Andrew Warnes is Head of Development of Business for MENA for EADS DCS, which is the EADS Large System Integrator for domestic / internal security solutions. He is looking at future growth markets and capabilities for the business.

He joined EADS in July 2008 and was until July of 2009 responsible for the Sales and Marketing activities for the Critical National Infrastructure (non-defence) activities in the UK. Before joining EADS, Andrew Warnes worked for 4 years at Lucent Technologies (later Alcatel-Lucent) where he was Vice President Sales North West Europe.

With 30 years of military experience Andrew Warnes has broad experience of the military requirement for communications in support of operations, especially for security and network management, not least in his roles as Commander of the Joint Force CIS organization during the Gulf War of 2003, Director of Communications and Information Systems for the UK Royal Air Force and as Director of Operations at the UK Defence Communications Services Agency (DCSA).

Andrew Warnes is a UK citizen and was born in Norwich 1953. He studied Mathematical Physics at the University of East Anglia, gaining a first class honours degree in the subject in 1974. In 2001 he gained a Master of Arts degree in International Relations at Kings College London. During his working life he spent several years in countries such as the Netherlands, Germany and the Qatar.

Brigadier General Batschelet assumed the duties of his current position as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G3, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army on 26 August 2009. Prior to this assignment, BG Batschelet held a range of command and operations staff positions in the Army and on the Joint Staff.

BG Allen W. Batschelet was commissioned a lieutenant of Artillery and was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree as a Distinguished Military Graduate upon his graduation from Iowa State University in 1983. He holds two Masters of Military Arts and Sciences Degrees from the Command and General staff College and a Masters of Strategic Art from the United States Army War College. Military education includes Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Infantry and Armor Officer Advanced Courses, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, the School for Advanced Military Studies and the United States Army War College.

BG Batschelet has served in a variety of command and staff assignments in the Continental United States and overseas. His first assignment was to the 6th Battalion 14th Field Artillery, 1st Armored Division, in the Federal Republic of Germany. While there, he served as the Fire Direction Officer in B Battery, and as Headquarters Battery Executive Officer, Battalion Special Weapons Officer and the A Battery Executive Officer. In 1987, BG Batschelet graduated from the Armor Officer Advanced Course and was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division Artillery as an Assistant Operations Officer. In September 1988, he was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, where he served as an Assistant S3, Task Force Fire Support Officer for 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, and as the A Battery Commander. He commanded A Battery during Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. Returning from these operations in 1991, he assumed command of A Battery, 21st Field Artillery. From June 1992 to June of 1993, he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division.

Following completion of his studies at Fort Leavenworth, BG Batschelet returned to Germany as the Chief of Plans for the 3rd Infantry Division. In June 1996, he was assigned as the S3 and XO for the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery and deployed to Operations JOINT ENDEAVOR and JOINT GUARD from October 1996 to April 1997. From May 1997 to June 1998, he served as the Deputy G3, 1st Infantry Division. From March 1999 to May 2001, he commanded the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, including a deployment to Bosnia. Following completion of the War College in 2001, he served on the Joint Staff, J-3, Director of Operations, Deputy Directorate of Information Operations. From December 20, 2005 to November 15, 2006, he commanded the 4th Infantry Division Fires Brigade during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM 05-07. BG Batschelet served as the Chief of Staff, 4th Infantry Division and Multi-National Division-Baghdad through October 2008 during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM 07-09. During his last assignment, BG Batschelet served as the Deputy Commanding General (Support), 4th Infantry Division.

Date of birth: 1 October 1958
Place of birth: Landshut
Marital status: married

Assignments:

• 2002 – 2005 Office Manager to the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Brussels
• 2005 – 2006 Chief of Branch, Armed Forces Staff, Division Fü S VI 2 (Bundeswehr Concept, Transformation) in the Federal Ministry of Defence
• 2006 – 2009 Commander, Mountain Infantry Brigade 23, Bad Reichenhall
• 2007 Commander, Multi-National Task Force South, and Commander of the German KFOR contingent, Prizren
• since May 2009 Armed Forces Staff, Chief of Division Fü S VI “Planning”, in the Federal Ministry of Defence

