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“We Change Lives and Save Lives!”

Foundation NewsAmmunition for the Mind

Number 57 | Summer 2008 |

Trustees 2

PresidentandCEO’sLetter 2

MCUPresident’sLetter 3

MCULeadership 4

MCUFMarineCorpsUniversitySupportAcademicYear07-08 5

2008MCUAwards 6

MeetOurTrustees 7

RussellLeadershipConference 8-9

HaveYouHeard? 10-11

SAW’sTriptoVietnam 12-13

CorporateMembers 14

FriendsoftheFoundation 14

new Website Unveiled www.mcuf.org

MCU President, Major General Donald R. Gardner,

USMC (Ret), addresses attendees at the RussellLeadershipConference.

Thank you to our Trustee, Ms. Alexis Thomas, and Thomas Associates

Inc. for spending countlesshours designingandupdating our newand

improvedwebsite.TheThomasAssociatesteam–Mr.BillSmith,Mr.Chris

Barr,Mr.ChrisBailey,Ms.MaeThomas,andMr.RyanKellyareMCUF’s

“WebTeamExtraordinaire.”Thenewwebsiteisnowupandrunning.We

thinkyouwillagreethatThomasAssociateshasdoneamagnificentjob!

Pleaseviewtheresultsatwww.mcuf.org.

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www.mcuf.org

Summer2008

DearFriendsoftheFoundation,

SummerhasreachedQuantico!ForthosealumniofOfficerCandidateSchooland/orTheBasicSchool,nofurthercommentisnecessary,especiallyregardingweather.Fortherest,“DogDaysofSummer”meansit’stoohottoworklikeadog!

First,IwanttothankourTrustee,AlexisThomas,andallthefolksatThomasAssociateswhohaveworkedsohardtocreateouramazingnewwebsite.Youmaytourtheresultsat:www.mcuf.org.

OurDevelopmentCommitteecontinuestohumasitengagesmoreopportunitiestoraisefundsandinformothersaboutMCUF. In the latter regard, in JulyandAugustweco-sponsored threeeventsat theMarineMemorialClubinSanFrancisco.Ourupcomingeventsinclude:

• Semper Fidelis Golf Classic-September22nd LaurelHillGolfClub,Lorton,Virginia• Major General John H. Russell Leadership Award Luncheon-October22nd TheUnionLeagueClub,NewYorkCity• Thomas Associates’ Fundraiser-September30th TheGlobeandLaurelRestaurant,Stafford,Virginia (Honoringtheveteransof2ndBattalion,4thMarineswhofoughtinVietnamandatDai Do)

This isour“University Issue,”andyou’ll findmuchtoadmireaboutthesuccessofMajorGeneralGardnerandhisfinestaffattheMarineCorpsUniversity(MCU).ItwasanothergreatyearandI’mproudofMCUF’spart.Wetouchedeachschoolandeachstudentinwayswecan’tbegintoimagine.IhadtheprivilegeofteachinganelectiveatCommandandStaffCollegeandservedasaseniormentorduring itsendofyearexercise,“NineInnings.”IalsojoinedtheSchoolofAdvancedWarfightingstudentsinVietnam.(MyreportonmyVietnamvisitwillbepublishedinNovember’sNavalInstitute,Proceedings.Therearephotosofthetriponpages12-13inthisnewsletter.)InMay,ourChiefOperatingOfficer,JohnHales,accompaniedtheMarineCorpsWarCollegestudentsontheirannualtriptoNewYorkCity.

TheMCUgraduationwasagreateventcompletewithmanycolorfuluniformsoftheInternationalOfficers.GeneralRobertMagnus,theAssistantCommandantoftheMarineCorps,wastheguestspeakerandnotedthepresenceofyouthfulobservers-thebabiesandtoddlerswhowantedtobeheard!Ashestated,theirvoicesrepresentthefuture.Ofthe197CommandandStaffCollegegraduates,arecord164receivedtheoptionalMasterofMilitaryStudiesDegree.

