NDIA - 24th Annual SO/LIC Symposium & Exhibition



Introduction

The 24th Annual NDIA SO/LIC (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict) Symposium & Exhibition will examine how special operations capabilities could be tailored to counter existing and potential National Security challenges.  As the U.S. rebalances its strategy to focus on the Asia-Pacific and Middle East areas, it will increase its reliance on the capabilities and capacity of existing allies and partners.  This reliance coupled with the strategic direction to employ innovative, low-cost, and small-footprint indirect approaches to prevent conflict make SOF a force of choice for the Combatant Commanders.  Speakers will discuss how Special Operations Forces (SOF) can assist in building allied and partner nation capabilities.  The symposium will also explore how SOF is addressing the change in focus from direct to indirect missions and the importance of interagency cooperation in this era of limited resources and fiscal constraints.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS We are pleased to announce the following Keynote Speakers: - GEN Martin E. Dempsey, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (Invited) - ADM William H. McRaven, USN, Commander, USSOCOM (Confirmed) - Mr. Andrew Shapiro, Assistant Secretary of State, Political-Military Affairs (Invited) - Hon. Michael Sheehan, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (Confirmed) - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Vice Chairman, House Armed Services Committee (Confirmed) AWARDS BANQUET NDIA’s SO/LIC Division is pleased to announce that it will present its highest awards, the R. Lynn Rylander Award and the DeProspero Lifetime Achievement Award, to LtGen Dennis J. Hejlik, USMC (Ret) and GEN Stanley A. McChrystal, USA (Ret), respectively. Awards will be presented at the annual Awards Banquet on Monday, January 28, 2013, which will be held in conjunction with the 24th Annual SO/LIC Symposium & Exhibition, January 28-30, 2013 in Washington, DC at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. CONFIRMED TO ATTEND LtGen Dennis J. Hejlik, USMC (Ret) will receive the R. Lynn Rylander Award in recognition of his lifelong and significant contributions to our country, which included service in every major conflict starting with Vietnam. General Hejlik culminated his service with the successful integration of the U.S. Marine Corps into U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), to include serving as the first Commanding General of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC). The Award is named for R. Lynn Rylander, a Department of Defense civilian who was an early advocate and activist on the revitalization of Special Operations Forces and the organizational and legislative changes required to sustain them; and who was a founding member of the organization, which is now the SO/LIC Division of NDIA. ACCEPTING IN ABSENTIA GEN Stanley A. McChrystal, USA (Ret) will receive the DeProspero Lifetime Achievement Award for his career of game-changing, forward leadership within the Special Operations community. As the Commanding General of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and later of the U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, General McChrystal changed the paradigm under which Special Operations, as well as conventional forces, thought, trained and operated, and will for years to come. The DeProspero Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes sustained, distinguished service of an individual who has made distinctive lifetime contributions with significant impact in the areas of Special Operations, Low Intensity Conflict, or Irregular Warfare. The Award is named for Colonel Albert A. DeProspero, a retired Army Special Forces Colonel who was a founding member and eventual Chairman of the NDIA SO/LIC Division, and a lifelong supporter of and advocate for the SO/LIC community.

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When
Mon-Wed, Jan 28-30, 2013


Where
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, DC 20008
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Organizer
NDIA - National Defense Industrial Association


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