Promotions:

• 1 July 1980 Second Lieutenant
• 1 April 1983 First Lieutenant
• 1 April 1986 Captain
• 2 April.1992 Major
• 3 April 1995 Lieutenant Colonel
• 1 October 2001 Colonel
• 21 March 2007 Brigadier General

Awards and Decorations

• 1994 Silver Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr
• 1999 Bundeswehr Bronze Foreign Duty Medal (SFOR)
• Gold Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr
• 2007 Bundeswehr Bronze Foreign Duty Medal (KFOR)

Hobbies:

Mountaineering/skiing, classical music

In telecommunications, innovation and information technology sectors for more than 25 years Bruno brings a wealth of experience in management, operations, marketing, engineering, and export of communication systems and services.

As telecom consultant for Venture Capital firms he provided due diligence on new technologies and on business opportunities in Canada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He provided guidance on strategic partnerships with operators such as Clearwire International and with vendors such as Wavesat, Allgon Wireless and Cambridge Broadband. As President and CEO, he headed Broadstorm (now Adaptix) of Bellevue WA. Funded by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Ventures and by Vantage Point Venture Partners, Broadstorm in June 2001 demonstrated 8Mbps mobile OFDMA in the forefront of the 802.16e mobile WiMax standard. As Vice president International development for Call-Net Enterprises, then second largest carrier in Canada (owner of Sprint Canada) he built a new business unit with facilities in the UK and Barbados to engage direct relationships with international operators. He held senior management positions with Cellpoint Technologies and LanSer Technologies. While living in Asia, he developed Asia-Pacific markets for SR Telecom including setting up branches in Hong Kong and Malaysia. He worked 10 years with Canadian Marconi in research, engineering and business development of wireless systems for the military.

Holding a BSEE from École Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Bruno’s continuing education includes Masters Degree courses in business management, in management of technology & innovation, and network centric operation.

Bruno currently serves as President of Center of Excellence and as consultant to Emirates Advanced Investment in the UAE. The Center of Excellence provides expert advice on innovative concepts to the UAE Armed Forces in their transformation efforts to enable network centric capability with a service oriented architecture and increased interoperability.

Domenico Cambria was born in 1950 and graduated cum laude in engineering from the Universiy of Roma in 1975.

In 1975 he joined Selex Group (Italtel at that time) and took part in the development of MkXII Interogators and transponders.

From 1981 he moved from digital design to system engineering and was involved in projects such as EF Typhoon, NATO AWACS and NH90.

Currently he is responsible for System Engineering (IFF and Tactical Data Links) in Selex Avionic Business Unit; main activities are the definition of NATO standards, the definition of M5 capable IFF, Air to Surface Identification, BTID (for ground Identification) and the integration of L16 systems.

Dr (Eng.) Mohamed N. Alahbabi is a serving officer in the UAE Armed Forces. Currently he is the leading Communication Information Technology advisor within the Center of Excellence & Development.

He obtained his 1st Degree in the USA and MSc & PhD from the UK in 2005 in the area of communications. He has published more than 22 articles and papers in laser and fiber optics technology. For the last four years he has been heavily involved in the development of the UAE national (YahSat) Satellite program.

Concurrently he is studying the emerging concepts and technologies that will underpin Network Centric Warfare. Doctor Alahbabi leads a UAE Armed Forces Think Tank Project within the Centre of Excellence and has an active role in ITU-R, IPv6 UAE Task Force and other professional associations.

Fred is a Distinguished Engineer for NetCentric Operations. He is a retired Army Colonel, who commanded from company through brigade and served as the J6 for Operation Support Hope in Rwanda and Operation Enduring Freedom in Bosnia. He served on the Joint Chief of Staff, Deputy J6 and was part of the original team that initiated the NCW theory. After co-authoring the initial book on Network Centric Warfare, he joined MITRE and moved to Ft. Hood, Texas to be part of the team that fielded information technology to the first digital division. Since then, Fred has written and spoken worldwide on NCW providing classes to Japan, India, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Poland and several Middle East countries. He supported the OSD Office of Force Transformation and authored a case study on the AF / SOF team in Western Iraq; currently he conducts after action reviews of returning Army and Marine units to better understand how IT impacts mission planning and execution

Fred’s two newest areas of exportation include analyzing the generational cultural shifts brought about by the Information Age and their impact of Armed Forces together with his studies on the impact of Complexity on the Network and Networked Enabled Armed Forces.