My thanks to those who approved my plea in the last newsletter for help in updating the Foundation’scomputersystemandunderwritingthe Foundation News!FoundationTrustee,BobLutz,linkedusupwiththeGeneralMotor’sInformationOfficetoreceivethenewserverandcomputerswesought.And,Trustee,DavidCarder,askedhisfriendandformerMarine,AnthonyF.SerraofBirmingham,Alabama,tohelp.Mr.Serraandhiswife,MaryMargaret,generouslyagreedtounderwriteournewsletterforayear.

Ihopethatyoursummerhasplentyofrestandrelaxationforyoutochargeyourbatteriesfortheyear.Pleaseknowhowgratefulweareforyoursupportandencouragement.

SemperFidelis,

ThomasV.DraudeBrigadierGeneral,USMC(Ret)PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer

Marine Corps University Foundation trustees

ChairmanGeneralCarlE.MundyJr.,USMC(Ret)

Vice ChairmanMr.GuyP.Wyser-Pratte

President and Chief Executive OfficerBGenThomasV.Draude,USMC(Ret)

Secretary and Chief Operating OfficerLtColJohnR.Hales,USMC(Ret)

TreasurerMr.WilliamJ.Scott

General CounselBGenFrancisE.Quinlan,USMCR(Ret)

Mr.B.P.AdamsMs.KimT.AdamsonMr.DavidL.CarderLtGenGeorgeR.Christmas,USMC(Ret)MajGenJeromeG.Cooper,USMCR(Ret)Mr.PatrickJ.Finneran,Jr.LtGenWallaceC.GregsonJr.,USMC(Ret)MajGenWilliamC.GroenigerIII,USMCR(Ret)Mr.BruceH.HooperMr.DonaldR.KnaussMr.RobertA.LutzMr.ChristopherG.OprisonMajGenLeslieM.Palm,USMC(Ret)Mr.DurwoodW.“Skip”Ringo,Jr.MajGenMichaelD.Ryan,USMC(Ret)MajGenJohnJ.Salesses,USMCR(Ret)Mr.JasonA.SantamariaMrs.ThomasA.Saunders,IIIMs.AlexisF.ThomasBGenGeorgeH.WallsJr.,USMC(Ret)Mr.FrederickL.Webber

Founding ChairmanTheHonorableAnthonyD.Marshall

Trustees EmeritiGeneralRobertH.Barrow,USMC(Ret)ChairmanEmeritusColG.F.RobertHanke,USMCR(Ret)ViceChairmanEmeritusLtGenAnthonyLukeman,USMC(Ret)ViceChairmanEmeritus

Honorary TrusteeColCharlesJ.GoodeJr.,USMC(Ret)

Director of Business Operations Ms.T.J.Walding

Director of Special Events Ms.PatriciaT.Monroe

Director of Program SupportMs.SherdaK.Schmid

Secretary/ReceptionistMs.SherriL.Deditch

Administrative CoordinatorMs.CarlaH.Edmisten We thank Mr. and Mrs. Anthony F. Serra

of Birmingham, Alabama, for their generous underwriting of the Foundation News for one year. They are Semper Fidelis!

M a r i n e C o r p s U n i v e r s i t y F o U n d a t i o n , i n C .Supporting Active Duty Marines Since 1980

Thomas V. Draude

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From the Desk of the University President...

Major General Donald R. Gardner, USMC (Ret)President

Marine Corps University

Successintoday’soperationalenvironmentdemands

a thorough understanding of not only the art and

science of warfare, but the subtleties of cultural

difference and their implications. Marine Corps

University (MCU) understands this need and has

evolvedtobecomethepremierinstituteforinstruction

inbotharenas.Withtheoutstandingsupportprovided

by the Marine Corps University Foundation (MCUF),

MCU continues to fulfill its mission of educating

students that can make critical decisions on

an increasingly dynamic and complex battlefield.

