:
First - Jared Brosius, St. Patrick’s
Second - Hayden Pollmann, Wauneta-Palisade
Third - Nathaniel Maxcy, Sutherland
Introduction to Business:
First - Cody Ballew, Elwood
Second - Dawson Brunswick, McCook
Third - Chance Kennicutt, Wallace
Literary Analysis:
First - Justin Hardwick, Paxton
Second - Rebekka Ralston, Sutherland
Third - Izzy Fox, Dundy County Stratton
Mathematics:
First - Megan Siebrandt, McCook
Second - Hayden Pollmann, Wauneta-Palisade
Third - Isaac Langan, McCook
Music Performance (Instrumental)
First – Sohyeon Yi, Cody-Kilgore
Second - Matti Mickelsen, Medicine Valley
Third - Brandon Montgomery, Brady
Music Performance (Vocal):
First - Nathan Rick, Hitchcock County
Second - Rachel Gordine, McCook
Third - Alisha Heelan, Garden County
Music Theory:
First – Josie Burke, Sutherland
Second – Matti Mickelsen, Medicine Valley
Third – Mason Harouff, Hayes Center
NPCC Facts:
First - Cheyanne Loeffler, Paxton
Second - Valerie Most, Brady
Third - Alexis Franzen, Brady
Personal Finance:
First - Cassandra Medina, Sutherland
Second - Marley Sandberg, Sutherland
Third - Ian Bridge, North Platte High School
Physics/Engineering (session one):
First - Cody Trump, Cody-Kilgore
Second - Kyle Halsted, North Platte High School
Third - Chet Krajewski, Garden County
Physics/Engineering (session two):
First - Lane Vasa, Arthur County
Second - David McCown, Maxwell
Third - Dakota Seng, Callaway
Word Processing:
First - Brooke Scott, Hitchcock County
Second - Tristan Johnson, Arnold
Third - Rebecca Lorens, Dundy County Stratton
Results by Division are:
Division 1 –
First – St. Patrick’s
Second – Sutherland
Third – McCook
Division 2 –
First – Cody-Kilgore
Second – Medicine Valley
Third – Hitchcock County
Division 3 –
First – Wauneta-Palisade
Second – Arnold
Third – Elwood
Results of NPCC’s TECH-Knowledge & Skills competition are:
Autobody:
First – Aaron Stegman, Garden County High School
Second – Joel Anderson, Garden County High School
Third – Jon Jackson, Franklin High School
Automotive/Diesel:
First – Philip Hammer, North Platte High School
Second – Logan Mull, North Platte High School
Third – Wesley Hoatson, North Platte High School
Building Construction (teams):
First – Walker Wolff, Ivan Rosfeld, Austin Wobig and Wyatt Galloway of Cody-Kilgore High School
Second – Lucas French, Jayson Rezek, Nick Hahn and Calvin Carsten of Sutherland High School
Third – Brock Alexander, Caleb Kleewein, Justin Cosler and Clancey Barnum of Stapleton High School
Electrical:
First – Tyler Daniels, Franklin High School
Second – Walker Wolff, Cody-Kilgore High School
Third – Ivan Dobesh, North Platte High School
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning:
First – Wesley Hoatson, North Platte High School
Second – Logan Mull, North Platte High School
Third – Blaker Morrissey, Maxwell High School
Welding:
First – Dillon Schultz, North Platte High School
Second – Colton Thompson, North Platte High School
Third – Trevor Hanna, Stapleton High School
North Platte Community College hosted its annual Inter-High Scholastic Competition and TECH-Knowledge & Skills Discovery Day on Wednesday at the North and South Campuses of the college.
The theme for Inter-High Day this year is “Spotlight on Success.” Students from 28 area schools took nearly 900 tests in the Inter-High Scholastic competition. In the TECH-Knowledge and Skills competition, more than 120 students represented 21 high schools.