He has presented presentations on these subjects in Washington DC, Norfolk VA(NATO Transformation Command) , India, Brussels (NATO NC3A), Prague, Germany, Holland and Singapore.

Fred is a Digital Immigrant trying to understand the new generation in the new age, while playing tennis and being a grandfather.

Major-General Glynne Hines joined the Militia as a Gunner with the 56th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery in Brantford, Ontario in 1971.

Following enrolment in the Regular Force in 1973, he served as a Maritime Surface and Sub-Surface Officer onboard the supply ship HMCS Protecteur and subsequently as the Weapons and Electrical Officer, and Engineering Officer onboard the submarines HMCS Okanagan and HMCS Onondaga.

In 1982, Captain Hines transferred to the Communications and Electronics Engineering classification and was posted to the Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics in Kingston where he served as an instructor in the Officer Training Squadron.

From 1984 until 1990 he served in the NORAD air defence environment as the Chief of Maintenance for the 11th Tactical Control Group, at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska and as the Long Range Radar Engineer and Systems Implementation Manager with the North American Air Defence Modernization Project in Ottawa.

In 1990 Major Hines was posted as Commanding Officer, Communication Squadron Baden, Germany. In September of the same year, as part of Canada's commitment to the Gulf War, Major Hines was appointed Commander of the Communication unit that deployed to Doha, Qatar with the Canadian Air Task Group Middle East.

Upon promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel and graduation from the staff college in 1992, he assumed command of 73 Communication Group in Winnipeg. In 1996, Lieutenant-Colonel Hines was posted to NDHQ in the Directorate of Intelligence, Security and Operations Automation (DISOA), responsible for the development, operation and support of strategic command, control and intelligence systems.

In November 1999 he was posted to the Headquarters of the Peace Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina where he served as the Chief of the Combined and Joint Communications and Information Systems Division (CJ6) until May 2000. Upon return to Canada, he was posted to the Air Staff in Ottawa and assumed the post of Director, Air Force Programs prior to assuming command of 5 Wing/CFB Goose Bay in 2002.

He joined the Information Management Group in June 2004 as Director General Information Management Operations and in July 2005 he was appointed the Canadian Forces J6 and Chief of Staff - Assistant Deputy Minister (Information Management). Major-General Hines was promoted to his current rank in April 2006.

MGen Hines assumed his current position as the Director, NATO Headquarters Consultation, Command and Control, staff in July 2009. He is responsible as the principal advisor to the Military committee and North Atlantic council on all operational and technical aspects of Communications and Information Systems and Network Enabled Capabilities in NATO.

Jacques Rivière joined the Naval Academy in Brest in 1988 and after a global training deployment onboard the LPH Jeanne d’Arc, he became a “surface warfare officer” and a fighter controller.

During the period 1991-2003, he served as Principal Warfare Officer and Fighter Controller on the AAW frigate Cassard, the ASW frigate Dupleix, the CV Clemenceau and the CVN Charles De Gaulle as head of the CIC department.

He was also an operations instructor for two years at the French Navy Training School at Saint-Mandrier.

He undertook staff training at the joint services defence college between 2003 and 2004.

Between 2004 and 2007, he has been serving in the procurement division at the Navy staff in Paris, within the CIS and CMS office.

He had two duties as commanding officer. Between 1999 and 2000, he commanded the FS Arago stationed in Tahiti. Then, he was commanding officer of FS Nivôse based in the Indian Ocean in la Reunion Island between 2007 and 2008.

His duty now at the FN staff is capability officer in CIS domain.