On behalf of MCU’s faculty, staff, and students, I

want to thank MCUF for their continued, generous

supportofourMarinesandMarineCorpsProfessional

Military Education (PME). They have supported us

in numerous ways to include the highly successful

andeducationalErskineLectureSeries.Thisyearwe

wereprivilegedtohavetheDeputyDirectoroftheCIA,

Stephen Kappes, speak at the fall Erskine Lecture,

andIraqiAmbassadorHamidAl-Bayatiasthespeaker

atthespringlecture.Bothwereextremelyinformative

andtimely.

The University had a highly successful year:

• The Marine Corps War College (MCWAR) recognized Lieutenant

Colonel Darrin Denny, USMC and Lieutenant Colonel Harold R. Van

Opdorp,USMCforAcademic Excellence.

• The Command and Staff College (CSC) concluded a successful

year with an outstanding final exercise, Nine Innings, which

combined intellectual rigor with a realistic living scenario.

Additionally, the CSC added Chinese and Korean to its Cultural

Language Program. The CSC awarded Major Jonathan P. Dunne,

USMC, The Nihart Award for his paper, “Transformation of the Marine

CorpsArtillery inSupport of the2015Expeditionary Force.” Lieutenant

CommanderAnthonyL.Russell,USCG,receivedThe Dean’s Writing Award

forhispaper, “CarpeDiem;Seizing theOpportunity in theArcticwitha

ComprehensiveU.S.ArcticStrategy.”TheStreusand-Cooper Awardwinner

wasMajorRandolphG.Pugh,USMC,forhispaper,“TheCommunistParty

ofthePhilippines:MixedMessagesorTurningOveraNewLeaf?”

• TheExpeditionary Warfare School (EWS)conductedanendoftheyear

exercisethatintegratedtheMarineCorpsPlanningProcess,employedall

CommandandControlSystems,andreinforcedMarineCorpsDoctrine.

• The School of Marine Air Ground Task Force Logistics (SOML)

increased the academic rigor of all courses and SOML’s credibility in

the field of logistics education throughout theDepartment of Defense.

StudentsintheTacticalLogisticsOfficers’Course,theAdvancedLogistics

Officers’ Course, and the Marine Corps Logistics Education Program

receivedcollegecreditsfromtheAmericanCouncilonEducation.

• The Enlisted Professional Military Education (EPME) Division is

rewritingthecourseworkforEPME,whichwillfurtherassisttheOperating

ForcesincultivatingtacticallysoundandtechnicallyproficientNCOs.

• TheoutstandingpersonnelandfacilitiesattheGray Research Center

continuetoattracthighcaliberhistorians,researchers,andwriters.

• TheMarine Corps University’s History DivisionmarkedtheUniversity’s

19thanniversarywithaMarineCorpsUniversityPressLaunchCeremony

commemoratingthenewpublishingarmoftheMarineCorpsUniversity’s

History Division. Following a brief presentation, Major General Donald

Gardner and Dr. Charles Neimeyer presented the Commandant with a

copyof,“AmongthePeople:U.S.MarinesinIraq,”thefirstpublicationof

theMarineCorpsUniversityPress.

ThenewAcademicYearpromisestobeaverychallengingandfulfillingone.

MCU,withMCUF’sassistance,remainsfullycommittedtoprovidingthebest

possibleeducationalexperienceforallofourstudents.Wearedetermined

to continue to assess the skills and knowledge required to maintain our

position as the preeminent fighting force in the world and to pass that

informationtoourofficersandenlistedMarines.

Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellumn. He who wishes for peace prepares for war.

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Marine Corps University LeadershipThemissionof theMarineCorpsUniversity is todevelop,deliver,andevaluateprofessionalmilitaryeducationand

trainingthroughresidentanddistanceeducationprogramsthatprepareleaderstomeetthechallengesofthenational

securityenvironment.And,topreserve,promote,anddisplaythehistoryandheritageoftheMarineCorps.TheMarine

CorpsUniversityisaccreditedbytheCommissiononCollegesoftheSouthernAssociationofCollegesandSchoolsto

awardthreeMaster’sDegrees.

