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Recently, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) officially launched the Brigadier General Charles Young Research, Analysis, and Lessons Learned Institute within the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU)! The DSCU Young Institute serves the #SecurityCooperation enterprise through research, critical inquiry, and scholarship that advances the knowledge and practice of security cooperation. Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities Madeline Mortelmans provided keynote remarks. She discussed how a highly professional and informed security cooperation workforce is critical to achieving U.S. foreign policy and National Defense Strategy objectives. Also, she welcomed and thanked members of the Young family and the Charles Young Foundation for their attendance and their mission to preserve the legacy of a great American. Read more about Brigadier General Young, DSCU’s new Young Institute, and how DSCU is responding to legislative mandates here: https://lnkd.in/eKPAubCS Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy #dsca #dscu
Great event honoring a great American leader. Looking forward to the outstanding work DSCU will perform for our nation as well as our Allies and partners.
Good on ya! When I was the Director, I pushed for the policy that anyone doing more than 50% of their job on Security Cooperation had training and report our status to OSD Policy. This takes it up a notch and that is a GREAT thing.
Data-driven decision making, vice cronyism, is much needed; very happy to see this, there is work to do! 💪🏼 And, of course, if Celeste W. is at the helm then it’s headed in a good direction.
Great job, Madeline. 🎉🎉🎉
Defense Security Cooperation University Well done!
Go Madeline!
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6moProud to lead the DSCU Young Institute team and honor the legacy of Brigadier General Charles Young. Thank you James Hursch and Celeste Ward Gventer, PhD for this opportunity and for recognizing the importance of building intellectual capital to help professionalize the practice of security cooperation. We appreciate all the support from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the U.S. Interagency, and the U.S. Congress in helping make this vision a reality. Meet the current DSCU Young Institute faculty team fostering analysis, research, scholarship, and critical inquiry that advances the field of security cooperation, enables application of lessons learned, and promotes evidence-based decision-making: Marc Grinberg, Dr. Tova Norlén, Angela Riotto, PhD, Nadia Gerspacher, Nathan W. Toronto, Rahima Hamadi, Jeanne Giraldo, Rob Timm, and Peter Venoit.