Mr. Larry K. Huffman is the Principal Director for Global Information Grid Operations at the Defense Information Systems Agency overseeing an organization of 2,700 personnel located in 27 locations in 7 countries around the world coordinating and synchronizing the delivery and operation of agency capabilities. Mr. Huffman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and was educated at Olivet Nazarene College in Bourbonnais, Illinois where three generations of his family have attended. He also holds a graduate degree in Telecommunications Systems Management from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Mr. Huffman is a former Army officer and was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2002.

Stephen Elvy is Vice President of International Engineering, at Harris Corporation’s RF Communications Division in Rochester, New York.

Mr. Elvy joined RF Communications in 1989 as an engineering manager in the software development group. He held positions of increasing responsibility in engineering and product management and was promoted to Director of Engineering for the Systems and Software Group in 1997. In 1999, he became Director of Technology and in 2004 he was named as Vice President of Engineering, Ground and Naval Systems.

Prior to joining Harris Corporation, Mr. Elvy worked from 1980 to 1989 in the Netherlands as a Principal Scientist at the NATO SHAPE Technical Centre, which was responsible for the development of highly survivable communications systems.

He held the position of Chairman of the HF Industry Association from 1999 to 2001. He also serves on the University of Rochester CEIS Industrial Advisory Board.

Harris Corporation is an international communications equipment and systems company focused on providing assured communications solutions for government and commercial customers in more than 150 countries.

43 years of age

Career:

Swedish armed forces (Air defence) 15 Years (1985-2001)

• Instructor in : RBS 70, Giraffe radars
• RBS 70 coy commander in Infantry Brigade
• Swedish Wargaming Centre
• Reserve Officer in Swedish armed forces (Air defence) since 2001

Working with SAAB since 2001

• Project manager for various Electronic Warfare programmes 2001-2003
• Director Training & Simulation C4I 2003-2007
• DirectorLand & Joint offer development 2007-2009
• Sales Director C4I 2009-

Laila Salem Al Ghafli completed her Masters Degree in Computer Science majoring in Internet Computing & Network Security from Loughborough University, U.K in December 2007. Her masters thesis described the Security in VoIP - Evaluation & Recommendation. It dealt especially with security aspects regarding VoIP system. Laila has the Cisco Certified Network Associate - CCNA, ID: CSCO11058335; consist of Networking Basics, Routers & Routing Basics, Switching Basics & Intermediate Routing, and Wide Area Network Technologies. She has 4 years relevant experience in Zayed Military Hospital, IT Department. Her responsibilities were to assists users to solve existing system problems, plans and implements system security policy, to include firewalls, host and client access, file permissions, and user accounts, documentation & communication tasks, diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software and implementing IP-telephony.

Matthew Sleap is a Consultant for the Battlespace Account of Hewlett Packard (HP) Enterprise Services, based at Hook in Hampshire. He is currently working on a concept demonstration for MOD for Information Operations planning and command and control (C2).

Matthew was a Royal Artillery Officer for 28 years serving in a number of theatres. He specialised in the design of information systems, during which time he established a Digitisation Rig at the Defence Research Agency, Fort Halstead, for MOD that exercised military C2 systems involving staff drawn from operational headquarters including 16 Air Assault Brigade. The Digitisation Rig that endured for six years as an experimentation environment was a risk reduction exercise for military systems that would be fielded on future operations.

After joining HP, Matthew led three Themes in the experimentation environment of Niteworks defining the Joint Operations Picture (JOP) and delivering a capability to the Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) that included a definition of the Joint Intelligence Picture (JIP). The hallmark of these experiments has been the close involvement of the user. This has stimulated an evolution in the implementation of shared situational awareness that has been trialled and exercised during the Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ’s) Exercise “Joint Venture” series and other coalition exercises such as Exercise NORDIC SHIELD.

Subsequently Matthew has established and led an Information Operations Concept Demonstrator for a programme of investigation in the capability area of Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) in MOD. The work has been sponsored by the Defence Technology Innovation Centre (DTIC). At a Symposium on Keeping the Information Strategy in the Front Line held a Shrivenham in March, Matthew drew on the lessons from the Concept Demonstrator focussing on the benefits that Information Systems can bring to the dissemination of the Information Campaign including the Information Strategy and a better understanding of Higher Commander’s intent. A key area of development is a comprehensive approach that includes planning with other government departments.