Awards were presented to the top three individual finishers in all categories. They also received a certificate for up to three credit hours of free tuition to be used at MPCC this summer. First place winners were awarded with $500 Mid-Plains Community College Area scholarships. The schools also competed in divisions.
Results of NPCC’s Inter-High Day are:
Accounting:
First - Megan Stokey, North Platte High School
Second - Megan Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s
Third - Carissa Rayburn, Brady
Art:
First - Alissa Rosentrater, Wallace
Second - Amber Nelson, Elwood
Third - Brooklyn Nordhausen, Wauneta-Palisade
Athletic Training:
First - Maegan Hiatt, Hershey
Second - Sage Schmidt, Medicine Valley
Third - Brittany Lawrence, St. Patrick’s
Biological Science:
First - Jordon Laubry, Eustis Farnam
Second - Jocy Nelson, Sutherland
Third - Calyn Werkmeister, Maywood
Business Communications:
First - Libby Jensen, Dundy County Stratton
Second - Abby Daffer, Southwest
Third - Sam Staggs, Sutherland
Chemistry:
First - Megan Kelley, Southwest
Second - Alec Fox, Paxton
Third - David Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s
Dramatic Arts:
First - Alex Roc, McCook
Second - David McCown, Maxwell
Third - Karni Doyle, Callaway
Fire Science/EMS:
First - Kris Kopetzky, South Platte
Second - Chris Werth, Eustis Farnam
Third - Tristan Johnson, Arnold
Grammar & Composition:
First - Grace Magill, Arnold
Second - Christi Christner, Wauneta-Palisade
Third - Bailee Clark, St. Patrick’s
Health Occupations:
First - Sabine Vanhaaren, Cody-Kilgore
Second - Jamie Smith, St. Patrick’s
Third - Taylor Ellison, Callaway
History:
First - David Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s
Second - John Klintworth, Medicine Valley
Third - Joey Anderjaska, Hayes Center
Information Technology:
First - Jared Brosius, St. Patrick’s
Second - Hayden Pollmann, Wauneta-Palisade
Third - Nathaniel Maxcy, Sutherland
Introduction to Business:
First - Cody Ballew, Elwood
Second - Dawson Brunswick, McCook
Third - Chance Kennicutt, Wallace
Literary Analysis:
First - Justin Hardwick, Paxton
Second - Rebekka Ralston, Sutherland
Third - Izzy Fox, Dundy County Stratton
Mathematics:
First - Megan Siebrandt, McCook
Second - Hayden Pollmann, Wauneta-Palisade
Third - Isaac Langan, McCook
Music Performance (Instrumental)
First – Sohyeon Yi, Cody-Kilgore
Second - Matti Mickelsen, Medicine Valley
Third - Brandon Montgomery, Brady
Music Performance (Vocal):
First - Nathan Rick, Hitchcock County
Second - Rachel Gordine, McCook
Third - Alisha Heelan, Garden County
Music Theory:
First – Josie Burke, Sutherland
Second – Matti Mickelsen, Medicine Valley
Third – Mason Harouff, Hayes Center
NPCC Facts:
First - Cheyanne Loeffler, Paxton
Second - Valerie Most, Brady
Third - Alexis Franzen, Brady
Personal Finance:
First - Cassandra Medina, Sutherland
Second - Marley Sandberg, Sutherland
Third - Ian Bridge, North Platte High School
Physics/Engineering (session one):
First - Cody Trump, Cody-Kilgore
Second - Kyle Halsted, North Platte High School
Third - Chet Krajewski, Garden County
Physics/Engineering (session two):
First - Lane Vasa, Arthur County
Second - David McCown, Maxwell
Third - Dakota Seng, Callaway
Word Processing:
First - Brooke Scott, Hitchcock County
Second - Tristan Johnson, Arnold
Third - Rebecca Lorens, Dundy County Stratton
Results by Division are:
Division 1 –
First – St. Patrick’s
Second – Sutherland
Third – McCook
Division 2 –
First – Cody-Kilgore
Second – Medicine Valley
Third – Hitchcock County
Division 3 –
First – Wauneta-Palisade
Second – Arnold
Third – Elwood
Results of NPCC’s TECH-Knowledge & Skills competition are:
Autobody:
First – Aaron Stegman, Garden County High School
Second – Joel Anderson, Garden County High School
Third – Jon Jackson, Franklin High School
Automotive/Diesel:
First – Philip Hammer, North Platte High School
Second – Logan Mull, North Platte High School
Third – Wesley Hoatson, North Platte High School
Building Construction (teams):