Major General Donald R. Gardner, USMC (Ret) President

Colonel Paul J. O’Leary, USMC Chief of Staff

Dr. Jerre W. Wilson Vice President, Academic Affairs

Colonel Darrell A. Browning, USMC (Ret) Vice President, Student Affairs and Business Operations

Dr. Kurt A. Sanftleben Vice President, Instructional and Research Support Director, General Alfred M. Gray Research Center Archives and Libraries (GRC)

Sergeant Major Richard A. Hawkins, USMC Sergeant Major

school DirectorsColonel Michael F. Belcher, USMC Director, Marine Corps War College (MCWAR)

Lieutenant Colonel J. Alex Vohr, USMC Director, School of Advanced Warfighting (SAW)

Colonel Raymond C. Damm, Jr., USMC Director, Command and Staff College (CSC)

Colonel Herman S. Clardy III, USMC Director, Expeditionary Warfare School (EWS)

Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey L. Manning, USMC Director, School of Marine Air Ground TaskForce Logistics (SOML)

Lieutenant Colonel James J. Minick, USMC Director, Enlisted Professional Military Education (EPME)

• Sergeant Major Ramona D. Cook, USMC Director, Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA) at Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan

• Sergeant Major Phillip A. Fascetti, USMC Director, Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA) at Camp Pendleton, California

• Sergeant Major R. D. James, USMC Director, Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

• Master Sergeant Scott R. Peterson, USMC Director, Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA) at Twentynine Palms, California

• Sergeant Major Anthony L. Swann, USMC Director, Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA) at Quantico, Virginia

• First Sergeant James Vealey, USMC Director, Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA) at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

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MarineCorpsUniversityFoundation(MCUF)supportsMarineCorpsUniversity’s(MCU)15,000students,ranginginrankfromCorporal

toGeneralOfficer,byprovidingresourcesthatenhanceandenrichMarineCorpsprofessionalmilitaryeducationandleadership.These

studentsbenefitgreatlyfromtheaugmentedlearningopportunitiesthatMCUFprovidesbypreparingthemtosuccessfullycarryout

theirfutureMarineCorpsmissionsandresponsibilities.

MCUF Marine Corps University Program support Academic Year 2007 – 2008

Program Support for Academic Year 2007 – 2008 totaled almost $1 million!

Dr. Paolo Tripodi, MCU DonaldBrenChairofEthicsandLeadership, teaches an ethics class to College of Continuing Education students in Okinawa, Japan.

Gunnery Sergeants from the Advanced Course at the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Marine Corps Base Camp Butler,

Okinawa, study the island’s battlefields.

Major Jon Werijon from the Indonesian Navy visits the United Nations in New York City along with the rest of

Command and Staff College’s International Military Students.

Thanks to our donors,theMarineCorpsUniversityFoundation

providedtheMarineCorpsUniversitythefollowingfunding:

$690,000—MarineCorpsUniversityHeadquarters:

•6AcademicChairs

•LejeuneLeadershipInstitute

•LeadershipCommunicationSkillsCenter

•InteractiveMediaInstruction

•2ErskineLectures

•Marine Corps University Journal

$82,000—CommandandStaffCollege

$73,000—StaffNoncommissionedOfficerAcademies(6)

$29,000—ExpeditionaryWarfareSchool

$21,000—MarineCorpsWarCollege

$14,000—SchoolofAdvancedWarfighting

$12,000—GeneralAlfredM.GrayResearchCenterArchives

andLibraries

$3,000—SchoolofMarineAirGroundTaskForceLogistics

MCUF sUPPorts•AcademicChairs

•BattlefieldStudiesWorldwide

•LeadershipCommunicationSkillsCenter

•VisitingScholarsandSubjectMatterExperts

•ConferencesandSymposia

•FacultyDevelopmentandStudentResearch

•ArchivalPreservationandAcquisition

•InteractiveMediaInstruction

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2008 Awards The Dr. Elihu Rose Award for Teaching ExcellenceDr. Edward C. O’Dowd, professor at theMarineCorpsWarCollege, is theMarineCorpsUniversity (MCU) recipient of the2008

Dr. Elihu Rose Award for Teaching Excellence.TheawardrecognizesoutstandingteachingduringanacademicyearatMCU,toinclude

thecolleges,schools,andacademiesthroughouttheCorps.Eachschoolnominatesateacherwhoistheepitomeofaninstructorand

aboardselectstherecipientoftheMCURoseAwardfromthosenominees.