Date of Birth: 21 August 1956 in Tønder
Family: Married to Mona Højvang Dam, nurse
Two daughters, Pernille, born 27 October 1992 and Henriette, born 20 April 1995

Military career:

• 1985 Captain
• 1990 Major
• 1995 Lieutenant Colonel
• 2000 Colonel
• 2004 Major General

Assignments:

• 2000-01 Commander Control and Reporting Group
• 2001 Commander- (in addition), Air Force SAM Group
• 2001-04 Commander, Control and Air Defence Group
• 2004-05 Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Budget & Finance, Defence Command
  Denmark
• 2005-08 Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Defence Command Denmark
• 2008 Commander Combined Air Operations Centre 1, Finderup
• 2009 Commander Tactical Air Command, Denmark

Decorations:

Commander of the Order of Dannebrog
The Air Force Long Service Medal

Lieutenant General Jean-Patrick Gaviard retired mid 2006. He is, since January 2007, a consultant with a French think tank and since November 2008 a “senior concept developer” with Nato/Sact, Norfolk (USA).

From 2005 to 2006, he was advisor to the French defence Minister. He worked at this time particularly on C4ISR and NEC issues.

Prior to this from 2003 to 2005, Lt General JP Gaviard was the French Air Defence and Air Operations Command, Commander. Responsible, for example, after 9/11 for launching Mirage 2000 and helicopters against renegade aircrafts and slow movers directly under the authority of the French Prime minister. During this period, he was also responsible for the certification of the French Air Force as a Nato Reaction Force (NRF5) and the qualification of the French Forces Head Quarter (FHQ) for EU operations.

From 2001 to 2003, Major-General JP Gaviard was chief of staff for operations within the Joint Defence Staff. He was responsible for the commitments of the French armed forces with the US forces in Afghanistan, under Nato in the Balkans and under EU in Africa (DRC, Chad, Ivory Cost).

From 1999 to 2001, he was in charge for International relations within the Air Staff.

In spring of 1999, as a young Brigadier General he was commanding, during the Nato Kosovo Air campaign, the 100 French combat aircrafts including navy air assets. He was as well as the French senior representative for this important Air operations “Allied Action”, and posted at the Nato Air operations Center at Vicenza (Italy).

Before, he spent four years (1995-1999) in charge of the French Air Force’s budget and finances, where he oversaw a budget of 6 billions euros.

From 1993 to 1995, the Colonel JP Gaviard was Dijon Air Force Base (AFB) commander and previously a Reconnaissance squadron commander at Strasbourg AFB.

He accumulated over 4000 flying hours.

His education includes time spent at the Air Force Academy, between 1971 and 1973 as well as at the Air War College and the Special Joint Course (“Cours Special Interarmées”) at Paris, from 1989 to 1991.

Jean-Patrick Gaviard is married to Andrea and has 2 sons.

Rank: Major General
Date of Birth: 31. August 1954
Marital Status: Married to Anni

Military Career:

• Major 1989
• Lieutenant Colonel 1993
• Colonel 1999 
• Major General 2005

Record of Service:

• ACOS Plans and Policies – Tactical Air Command Denmark. 1994 – 1998
• Station Commander RDAF Station Karup. 1999 – 2003
• Station Commander RDAF Station Værløse. 2003 - 2004
• Chief of RDAF Expeditionary Air Staff. 2005
• Acting Chief of Staff Tactical Air Command Denmark. JUN 2005
• Commander Tactical Air Command Denmark 2005 - 2009
• Commander NATO Combined Air Operations Centre 1 MAY 2009 -

Decorations:

• Distinguished Air Service Medal 2002
• Medal of the Armed Forces 2003
• Commander of the Order of Dannebrog 2006

Colonel Saulnier enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1980, and trained as an Army Signal officer. As a junior officer, he served in tactical level appointments in Canada and as part of Canada’s NATO brigade in the former West Germany. 

Colonel Saulnier has held command appointments at the squadron (company), group and regimental level within the Army and the broader Canadian Forces, most recently as the commanding officer of the Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment responsible for communications support to all of Canada’s expeditionary operations.