First – Walker Wolff, Ivan Rosfeld, Austin Wobig and Wyatt Galloway of Cody-Kilgore High School
Second – Lucas French, Jayson Rezek, Nick Hahn and Calvin Carsten of Sutherland High School
Third – Brock Alexander, Caleb Kleewein, Justin Cosler and Clancey Barnum of Stapleton High School
Electrical:
First – Tyler Daniels, Franklin High School
Second – Walker Wolff, Cody-Kilgore High School
Third – Ivan Dobesh, North Platte High School
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning:
First – Wesley Hoatson, North Platte High School
Second – Logan Mull, North Platte High School
Third – Blaker Morrissey, Maxwell High School
Welding:
First – Dillon Schultz, North Platte High School
Second – Colton Thompson, North Platte High School
Third – Trevor Hanna, Stapleton High School
Hosts and guests of the U.S. AFRICOM C4ISR Senior Leader Conference tour a winery in the hills above Vicenza, Italy, Feb. 3, 2011.
U.S. Army Africa photo by David Ruderman
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted its second annual C4ISR Senior Leaders Conference Feb. 2-4 at Caserma Ederle, headquarters of U.S. Army Africa, in Vicenza, Italy.
The communications and intelligence community event, hosted by Brig. Gen. Robert Ferrell, AFRICOM C4 director, drew approximately 80 senior leaders from diverse U.S. military and government branches and agencies, as well as representatives of African nations and the African Union.
The conference is a combination of our U.S. AFRICOM C4 systems and intel directorate,” said Ferrell. “We come together annually to bring the team together to work on common goals to work on throughout the year. The team consists of our coalition partners as well as our inter-agency partners, as well as our components and U.S. AFRICOM staff.”
The conference focused on updates from participants, and on assessing the present state and goals of coalition partners in Africa, he said.
“The theme for our conference is ‘Delivering Capabilities to a Joint Information Environment,’ and we see it as a joint and combined team ... working together, side by side, to promote peace and stability there on the African continent,” Ferrell said.
Three goals of this year’s conference were to strengthen the team, assess priorities across the board, and get a better fix on the impact that the establishment of the U.S. Cyber Command will have on all members’ efforts in the future, he said.
“With the stand-up of U.S. Cyber Command, it brings a lot of unique challenges that we as a team need to talk through to ensure that our information is protected at all times,” Ferrell said.
African Union (AU) representatives from four broad geographic regions of Africa attended, which generated a holistic perspective on needs and requirements from across the continent, he said.
“We have members from the African Union headquarters that is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; we have members that are from Uganda; from Zambia; from Ghana; and also from the Congo. What are the gaps, what are the things that we kind of need to assist with as we move forward on our engagements on the African continent?” Ferrell said.
U.S. Army Africa Commander, Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg, welcomed participants as the conference got under way.
“We’re absolutely delighted to be the host for this conference, and we hope that this week you get a whole lot out of it,” said Hogg.
He took the opportunity to address the participants not only as their host, but from the perspective of a customer whose missions depend on the results of their efforts to support commanders in the field.
“When we’re talking about this group of folks that are here — from the joint side, from our African partners, from State, all those folks — it’s about partnership and interoperability. And every commander who’s ever had to fight in a combined environment understands that interoperability is the thing that absolutely slaps you upside the head,” Hogg said.