2008 ROSE AWARD RECIPIENTSDr. Edward C. O’Dowd-Marine Corps University

Dr. Donald F. Bittner-Command and Staff College

Major Clint J. Nussberger, USMC-Expeditionary Warfare School

Gunnery Sergeant Curtis A. Rice, USMC-Enlisted Professional Military

Education, Staff Noncommissioned Officers Academy (Okinawa, Japan)

Lieutenant Colonel John W. Sondermann, USMC (Ret) - College of

Continuing Education

The Colonel F. Brooke Nihart AwardMajor Jonathan P. Dunne, USMC,wasawardedthe2008 Colonel F. Brooke

Nihart Awardforhispaper,“TransformationofMarineCorpsArtilleryinSupport

ofthe2015ExpeditionaryForce.”TheawardispresentedannuallytoaCommand

and Staff College student for superior research and analysis in developing

the outstanding paper presented in the Master of Military Studies Program.

Dean’s Writing Award Lieutenant Commander Anthony L. Russell, USCG,wastherecipientofthe

2008Dean’s Writing Awardforhispaper,“Carpe Diem:SeizingtheOpportunity

intheArcticwithaComprehensiveU.S.ArcticStrategy.”TheawardispresentedannuallytotheCommandandStaffCollegestudent

whosemaster’spaperonaninstrumentofnationalpower,otherthanthemilitary,isjudgedbest.

Streusand-Cooper AwardMajor Randolph G. Pugh, USMC,wastherecipientofthe2008Streusand-Cooper Awardforhispaper,“TheCommunistPartyofthe

Philippines:MixedMessagesorTurningOveraNewLeaf?”Theawardispresentedannuallyforthebestpaperaddressinginformation

operationsorinformationasaninstrumentofnationalpower.

International Military Officer Award Lieutenant Commander Asok Rao, Indian Navy, was the recipient of the 2008 International Military Officer Award at the

ExpeditionaryWarfareSchool.

Major General Richard Tryon, USMC, Commanding General of Marine Corps Recruiting Command, presents the

International Officer Award to Lieutenant Commander Asok Rao, Indian Navy.

MCUF Funded Academic Chairs: Academic Year 2008–2009Kim T. Adamson Chair of Insurgency and Terrorism-Dr.MarkA.Moyar

General Robert H. Barrow Distinguished Chair of Military Studies-BrigadierGeneralThomasV.Draude,USMC(Ret)

Donald Bren Chair of Ethics and Leadership-Dr.PaoloG.Tripodi

Donald Bren Chair of Innovation and Transformation-LieutenantGeneralPaulK.VanRiper,USMC(Ret)

Major General Matthew C. Horner Chair of Military Theory-Dr.MatthewD.Hughes

Brigadier General H. L. Oppenheimer Chair of Warfighting Strategy-Vacant

Guy P. Wyser-Pratte Chair of French Studies-Mr.RemyMauduit

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ROBERT A . LUTz

Trustee, Mr. Robert A. Lutz,joinedtheBoard

in1995. Hewasborn inZurich,Switzerland,

andbecameaU.S.citizenin1943.Heholds

aBachelor’sandaMaster’sDegree from the

University ofCalifornia-Berkley and servedon

active duty in theMarineCorps from1954 to1959. He flew

with the4thMAWuntil 1965, loggingmore than1,300hours

andattainedtherankofCaptain.