Colonel Saulnier has held staff appointments in Army requirements for C2IS and was Director Information Management Requirements for the Canadian Forces. Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, he was Chief of the Joint Training Development Division at the NATO Joint Warfare Centre in Stavanger, Norway, where he was responsible for developing and delivering training in operational staff procedures to NATO's operational-level, high-readiness headquarters, including ISAF HQ. Colonel Saulnier was appointed the Canadian Army’s Director Land Command and Information, G6 and Director of Signals in 2008, and is responsible for managing the Army’s C4ISR program.

Colonel Saulnier holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from the Canada’s Royal Military College as well as a Master of Science degree in Defence Technology from the United Kingdom’s Royal Military College of Science. He is a graduate of the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College and the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

John P. Jumper joined the private sector in September 2005 following an extraordinary 39-year military career, including serving as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. In his four years as the senior uniformed official in America’s air and space service, General Jumper led more than 700,000 men and women through the Global War on Terrorism, force modernization, and strategic transformation. Working with his civilian and military colleagues, he administered annual budgets of more than $100 billion and oversaw the delivery of numerous air and space combat and support systems, from the F-22 fighter to the Global Hawk unmanned system, among many others. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he provided military advice directly to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council. He also served as a trusted partner to the military leaders of U.S. allies, including dozens of Air Chiefs from around the world who look to the U.S. Air Force as a model for innovation and effectiveness.  

Prior to his position as Chief of Staff, General Jumper served in a series of positions as a wartime commander and leader of large organizations and high-technology systems. From 2000 – 2001, he was Commander, Air Combat Command, the nation’s largest provider of air and space power to combat commanders. During Operation Allied Force, the 1999 war in Kosovo and Serbia, he commanded U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Allied Air Forces Central Europe. He was a key planner on the Joint Staff during Operation Desert Storm, leading the nation’s effort to bolster biological warfare defense. He also served as Senior Military Assistant to Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Secretary Les Aspin. General Jumper commanded an F-16 fighter squadron and two fighter wings, accumulated 5000 flying hours that includes more than 1400 combat hours in Vietnam and Iraq.  

General Jumper holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Military Institute and an MBA from Golden Gate University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of several publicly traded companies, Goodrich Corporation, Jacobs Engineering, SAIC, Somanetics and TechTeam Global. An active public speaker and strategic consultant, General Jumper also serves on non-profit Boards of the Air Force Association, The Marshall Foundation, The VMI Board of Trustees and the Air Force Village Charitable Foundation.

Ecole de L’air 1963 – Engineer in aeronautics.
Fighter pilot full career (F100 – Mirage all types). Flight, Squadron, Wing, Base commander.

In charge of studies, prospective, programs and finance - Air force Staff: 1983 -1986 & 1988-1990.
Head of the nuclear division, joint staff: 1990.
Head of the military cabinet, Ministry of defence: 1991- 1994.
Deputy Chief of staff, joint staff: 1994.
Chief of staff, Air force: 1995-2000.

Senior advisor, National Accounting Office (Conseiller Maître à la Cour des Comptes) : 2000-2004.

Independent Consultant (Defence and security matters, Defence transformation, Defence/Industry relations, export control, technological transfers…).
Outside director of Thales Raytheon Systems (in charge of security matters and technological transfers for the French government).
Member of SAFRAN supervisory board.
Chairman of EuroDéfense-France association.

67, married to Josy, 3 sons, 4 grand children.

General Charles A. Horner retired from the United States Air Force while serving as the Commander In Chief North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Space Command and Commander of Air Force Space Command. He was born in Davenport, Iowa and entered the Air Force through the ROTC program at the University Of Iowa. During his career he commanded two tactical fighter wings, two air divisions, the Air Defense Weapons Center and 9th Air Force prior to being assigned to Command Unified Space Command/NORAD. As commander of 9th Air Force, he also commanded United States Central Command Air Forces and during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm he was in command of all U. S. and allied air assets. He is a command pilot with over 5,500 flying hours in a variety of fighter aircraft. During the Vietnam conflict he flew 111 combat missions in F-l 05 fighter and F-l 05F Wild Weasel aircraft. General Horner holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of lowa, 1958, a Master of Business Administration Degree from the College of William and Mary, 1972, and is a graduate of the Air Force Squadron Officer School 1967, Armed Forces Staff College, 1972, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1974, and the National War College, 1976.

