Travels in Afghanistan

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Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province with USMC PAO Second Lieutenant Philip J. Kulczewski.
With filmmaker Meg Prior of OutsidetheWirethemovie.com, both of us en route to Jalalabad via Bagram Airbase.
With COL JP McGee, commander of the Jalalabad-based 101st Airborne Division’s Bastogne Brigade, and his PAO MAJ Scott McCullough, after overseeing an overnight joint Afghan-U.S, operation in Nangarhar province.
Visiting Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

 

November 2012

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26–Monterey Institute of International Studies’ Terrorism Studies program Monterey, California — Addressed graduate students on crafting counterterrorism strategy within Washington, D.C.’s maelstrom of interagency rivalries/frenemies, Congressional oversight and the usual media feeding frenzy.

12–Committee on Foreign Relations, Tampa, Florida, spoke on the evolution of intelligence and covert operations from Mogadishu to Abbottabad from a media perspective. http://www.tampabaycfr.org/

11–Dozier spoke at St. John’s Church at Lafayette Square for Veteran’s Day, at their Sunday forum, a family affair with USMC vet dad Ben Dozier, sister MeiLee Dozier and two of the smaller Doziers in attendance.

 

Women in Military Service for America Memorial

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Dozier and Brigadier General Wilma L. Vaught, USAF (Ret.), president of the Women In Military Service For America Memorial. Dozier emceed the 15th anniversary gala of the organization, held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C., Oct. 19th. At the entrance of Arlington Memorial Cemetery, WIMSA is the only major national memorial honoring women who have served in the nation’s defense during all eras and in all services. See: WIMSA

 

Red Cross’s Salute to Service Gala

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Dozier guest-emceeing at the American Red Cross’s Salute to Service Gala. This year’s honorees were ret. Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen and wife Deborah Mullen. Actor/activist Jimmy Smits and Col. Gregory Gadson presented awards to wounded warriors, and a lot of money was raised. I subbed last minute for emcee Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who was stuck in New Orleans due to storms…