“We’re in the early stages of the process here of working with the African Union and the other partners, and you have an opportunity to design this from the end state, versus just building a bunch of ‘gunkulators.’ And so, the message is: think about what the end state is supposed to look like and construct the strategy to support the end state.
“Look at where we want to be at and design it that way,” Hogg said.
He also admonished participants to consider the second- and third-order effects of their choices in designing networks.
“With that said, over the next four days, I hope this conference works very well for you. If there’s anything we can do to make your stay better, please let us know,” Hogg said.
Over the following three days, participants engaged in a steady stream of briefings and presentations focused on systems, missions and updates from the field.
Col. Joseph W. Angyal, director of U.S. Army Africa G-6, gave an overview of operations and issues that focused on fundamentals, the emergence of regional accords as a way forward, and the evolution of a joint network enterprise that would serve all interested parties.
“What we’re trying to do is to work regionally. That’s frankly a challenge, but as we stand up the capability, really for the U.S. government, and work through that, we hope to become more regionally focused,” he said.
He referred to Africa Endeavor, an annual, multi-nation communications exercise, as a test bed for the current state of affairs on the continent, and an aid in itself to future development.
“In order to conduct those exercises, to conduct those security and cooperation events, and to meet contingency missions, we really, from the C4ISR perspective, have five big challenges,” Angyal said.
“You heard General Hogg this morning talk about ‘think about the customer’ — you’ve got to allow me to be able to get access to our data; I’ve got to be able to get to the data where and when I need it; you’ve got to be able to protect it; I have to be able to share it; and then finally, the systems have to be able to work together in order to build that coalition.
“One of the reasons General Ferrell is setting up this joint information enterprise, this joint network enterprise . . . it’s almost like trying to bring together disparate companies or corporations: everyone has their own system, they’ve paid for their own infrastructure, and they have their own policy, even though they support the same major company.
“Now multiply that when you bring in different services, multiply that when you bring in different U.S. government agencies, and then put a layer on top of that with the international partners, and there are lots of policies that are standing in our way.”
The main issue is not a question of technology, he said.
“The boxes are the same — a Cisco router is a Cisco router; Microsoft Exchange server is the same all over the world — but it’s the way that we employ them, and it’s the policies that we apply to it, that really stops us from interoperating, and that’s the challenge we hope to work through with the joint network enterprise.
“And I think that through things like Africa Endeavor and through the joint enterprise network, we’re looking at knocking down some of those policy walls, but at the end of the day they are ours to knock down. Bill Gates did not design a system to work only for the Army or for the Navy — it works for everyone,” Angyal said.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Searyoh, director general of Defense Information Communication Systems, General Headquarters, Ghana Armed Forces, agreed that coordinating policy is fundamental to improving communications with all its implications for a host of operations and missions.
“One would expect that in these modern times there is some kind of mutual engagement, and to build that engagement to be strong, there must be some kind of element of trust. … We have to build some kind of trust to be able to move forward,” said Searyoh.
“Some people may be living in silos of the past, but in the current engagement we need to tell people that we are there with no hidden agenda, no negative hidden agenda, but for the common good of all of us.
“We say that we are in the information age, and I’ve been saying something: that our response should not be optional, but it must be a must, because if you don’t join now, you are going to be left behind.
“So what do we do? We have to get our house in order.
“Why do I say so? We used to operate like this before the information age; now in the information age, how do we operate?
“So, we have to get our house in order and see whether we are aligning ourselves with way things should work now. So, our challenge is to come up with a strategy, see how best we can reorganize our structures, to be able to deliver communications-information systems support for the Ghana Armed Forces,” he said.
Searyoh related that his organization has already accomplished one part of erecting the necessary foundation by establishing an appropriate policy structure.