He has been awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Air Force Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Silver Star with oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal and other Service and Campaign Medals. He has been decorated by the sovereign nations of Bahrain, Canada, France Kuwait, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and The United Arab Emirates. He was awarded the U.S. News Trophy, 1991, Maxwell A Kriendler Memorial Award, 1991, Order oft he Sword, 1991, History of Aviation Award, 1991, Aviation Achievement Award, 1991, Aviation Week and Space Technology Aerospace Laureate, 1991, National Veteran's Award, 1992, James V. Hartinger Award, 1994, Bernard Schriever Award, 1994, University of Iowa Distinguished Alumni Award, 1994, American Patriot of the Year Award, 1994, and the National Geographic Society, General Thomas D. White Space Trophy, 1996.

General Horner has written numerous articles on national security that have been published in newspapers and magazines in the United States, Europe and South America. He co-authored with Mr.Tom Clancy, the best selling non-fiction novel, Every Man A Tiger. He has appeared in numerous national and foreign television programs on current events and the Gulf War and has been retained as a defense analyst by ABC News. He serves as a business consultant, public speaker, and government advisor.

LTG Carroll F. Pollett is Director, Defense Information Systems Agency, and Commander, Joint Task Force — Global Network Operations, Arlington, Virginia. As DISA Director, he leads a global organization of military and civilian personnel who plan, develop, and provide joint interoperable command and control capabilities and enterprise infrastructure to continuously operate and defend a global network enterprise in direct support of the President, Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combatant Commanders, and other Department of Defense components. As the JTF-GNO Commander, he is responsible for directing the operation and defense of the Global Information Grid enterprise to assure timely and secure net-centric capabilities across strategic, operational, and tactical boundaries in support of DoD’s full spectrum of warfighting, intelligence, and business missions.

LTG Pollett was commissioned through the Infantry Officer Candidate School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Southern College and holds Master’s Degrees in Business Administration from Central Michigan University and in National Resource Strategy from National Defense University. Prior to his current assignment, LTG Pollett was Chief of Staff, United States Strategic Command. He was also Commanding General of the United States Army Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Signal Command, and he served as Commanding General, 5th Signal Command and Deputy Chief of Staff, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army. Among his many awards, LTG Pollett has been awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal; the Defense Superior Service Medal; the Legion of Merit; the Bronze Star Medal; the Master Parachutist Badge; and Joint Chiefs and Army Staff Identification Badges.

Brigadier Hockenhull was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1986 after reading Politics at the University of York on a University Cadetship. His early postings were as a platoon commander with KORBR in Northern Ireland and in intelligence appointments in the UK, Cyprus and Berlin. Between 1991 and 2003 he served for eight years over three tours in Northern Ireland as Detachment and then Company Commander and finally as Commanding Officer. These tours were separated by attendance at the last Army Command and Staff College course and a tour in the Ministry of Defence as SO2 Long Term Plans in Army Resources and Plans. In 2003 he was posted as the British Exchange Instructor at the United States Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas; this tour included 5 months teaching at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. In December 2005 he deployed to Headquarters Multi-National Force Iraq (HQ MNF-I) as Chief Campaign Plans and wrote the 2006 HQ MNF-I Campaign Plan and Campaign Assessment. He returned to the Ministry of Defence as Deputy Director Force Development in August 2006 where he was responsible for tri-service future force structure planning. Following the Higher Command and Staff Course in early 2008 he was ACOS G5 HQ ARRC and in January 2009 assumed the appointment of Director ISTAR at Headquarters Land Forces. Honours and awards include the MBE, QCVS, OBE and the Bronze Star.

Brigadier Hockenhull is married to Karen and they have 2 girls aged 10 and 8. He demonstrates poor judgement by continuing to play rugby, he enjoys recreational tennis and agricultural cricket and is a keen skier. The family home is in Herefordshire where horses and hunting dominate family life.