Following initial troop assignments, General Wagner attended the University of Illinois where he received an MS degree in theoretical and applied mechanics. This was followed by a three-year assignment as an instructor and assistant professor in the Department of Mechanics at West Point. Military schools attended include Army branch schools, the US Army Command and General Staff College, the US Naval War College and executive courses in acquisition management at the Defense Systems Management College.

Prior to being promoted to general officer in 1976, General Wagner held a wide variety of command assignments at every level from platoon to Armor brigade in the United States and Germany. Additional overseas assignments included Alaska and two combat tours in Vietnam as an Infantry and Armor advisor. He spent two years as a weapon system analyst and special assistant for materiel acquisition in the Office of the Chief of Staff, US Army.

Following promotion to general officer he spent the majority of his assignments in the materiel acquisition field. During this period the Army underwent the most extensive modernization in its history since World War II. In key Department of the Army Staff positions, General Wagner was responsible for all aspects of materiel acquisition from programming and budgeting for the Army’s equipment, to the overall responsibility at the Department of the Army level for all of the Army’s research, development and acquisition programs, as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition. He also served as the individual responsible for the development of materiel requirements and organizational structure for the Army as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Force Development.

Key command assignments as a general officer included Chief of Armor and Commanding General of the Armor Center at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Commander of the US Army Materiel Command headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

General Wagner is the recipient of the following military awards: the Distinguished Service Cross, two awards of the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, two awards of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Meritorious Service Medal, two Air Medals, three Army Commendation Medals, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and various foreign awards. He was a qualified ranger and senior parachutist.

Since retirement from the US Army, General Wagner has been active as a consultant to major industries and various Department of Defense organizations. He is a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Land Warfare, Association of the United States Army in Arlington, Virginia, and is a former Chairman of the Board of The Retired Officers Association, Alexandria, Virginia. He is a member of the Board of Regents, National Eagle Scout Association, Irving, Texas, and served as the President of the Army Retirement Residence Foundation – Potomac, Fort Belvoir, Virginia for six years. He has also served on the Army and Defense Science Boards, as a member of the President’s Advisory Board of the Advanced Technology Institute, Charleston, South Carolina, and as a Director of the AFBA 5Star Fund, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia.

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General Taylor was born March 28, 1941, in New York City. He attended the Atlanta, Georgia, public schools and graduated from Georgia Tech in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management. After designation as a Naval Aviator, he served as a squadron pilot with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadrons 264 and 263 in 1964 and 1965. During this period he participated in operations in Santo Domingo during the Dominican Republic crisis.

In late 1965, he transferred to the 3d Battalion, 8th Marines as Forward Air Controller/Air Liaison Officer. He completed his initial active duty in December 1966 while serving as Platoon Commander, Air/Naval Gunfire Platoon, 2d Marine Division.

For all of 1967 and most of 1968, General Taylor served in Laos and Vietnam as a pilot for Air America, flying the H-34.

Returning to the U.S. in late 1968, he began his Marine Corps reserve career flying the H-34, the UH-1 “Huey”, and the AH-1 “Cobra”. He served in a variety of billets at the squadron, wing, and division levels and was privileged to command the following units:

• Marine Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 (1980-82)

• 4th Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) (1982-1984)

• 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (1992-93)

• 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (1993-96)

General Taylor then served in Central and South America as Deputy Commander, Marine Forces South, based in Panama. He retired from the United States Marine Corps Reserve on 1 October 1997, after 38 years of service – 5 years active and 33 years reserve.

General Taylor was recalled from retirement and assumed command of the Marine Corps Mobilization Command, Kansas City, Missouri in November 2001. He relinquished command in May 2002, and then served as Deputy Commander, Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana until July 2003.

General Taylor is active with the Reserve Officers Association of the United States, the USO Council of Georgia, the Reserve Forces Policy Board, the Society for American Baseball Research, and is chairman of the Marine Corps Coordinating Council of Greater Atlanta. In civilian life, he retired in March 2001 as a 747-400 Captain with Northwest Airlines.

The grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants to America, General Taylor regards his highest honor is to hold the title of United States Marine.

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General Stroup was commissioned through the U.S. Military Academy (1962) and later taught military science and engineering there.

General Stroup holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master’s in Finance and Economics from the American University. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Armed Forces Staff College and U.S. Army War College.

General Stroup’s additional community and volunteer activities include: Chairman of the Board, USMA Association of Graduates; President, Class of 1962 USMA; Director, Army Historical Foundation; Director, Army Engineer Regimental Association; Fellow, Society of American Military Engineers; Member, Personnel–Technology Committee, National Research Council of National Academy of Science; Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; Fellow, Inter University Seminar of Society and Armed Forces; Board Member, Helping Our Heroes Foundation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center; and Board member, LTG Timothy J. Maude Memorial Foundation.

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Chief Polisar served as the 91st president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) from 2003-2004. He was elected to IACP board in October 1997.

Joseph Polisar began his career in law enforcement 25 years ago. His involvement in professional organizations includes: past President of the New Mexico Chiefs of Police Association; past President, New Mexico Chapter of FBI National Academy Associates; Vice-President, International Association of Chiefs of Police; member of the Police Executive Research Forum, International Police Association, New Mexico Sheriffs and Police Association, Fraternal Order of Police, Orange County Chiefs and Sheriffs Association, and California Chiefs of Police Association.

Chief Polisar is a graduate of the 175th Session of the FBI National Academy and the 18th Session of the FBI National Executive Institute. He is also a graduate of the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and holds a Bachelor’s degree in management from the University of Phoenix.

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Vice Admiral Perkins retired from active duty in 1999 after a successful 35-year career as a Surface Warfare Officer. His experience included six command tours as well as a wide variety of senior operational leadership positions. His last assignment was as Commander, Military Sealift Command: responsible for 110 ships, 8000 employees and a $2.1 billion annual budget. During this tour, he skillfully executed his responsibilities in coordination with all the military services, 33 ocean transportation companies, eight labor unions, the U.S. Congress, and Departments of State and Transportation; earning the NDTA DOD Distinguished Service Award for 1999.

From 1994 to 1997, as Deputy Commander in Chief (DCINC), U.S. Southern Command, he was responsible for operations involving over 5000 men and women from all military services in Central and South America. He led SOUTHCOM’s counter-drug, nation building and disaster relief efforts, and during a four-month period as Acting CINC, took a leadership role in resolving international crises in Paraguay and Ecuador – Peru. Prior to this tour, he commanded the 25-ship Amphibious Group Three, and served as Senior Naval Commander in Somalia for relief operations (1992) and again for U.S. force withdrawal (1994).

Admiral Perkins was Commander, Naval Forces Marianas from 1990-1992, with responsibility for over 10,000 servicemen and women and their families, as well as U.S. military relations with the Government of Guam. During this tour, he supervised the evacuation of over 21,000 military dependents from the Philippines after Mount Pinatubo erupted. Other significant duties have included command of a Guided Missile Frigate, command of a nine-ship Destroyer squadron, and CNO’s sponsor for the Navy’s current ASW suite.

Admiral Perkins is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has earned a M.S. in Engineering Acoustics and a M.S. in National Security and Strategic Studies. He is a member of Sigma Xi, the Research Society of North America; the American Society of Naval Engineers; the Surface Navy Association; the Propeller Club and the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA).

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From 1985 to his retirement in November 1989, he served as the first Commander, Air Force Special Operation Command (AFSOC) and also Commander 23RD Air Force, Military Airlift Command. His joint service responsibility was Air Force Component Commander to the Commander-In-Chief United States Special Operations Command (CINCSOC). As 23RD Air Force Commander, he reported to the Commander, Military Airlift Command. General Patterson commanded all Air Force units responsible for Special Operations; Combat Search and Rescue; Weather Reconnaissance; Atmospheric Sampling; Aeromedical Evacuation; Operational Support Airlift, Flight Facility Inspection; and Nuclear Missile Site Support. Primary focus was on low intensity conflict, counter-terrorism, combat search and rescue, and infiltration/exfiltration of special operations forces into and from denied territory.

