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Upcoming Webinars

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The Financing of Terrorism Through Cryptocurrency

COMING SOON – EXACT DATE AND TIME TBD. The earliest-reported foreign terrorist organization that adopted cryptocurrencies as a means of donations was the Ibn Taymiyyah Media Center (ITMC) crowdfunding campaign for Mujahideen Shura Council/Environs of…

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Tactical Grief-Processing: The Cornerstone of Unconventional Resilience

This presentation will explore the central hypothesis of an ethnographic study examining how U.S. Air Force Special Operations Surgical Teams (SOSTs) build and sustain resilience against catastrophic injury exposure. Moving beyond conventional trauma-based resilience frameworks,…

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Electromagnetic Pulse Hardening of Critical Infrastructure

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) can have devastating consequences for electronic components, electrical systems, and the nation’s critical infrastructure.  While EMPs can be both natural and man-made, the events can damage and/or disrupt significant portions of…

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Barometric Extremes: Amplified Weather Hazards Impacting Energy and IT Sector Operations

Extreme weather trends over the past 85 years have indicated a major swing in lower lows, and longer lasting highs which is wreaking havoc on weather systems at the surface. When systems and practices were…

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Machine-Learning Weather Prediction

Machine learning (ML) is revolutionizing weather forecasting because it can identify complex patterns in vast amounts of weather data. It provides accurate predictions, fast updates, and the ability to capture subtle details that traditional methods…

Past Webinars

Taking Exercise Conditioning Past Conventional Boundaries

Physical performance capacity is critical to the Warfighter to be able to carry out the mission.  Competitive sports have pushed for improvements in conditioning throughout…

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Assessing the Risk in the Post Pandemic

The pandemic has posed new challenges for critical infrastructure protection (CIP), including identifying decision-makers and executing organizations’ responses to incidents. Additionally, many institutions are facing…

Defense Support to Civil Authorities – A NEXTGEN Perspective

The Great 2020 Pandemic shed light on a myriad of issues regarding the need for effective leadership and disaster management. The U.S. Department of Defense…

DoD’s Role on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)

Created through a 1975 executive order, the CFIUS is an interagency committee chaired by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that reviews certain foreign acquisitions,…

The Tyranny of Distance in Homeland Defense: Weapons of Mass Destruction Response in the Pacific Territories

The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) covers nearly half of the Earth’s surface, stretching from the western border of India to the West Coast of…

Podcast: An Interview with the 37th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps

Part 1 Throughout history, advances in technology have had a direct effect on warfighting capabilities. As such, they have had a corresponding and often dramatic…