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DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Lynn Discusses Cyber Security Strategy

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Deputy Secretary of Defense William J Lynn III

Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III participated in a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable Aug. 25 to discuss the five pillars of the cyber security strategy for the Department of Defense.

Read Lynn’s article in Foreign Affairs – “Defending a New Domain – The Pentagon’s Cyberstrategy“.

Listen to the interview.

Read the Defense.gov article: “Lynn Outlines Cyber Threats, Defensive Measures”

Joining us on the roundtable were Spencer Ackerman, Wired.com; Noah Shachtman, Wired.com; Laura Rozen, Politico; Bob Brewin, NextGov; Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal; Eric Chabrow, GovInfo Security; William Jackson, Federal Computer Week; and Marc Ambinder, the Atlantic.

Army Bloggers Roundtable: Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable by Administrator on August 24, 2010 at 1:30 pm {no comments}

Brig. Gen. William T. (Tim) Crosby. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army.

We recently held an Army Bloggers Roundtable on Wednesday, Aug. 25, with Brig. Gen. William T. (Tim) Crosby, deputy program executive officer, Aviation. He was joined by Col. Gregory Gonzalez, project manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Mr. Tim Owings, deputy project manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Program Executive Office Aviation.

They discussed the U.S. Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems and its value in military operations.

Listen to the interview .

Read the transcript.

Read the Army.mil story; “‘Grey Eagle’ Weaponized UAS Slated for Afghanistan”

Joining us on the call were Paul McLeary, Aviation Week; J.D. Leipold, Army News Service; Ann Roosevelt, Defense Daily; Stew Magnuson, National Defense Magazine; Jen DiMascio, Politico and Martin Klingst, Die Zeit, German weekly.

DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Hand-Held Solutions and Apps for the Battlefield

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable by Administrator on August 23, 2010 at 11:42 am {3 comments}

Michael P. Anthony, Chief, Advanced Applications Branch, CERDEC. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army CERDEC

We recently held a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Michael P. Anthony, chief, Advanced Applications Branch, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) on Wednesday, Aug. 25.

Anthony discussed CERDEC’s work in developing, assessing and adapting hand-held solutions and commercial applications for the battlefield. Additionally, he discussed the importance of edge-enabling technologies and CERDEC’s role in supporting initiatives such as Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications.

Listen to the interview.

Read the transcript.

Read the Defense.gov story: “Engineers Seek New Edge for Warfighters”

Joining us on the call were Uncle Jimbo, of BlackFive; and Molly Walker of Fierce Government I.T.

DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Afghan National Police Update

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable by Administrator on August 23, 2010 at 10:39 am {no comments}

We recently held a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Brig. Gen. Carmelo Burgio, Commanding General, Combined Training Advisory Group – Police, Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan , NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan on Tuesday, Aug. 24.

Brig. Gen Burgio provided an update on the progress of the Afghan National Police training and recent quality training initiatives including a focus on leadership training. He also discussed the challenges ahead for training the Afghan National Police public affairs officer.

Listen to the interview.

Read the transcript.

Read the Defense.gov story: “Afghan Police Training Will Take Time, General Says”

Joining us on the call were Anand Choudhuri, of Registan; Matthew Hickman, of Army News Service; Andrew Lubin, of the Military Observer; Shaun Waterman, of the Washington Times; Walter Pincus, of the Washington Post; Geoffrey M. Ziezulewicz, of Stars and Stripes; Danielle Ivory, of Bloomberg Government.

DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: HM-15 Pilots Discuss Pakistan Relief Efforts

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable by on August 18, 2010 at 12:30 pm {4 comments}

Lt. Sean Snyder, pilot, left; and Naval Air Crewman Second Class Kevin Strickhouser, right. Photo courtesy of Office of the Defense Representative Pakistan.

U.S. Navy Lt. Sean Snyder, pilot, and Naval Air Crewman Second Class Kevin Strickhouser, members of the U.S. Navy’s Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) Detachment 2 participated in a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable, Aug. 19, and are supporting the Government of Pakistan by flying relief missions from the Ghazi Air Force Base in Pakistan.

HM-15 pilots, who fly the MH-53E “Sea Dragon” discussed their participation in the relief effort. The United States has responded immediately and generously to Pakistan’s call for assistance following the tragic and devastating floods that began July 29. To date, the U.S. has pledged to provide approximately $76 million in assistance to flood-affected populations in Pakistan.

There currently are 22 U.S. military and civilian aircraft in Pakistan in support of flood relief operations. U.S. helicopters have evacuated more than 4600 people and delivered more than 500,000 pounds of relief supplies. In addition, U.S. military cargo aircraft based in Afghanistan have transported more than 194,000 pounds of international aid from the Pakistan Air Force’s Central Flood Relief Cell in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, to required locations throughout the country in support of Government of Pakistan airlift support requests.

Listen to the interview.

Read the transcript.

Read the Defense.gov story: “Navy Choppers Provide Aid to Pakistani Flood Victims”

To learn more about U.S. military relief operations in Pakistan, visit Defense.gov.

Video/Photo coverage:
DVIDs Latest video on Pakistan floods
Photos from Pakistan Disaster Relief

Joining us on the call were Chris Albon, of Conflict Health; Chuck Simmins, of America’s North Shore Journal; Andrew Lubin, of the Military Observer; Maggie of Boston Maggie; Thomas Goering, of Navy Cyberspace; Philip Ewing of Scoop Deck; Craig Hooper, of the U.S. Naval Institute; John Doyle, of 4Gwar; Andrew Miller, of ABC News; Gail Harris, of Foreign Policy Association; Jeff Schogol, of Stars and Stripes; and Ali Chishti, of AK Chishti.