General Patterson’s command positions have included two Numbered Air Forces (21ST and 23RD), Air Force Component of two Unified Commands (USSOCOM and USAFE); Airlift Division Commander (834TH); two Tactical Airlift Wings (463RD and 317TH); and Tactical Airlift Squadron Commander (50TH TAS).

He was the senior Air Force officer in Grenada during the American student rescue operation, URGENT FURY. General Patterson headed the Air Force Special Operations planning for operation JUST CAUSE, the removal of President Noriega from Panama.

He has earned the Military Parachutist Badge and is a Command Pilot with over 12,000 flying hours in fifty-three types and models of aircraft. His military decoration and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medals, Meritorious Service Medals and Air Medals. He has received the Order of the Sword and Order of the Bayonet from the Air Force Enlisted Corps. General Patterson was inducted into the Airlift/Tanker Association Hall of Fame in 2008. He is only the fifth person to be named an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Combat Control Association.

General Patterson lives in Peachtree City, GA and works as an Aerospace Consultant in Special Operations, Combat Search and Rescue, and Air Mobility programs. He is on the Board of Advisors, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) and the Airlift/Tanker Association. He is a founding member of the Special Operations Fund.

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His professional experience includes serving as an adjunct professor at the Institute of World Politics, 1992-present; Member of the Maryland State Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1985-1997; Member of the Commission on Broadcasting to the People’s Republic of China, 1992; Adjunct scholar at the Washington Institute on Near East Policy, 1986-present; editorial board member of World Affairs and the Journal of Democracy.

Dr. Muravchik holds a Ph.D. in international relations from Georgetown University. His B.A. is from City College of New York.

He is the author of dozens of articles, monographs and books, including Exporting Democracy. (The AEI Press, 1991) and The Uncertain Crusade: Jimmy Carter and the Dilemmas of Human Rights Policy (Hamilton Press, 1986).

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Prior to joining TSA in August 2007, he was employed by the URS Corporation. URS is providing construction management services for the Port Authority of NY & NJ at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub/Site. In January 2004, he retired from the Port Authority of NY & NJ Police Department after serving more than 31 years. During his career, Chief Morris was involved with and directed the police and public safety operations at the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Region airports, ports, tunnels, bridges, trains, terminals and communications facilities.

On September 11, 2001, as Commanding Officer LaGuardia Airport, he responded to and took part in the rescue and recovery operations following the attacks on the World Trade Center Complex and their collapse. Later that day he was designated the site commander leading the Port Authority Rescue and Recovery Operations. On September 26, 2001, he was promoted to Chief of the Department/Acting Superintendent of Police.

After obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Upsala College, he graduated from the Port Authority Police Academy. He attended the Police Command College at West Point Military Academy in 1990 and FBI National Executive Institute in 2002. During his career, he has been awarded numerous Port Authority Police Medals and Commendations, as well as Tributes from the United States House of Representatives, and the Governors of New York and New Jersey.

The Frederick Suydam Memorial Association a diverse group of law enforcement, intelligence, and corporate security persons in 2008 selected Joseph Morris to be honored at their annual dinner. Since 1960, The Association has recognized individuals with distinguished careers in the public sector; the honor recognizes dedicated service marked by the personal attributes of fidelity, bravery, integrity, devotion to duty and whole-hearted spirit of cooperation with all law enforcement agencies.

