MIIS- Student Affairs

Before school is out for summah, let’s all get together for one last delicious, vegan potluck! Jason’s Food Science class will be there and we will join forces! Bring a vegan dish and we will bring food as well. Don’t forget to bring your own utensils and plates.

The security risks posed by a protracted fight with ISIS converged on November 13th in the first large-scale terrorist attack in Paris, killing 129 people and injuring over 300. Experts had been warning of the possibility that terrorists could pose as refugees in order to carry out attacks in the West, of inter-European terrorist cells coordinating cross-border attacks, and of the growing incidence of homegrown terrorists—the attacks in Paris had facets of each.

Join TSC in welcoming NPTS Student Phil Goldstein, who will explain his Spring 2016 IPSS assignment, assessing the Chemical and Biological Weapons-related benefits and risks of microfluidics, an emerging technology, and providing subsequent policy recommendations. Pizza will be served!

Movie Description: “Once a fanatical rising star in the white supremacist movement, Greg Winthrow grapples with a legacy of hatred handed down across generations in this haunting documentary. The film reveals how class divisions are masked by racial conflict and follows the intense, angry and breathtakingly resourceful Winthrow as he grapples with his own redemption from a heritage of violence.” Enjoy pizza and conversation with director Elizabeth Thompson after watching the film.

TSC’s final event of the semester will be a combined event and feature John Duvall’s third installment of the TSC-Civil Military Relations Series. 3) War Planning -Operational Orders and Initiating Directives -Warfare Domains (Land, Air, Maritime, Space) -Information Domain? -Cyber Domain? -The Seven Warfighting Functions -The War Planning Process -The Marine Corps’ Rapid Response Planning Process (R2P2) -Operational Art -Campaigns: what are they and what are they for? Please come and bring a friend. FREE pizza and soda will be served.

Michael Freeman from the Naval Postgraduate School will be leading an interactive meeting in which students can play a variety of war games.

Presentation and discussion on bomb making and munitions.