“What is required now is the implementing level. Currently we have communications on one side, and computers on one side. The lines are blurred — you cannot operate like that, you’ve got to bring them together,” he said.
Building that merged entity to support deployed forces is what he sees as the primary challenge at present.
“Once you get that done you can talk about equipment, you can talk about resources,” Searyoh said. “I look at the current collaboration between the U.S. and the coalition partners taking a new level.”
“The immediate challenges that we have is the interoperability, which I think is one of the things we are also discussing here, interoperability and integration,” said Lt. Col. Kelvin Silomba, African Union-Zambia, Information Technology expert for the Africa Stand-by Force.
“You know that we’ve got five regions in Africa. All these regions, we need to integrate them and bring them together, so the challenge of interoperability in terms of equipment, you know, different tactical equipment that we use, and also in terms of the language barrier — you know, all these regions in Africa you find that they speak different languages — so to bring them together we need to come up with one standard that will make everybody on board and make everybody able to talk to each other,” he said.
“So we have all these challenges. Other than that also, stemming from the background of these African countries, based on the colonization: some of them were French colonized, some of them were British colonized and so on, so you find that when they come up now we’ve adopted some of the procedures based on our former colonial masters, so that is another challenge that is coming on board.”
The partnership with brother African states, with the U.S. government and its military branches, and with other interested collaborators has had a positive influence, said Silomba.
“Oh, it’s great. From the time that I got engaged with U.S. AFRICOM — I started with Africa Endeavor, before I even came to the AU — it is my experience that it is something very, very good.
“I would encourage — I know that there are some member states — I would encourage that all those member states they come on board, all of these regional organizations, that they come on board and support the AFRICOM lead. It is something that is very, very good.
“As for example, the African Union has a lot of support that’s been coming in, technical as well as in terms of knowledge and equipment. So it’s great; it’s good and it’s great,” said Salimba.
Other participant responses to the conference were positive as well.
“The feedback I’ve gotten from every member is that they now know what the red carpet treatment looks like, because USARAF has gone over and above board to make sure the environment, the atmosphere and the actual engagements … are executed to perfection,” said Ferrell. “It’s been very good from a team-building aspect.
“We’ve had very good discussions from members of the African Union, who gave us a very good understanding of the operations that are taking place in the area of Somalia, the challenges with communications, and laid out the gaps and desires of where they see that the U.S. and other coalition partners can kind of improve the capacity there in that area of responsibility.
“We also talked about the AU, as they are expanding their reach to all of the five regions, of how can they have that interoperability and connectivity to each of the regions,” Ferrell said.
“(It’s been) a wealth of knowledge and experts that are here to share in terms of how we can move forward with building capacities and capabilities. Not only for U.S. interests, but more importantly from my perspective, in building capacities and capabilities for our African partners beginning with the Commission at the African Union itself,” said Kevin Warthon, U.S. State Department, peace and security adviser to the African Union.
“I think that General Ferrell has done an absolutely wonderful thing by inviting key African partners to participate in this event so they can share their personal experience from a national, regional and continental perspective,” he said.
Warthon related from his personal experience a vignette of African trust in Providence that he believed carries a pertinent metaphor and message to everyone attending the conference.
“We are not sure what we are going to do tomorrow, but the one thing that I am sure of is that we are able to do something. Don’t know when, don’t know how, but as long as our focus is on our ability to assist and to help to progress a people, that’s really what counts more than anything else,” he said.
“Don’t worry about the timetable; just focus on your ability to make a difference and that’s what that really is all about.
“I see venues such as this as opportunities to make what seems to be the impossible become possible. … This is what this kind of venue does for our African partners.
“We’re doing a wonderful job at building relationships, because that’s where it begins — we have to build relationships to establish trust. That’s why this is so important: building trust through relationships so that we can move forward in the future,” Warthon said.
Conference members took a cultural tour of Venice and visited a traditional winery in the hills above Vicenza before adjourning.