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From 1960 to 1962, he served as a member of the Joint US Military Advisory Group to the Philippines. His primary duty was as an operations and training advisors to the Philippine Army with part of his duty with their 1st Infantry Division in northern Luzon. Upon return to the United States, he attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. He was promoted to Major in 1963. Three years of duty the 82nd Airborne Division followed, during which he served as S-3 of the 2nd Battle Group, 501st Airborne Division. In 1965, he attended the Armed Forces Staff College and upon completion was assigned to Vietnam as the G-3 Advisor to the 5th ARVN Division Stationed north of Saigon. Upon return to the United States, he served a brief tour of duty in Headquarters, Department of the Army as an Assignment Officer in the Infantry Branch of the Officer Personnel Directorate. He then returned to Vietnam and Commanded the 2nd Battalion during the critical battles around Ban Me Thout and Duc Lap in 1968 and 1969. This was followed by duty as the Far East/Pacific Operations Officer in the National Military Command Center, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He was in the Class of 1971 at the US Army War College and was promoted to Colonel in that year. He then returned to the Pentagon as Chief of the Pacific Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Headquarters US Army. In 1973 and 1974, he was again assigned to Korea, this time to command the Third Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division along the DMZ. After Korea, the following two years were in duty as the Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Headquarters US Army. From this position he was promoted to Brigadier General in 1976.

As a General Officer, he has served as Director, Personnel Management Systems for the Department of Army from 1976 to 1978 and in 1978 to 1980 as Commanding General of the US Army’s Berlin Brigade. This was followed by duty as the Director for Estimates, Defense Intelligence Agency. In July 1981, he returned to Korea for the third time and served as the Assistant Chief of Staff, C-3/J-3/G-3, Combined Forces Command/US Forces Korea/Eighth US Army until September 1983. Following Korea, he was assigned as the Director of Operations and Plans. In this position significant duties included responsibility for Army operations, readiness, mobilization and deployment of forces; joint military exercise planning; Department of Defense Executive Agent authority for all military counter-terror forces and responsibility for military support to all federal and state agencies. This latter mission included responsibility for military support to all federal and state agencies. This latter mission included responsibility for all military support to the 1984 Olympic Games. His Directorate was the functional proponent for the Department of Army Command and Control System and managed the Army Operations Center in the Pentagon and alternate sites elsewhere in the United States for the purpose of continuity of operations in event of general war. He retired in 1987 after 35 years of commissioned officer service to the United States Army.

General Moore is also a graduate of the Institute of Management, Northwestern University. In 1981, he was selected for inclusion in “Who’s who in America.”

General Moore is now the President of Moore Associates International, a group involved in defense systems marketing and management consulting and international business development primarily focused on the Asia-Pacific area.

General Moore is married to Jacqueline Jack of Memphis, Tennessee. They have two married daughters: Rene (Mrs. James Ladd), a graduate of George Washington University and former Flight Attendant for American Airlines, and Lisa O’Donnell, an RN graduate of Marymount College with a Masters Degree in Psychology and now associated with Reston Hospital. They have six grandchildren. General and Mrs. Moore reside in McLean, Virginia.

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Mr. McCurdy came to EIA after a distinguished career in the United States House of Representatives, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the McCurdy Group L.L.C., a successful business consulting and investment practice. The McCurdy Group provided business strategies and solutions for high technology and healthcare business clients.

Congressman McCurdy spent 14 years (1981-1995) in the House of Representatives as the Member from the Fourth Congressional District of Oklahoma. He attained numerous leadership positions including: Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee; Chairman of the Military Installations and Facilities Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee; and Chairman of the Transportation Aviation and Materials Subcommittee of the Science and Space Committee. He was the youngest person in Congressional history to chair a full committee. He was also co-founder and national Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council.

As a House Member, Congressman McCurdy played a major role in enacting numerous important legislative initiatives including: 1988 National Superconductivity Competitiveness Act; the 1985 Goldwater-Nichols Act, which reorganized the Department of Defense; the Nunn-McCurdy Amendment of 1982, requiring Congressional notification of DoD cost overruns of 15% or more; and the 1993 National Service Legislation, which originated in a bill introduced by Congressman McCurdy and Senator Nunn.

A 1972 graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Mr. McCurdy received his J.D. in 1975 from Oklahoma’s Law School. He also studied international economics at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, as a Rotary International Graduate Fellow. Mr. McCurdy held a commission in the United States Air Force Reserve, attaining the rank of major and serving as a Judge Advocate General (JAG).

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