Mr. Lutz currently serves as Vice Chairman of Global Product

Development at General Motors Corporation. His automotive

careerstartedin1963atGeneralMotorswhereheheldavariety

ofseniorpositonsinEurope.HehasalsoservedastheChairman

andCEOofExideTechnologies,andhaddistinguishedcareers

withtheChryslerCorporationandtheFordMotorCompany.He

is theauthorofGuts: The Seven Laws of Business that Made

Chrysler the World’s Hottest Car Company.

Mr.andMrs.LutzresideinAnnArbor,Michigan.

MR. DONALD R. KNAUSS

Trustee, Mr. Donald R. Knauss, isanativeof

Highland,Indiana,andreceivedhisBachelor’s

Degree from Indiana University. He served

in the Marine Corps as an artillery officer,

attainingtherankofCaptain.

Mr.Knauss is theChairmanandChiefExecutiveOfficerofThe

CloroxCompany.Priorto joiningClorox,hespent12yearswith

TheCoca-ColaCompanyasPresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer

ofTheMinuteMaidCompany,andPresidentandChiefOperating

OfficerofCoca-ColaNorthAmerica.

Mr. Knauss has served on the Board of Trustees since 2002.

Forthepastfouryears,hehasservedastheDinnerChairman

for the Semper Fidelis Award Dinner. Under his leadership,

Coca-ColaNorthAmericawastheSemper Fidelis Award Dinner

Sponsorin2005and2006,andTheCloroxCompanysponsored

theDinnerin2007and2008.

Mr.andMrs.KnaussresideinBerkley,California.

MR. BRUCE H. HOOPER

Trustee, Mr. Bruce Hooper,joinedtheBoard

in 1987 and served as the Foundation’s

President from 1994-1997. He graduated

fromtheUniversityofPennsylvania’sWharton

School in 1952, and subsequently served in

theUnitedStatesMarineCorpsasaNavalAviatoruntil1957.He

wasintheactiveMarineReserveattheNavalAirStationWillow

Grove,reachingtherankofMajor,andservedastheExecutive

OfficerofVMF-218.

Mr.Hooper isa retiredbusinessman.Hewas theDirectorand

Vice President of Sales andMarketing of IOT Corporation and

of InterstateOil Transport Company, a private group of family-

ownedcompaniesengagedprimarilyinwaterbornecommerce.

Mr.HooperistheVicePresidentoftheThorntonD.andElizabeth

S.HooperFoundation.HealsoservesastheViceChairmanof

theForeignPolicyInstituteofPhiladelphia.

Mr.andMrs.HooperresideinVillanova,Pennsylvania.

Our Foundation’s accomplishments are due in large part to the dedicated and untiring support of our Trustees – both past and present. They are the distinguished men and women who do the work of our Foundation. These Trustees are successful in their chosen professions and take enormous pride in supporting professional military education and leadership programs that

instill in today’s Marines the enduring qualities to which they attribute their success.

Meet our trustees

MR. DURWOOD W. “SKIP” RINGO, JR.

Trustee, Mr. “Skip” Ringo, Jr., joined the

Board in 2007. He was born in Louisville,

Kentucky,andholdsaB.S.fromTheCitadel,an

M.E.fromtheUniversityofFlorida,andanM.A.

fromtheCollegeofNavalWarfare.HealsocompletedtheKennedy

SchoolofGovernment’sProgramforSeniorExecutivesinNational

andInternationalSecurityatHarvardUniversity.Mr.Ringoserved

intheMarineCorpsasanaviatorandretiredasaColonel.Heisa

graduateoftheNavalTestPilotSchoolandtheNavalWarCollege.

Mr. Ringo currently serves as the Senior Vice President,

Government Relations, Washington Operations, at DRS

Technologies. After hisMarineCorps retirement, he joined the

ProfessionalStaffoftheSenateArmedServicesCommitteeand

thenservedasGovernmentProgramsExecutivefortheGeneral

ElectricCompanywherehemanaged tactical programs forGE

AircraftEngines.