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Descendants is a Disney Channel Original Movie scheduled to premiere on July 31, 2015 after the new series Bunk'd
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Disney's Descendants takes place in a present-day idyllic kingdom, where the benevolent teenaged son of the King and Queen (Beast and Belle from Disney's iconic Beauty and the Beast) is poised to take the throne. His first proclamation: offer a chance at redemption to the trouble-making spawn of Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, the Evil Queen and Jafar who have been imprisoned on a forbidden island with all the other villains, sidekicks, evil step-mothers and step-sisters. These villainous descendants (Carlos, Mal, Evvie and Jay, respectively) are allowed into the kingdom to attend prep school alongside the offspring of iconic Disney heroes including Fairy Godmother, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and Mulan. However, the evil teens face a dilemma. Should they follow in their nefarious parents' footsteps and help all the villains regain power, or embrace their innate goodness and save the kingdom? For more info visit DisneyChannel.com.
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November 14, 2013 - Washington DC., The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, along with International Fincance Corportation (IFC) Executive Vice President and CEO Jin Yong Cai and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Executive Vice President Keiko Honda on their first public appearance together to discuss the power of the private sector in developing markets. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank
Nominations for the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were announced earlier today by Olivia Munn and Niecy Nash from the Pacific Design Center in Hollywood. You may have caught the live stream on TNT, TBS, and truTV aired the announcement, we’re posting a video below in case you want to see it on-demand.
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It's that time of year when the Screen Actors Guild Awards® opens their Holiday Auction which will benefit the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Children’s Literacy and Actors’ Assistance programs. Find out more at sagawards.org/auction.
The annual Holiday Auction features the ultimate SAG Awards® VIP Package, with two tickets to the 24th Annual SAG Awards Ceremony and Gala on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, a backstage tour, two United Airline tickets and a three-night stay at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
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Other highlights include autographed film and television collectibles from Trevor Noah, Mary J. Blige, William Shatner, Sara Michelle Gellar, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Margaret Atwood, and the casts of “This Is Us,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “GLOW” and more. Also up for bid are unique gifts, such as tickets to a taping of “Will & Grace” plus a set tour and meet-and-greet with the cast, VIP tickets to a live taping of “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” and several SAG Awards Red Carpet Bleacher Seats packages.
Bidding concludes on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, at 6 p.m. (PT) at sagawards.org/auction
Proceeds from the SAG Awards Holiday Auction support the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children's literacy program Storyline Online, the interactive children’s literacy website that attracts more than 12 million global views each month. The auction also supports the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Catastrophic Health Fund, Emergency Assistance and Scholarship Program for SAG-AFTRA artists and their families.
Here's the list of items up for bid at the SAG Awards Holiday Auction
Experiences, Tapings, and Packages
SAG Awards VIP package – 2 tickets to the 24th Annual SAG Awards Ceremony and Gala, a Backstage Tour, 2 United Airline tickets and 3-night stay at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA
SAG Awards Backstage Tour and 2 Front Row Red Carpet Bleacher Seats
4 Front Row Red Carpet Bleacher Seats to the 24th Annual SAG Awards Arrivals
2 tickets to a taping of “Will & Grace” plus a set tour and meet-and-greet with cast
4 VIP tickets to a live taping of "Conan"
2 VIP tickets to a live taping of “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
2 VIP tickets to “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”
2 tickets to a taping of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen”
SAG Awards Red Carpet Bleacher Seat packages
Autographed Collectibles and Memorabilia
“This is Us” pilot script signed by the cast
“The Handmaid’s Tale” poster signed by cast members and producers
“The Handmaid’s Tale” paperback book signed by author Margaret Atwood plus gift basket
“Glow” poster signed by cast
“I, Tonya” poster signed by cast and creators
“Will & Grace” poster signed by Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally, Debra Messing and Eric McCormack
