Civil Affairs Roundtable

Attendees gathered at the Civil Affairs Transitions Roundtable in Founders Hall.

Mason’s Peace Operations Policy program (POPP) and the Reserve Officers Association of the United States sponsored a roundtable on “Civil Affairs Futures,” at Founders Hall in Arlington.

The day-long meeting’s agenda included panels on “Planned Civil Affairs Futures,” “Civil Affairs Legislative, Policy and Doctrinal Changes,” and “Thoughts for the Future.” The meeting also included keynote addresses from Donald L. ‘Larry’ Sampler Jr., USAID principal deputy assistant to the administrator & deputy director of the office of Afghanistan & Pakistan Affairs; and BG Ferdinand Irizarry II, deputy commander of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.

Two Civil Affairs Association Awards were also presented at the roundtable to the following recipients:

• Col. (Ret.) Doug Nash was given the Ralph R. Temple Award for Outstanding Service Furthering Civil Affairs.
• BG Hugh Van Roosen was given the JohnH. Hilldring Award for Outstanding Civil Affairs Military Service.

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