To continue the Alliance's workforce efforts, we take a look at a long term plan of offering additional courses for a certificate in intelligence, mentorship opportunities, and possible career opportunities/employers in the listening session UH-INDOPACOM J2 Intel Mentorship Initiative.
Panelists included:
John Doyle, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command J2
Denise Konan, College of Social Science, Dean
Jairus Grove, UH, Dept. of Political Science Department Chair
Christian Laurita, Booz Allen Hamilton, Capabilities and Data Integrator
Justin Thanathep Nguyen, UH Mentorship Program graduate
Marine Forces Pacific and Marine Corps Base Hawaii Webinar
The Military Affairs Council (MAC) recently hosted a webinar providing an update from the Marine Forces Pacific and Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Christine Lanning, co-chair of the Hawaii Defense Alliance's Small Business Support Working Group introduced LtGen Steve Rudder, commander of Marine Forces Pacific; Maj Gen Mark Hashimoto, executive director of the Marine Forces Pacific and USINDOPACOM lead on Hawaii initiatives; and COL Speros Koumparakis, commanding officer of Marines Corps Base Hawaii. Following their updates, Jason Chung, vice president of the MAC moderated questions from the audience. To watch the full webinar, click here or visit hawaiidefensealliance.com/news.
The Hawaii Defense Alliance is established by the State of Hawaii Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) through a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Local Defense Community cooperation (previously, Office of Economic Adjustment). For more information about DBEDT’s Hawaii Defense Economy project visit DefenseEconomy.hawaii.gov.