“Mudbound” poster signed by Mary J. Blige and Dee Rees
“Breathe” poster signed by Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy and Andy Serkis
“Brockmire” baseball signed by Hank Azaria
“The Walking Dead” Negan POP! doll signed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan
“Mr. Robot” limited edition backpack
“The Walking Dead” gift package including poster collection, special edition board game & baseball cap
“The Walking Dead” journal signed by cast members plus a Rick Grimes limited edition bobblehead
“The Walking Dead Vol.1,” “Outcast Vol.1” and “Invincible Vol.1” graphic novels signed creator Robert Kirkman
“Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” hardcover book signed by author Trevor Noah
“Zero-G” hardcover book signed by author William Shatner
“Stirring Up Fun with Food” hardcover book signed by creator Sarah Michelle Gellar
“Unqualified” hardcover signed by author Anna Faris
“We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere” paperback book signed by author Gillian Anderson
“Ballerina Body” paperback book signed by creator Misty Copeland
Premium Items
Champagne Taittinger Bottle 6L signed by 23rd Annual SAG Awards Attendees
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About the SAG-AFTRA Foundation
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a philanthropic 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides vital assistance and educational programming to SAG-AFTRA professionals while serving the public at large through its signature children’s literacy program. For more than 32 years, the Foundation has granted more than $19 million in financial and medical assistance, including $8 million in scholarships to SAG-AFTRA members and their dependents. In addition, the nonprofit has offered 7,600 free educational workshops, panels and classes SAG-AFTRA artists nationwide. In addition, its award-winning children’s literacy program Storyline Online has brought the love of reading to more than 300 million children worldwide. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation relies entirely on grants, sponsorships and individual contributions to maintain its free programs and resources, and is the benefiting charity of the annual SAG Awards. For more information, visit sagaftra.foundation.
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About the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
The 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-AFTRA with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC and hosted by Kristen Bell, will be produced by Avalon Harbor Entertainment. Inc. and will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT). TBS and TNT subscribers can also watch the SAG Awards live through the networks' websites and mobile apps. In addition, TNT will present a special encore of the ceremony at 11 p.m. (ET) / 8 p.m. (PT).
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President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted 70 Girl-learners of Grade 10-12 from various schools around Gauteng and Western Cape as part of the Take a Girl Child to Work programme the Union Buildings in Tshwane. The learners were taken on a guided tour around the Union Buildings. (Photos: GCIS)
...eventually they were friendly hosts. But not at first; the story:
When I went for the hike up the Shui Jing Po hill I came to a very secluded depression where a path to the foot of the hill ran via a farm. When the lady on the right saw me approaching her she was really terrified in seeing this white stranger. She picked up a bamboo stick to defend herself and backed away. I was rather shocked by her reaction; people have never been afraid of me before or had seen me as a menace. I tried to explain I was just passing through and pointed to the top of the hill to indicate that I wanted to climb it. Very reluctantly she showed me where the path continued on. She backed away again when I extended my hand in trying to break the ice.
Later, when I got back from the hill I saw her again at the farm. But now she had changed; she indicated that I should come in for tea. When I noticed that she wasn't terrified anymore I did come in and sat down. First she brought me a bowl of water and a rag to clean my legs that had bloody scratches from the thorn bushes on the slope of the hill, and then she gave me some small peaches. Later there was tea. We spent a pleasant 15 minutes or so. The pictures I showed her made her laugh. Grandma on the left was having a good time too. I may have been one of the first Westerners they have encountered.
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Right around here a train passed, I was scared shirtless. It was loud, nothing to hide behind, and not sure if they are allowed to shoot people on the track.
Hosts for the Sunday morning political talk shows.
Left to Right
- George Stephanopoulos host of This Week on NBC.
- Chris Wallace host of Fox News Sunday on Fox.
- Jake Tapper host of State of the Union on CNN.
- Chuck Todd host of Meet the Press on NBC.
- John Dickerson host of Face the Nation on CBS.
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