Mr.andMrs.RingoresideinReston,Virginia.

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The 2008 Russell Leadership Conference marked the first occasion of this event

in seven years. First conducted in 1981, the Conference is named for the 16th

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Major General John Henry Russell, Jr. General

Russell’s long service to the country included repeated tours of duty in locations

around the globe, and a unique trend of service as a trainer and educator of

Marines. Notable among these periods of duty was his early service as the

instructorofoneoftheCorps’earliestschoolsforNoncommissionedOfficers(NCOs).

The 2008 Russell Leadership Conference resulted from recommendations of the

Commandant’s 2007 Values and Ethics Working Group held at Marine Corps Base

Quantico, Virginia. Bringing Corporals and Sergeants from every part of the Corps

to Quantico, the Conference’s advertised capacity was two hundred participants.

EnthusiasticresponseamongNCOsandtheirleaders,however,causedattendanceto

swellbeyondtwohundredandthirty.

Previous Russell Conferences employed groups of senior Officers and senior Staff

NoncommissionedOfficerstoaddressleadershipissuesthatimpactedNCOs.The2008

Russell Leadership Conference is the

first-everconferenceinwhichNCOswere

not represented by proxy. Accordingly,

the2008RussellLeadershipConference

adopted a theme recently articulatedby

the Commandant of the Marine Corps:

NCOs Will Win This War.

Their respective Sergeants Major

carefullyselectedtheparticipantsof the

2008 Russell Leadership

Conference. Prior to their

arrival at the Conference,

participantscompletedthe

same Values and Ethics

Surveyadministeredbythe

JohnA.LejeuneLeadershipInstitute(LLI)toover1,200Marinesinthefall

of2007.Theresultswereimpressive–Conferenceparticipantsexpressed

higherexpectationsofthemselvesandtheirpeers,greateracceptanceof

theCoreValues,andagreatersenseofactivismandownershipoftheir

responsibilitiesthanindicatedbytheirpeersintheFall2007survey.

The Conference’s format entailed an ambitious blend of hard skills

training, collegiate lecture, and gaming. Throughout the Conference,

LLI personnel took notes and actively sought out NCO perceptions on

issues suchasMentoringandCoreValues. SeniorNCOpresenters at

theConference includedSergeantMajorof theMarineCorps,Sergeant

2008 russell Leadership Conference Article by Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parkyn, USMC

Major General Donald Gardner delivers closing remarks.

Dr. Joe Thomas, LLI Director, congratulates Sergeant Charles Van Acker, 6th Engineer Support Battalion,

on his first place essay, “The Leader’s Code.”

Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James Conway, gives the keynote speech on day one of the Conference.

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MajorKent;SergeantsMajorHawkinsandCastle, andFirstSergeantCourville.Civilianpresenters included the following:Marine

CorpsUniversity’sDr.BruceGudmundsson,SeniorFellowfortheCaseStudiesProgram;authorofAchilles in Vietnam,Dr.Jonathan

Shay;HarvardUniversity’sProfessorSarahSewall;Wars of Blood and Faithauthor,Mr.

RalphPeters;AirUniversity’sMr.RemyMauduit;andtheauthorofBlood Stripes,Mr.

DavidDanelo.MarineCorpsUniversityFoundation’sgenerousassistanceenabledthe

participationofthesecivilianpresenters.

ThedesiredendstateoftheConferencewasthreefold:toaccelerateinternalizationof

ourCoreValuesamongNCOsthroughouttheCorps,toprovideattendeesthenewestLLI

productstouseintheirunits,andtouseConferencelessonslearnedatMarineCorps

Universityschoolsandinpublications.Wherethelasttwocomponentsoftheendstate

entailworkthatcanbecompletedinaclassroom,thefirstrequiresa“seedplanting”effort

thatwillresultinslow

but tangible change

as Marines continue

to grow within the

cultureoftheCorps.

LLI’s Leadership Programs Section believes this year’s theme –

NCOs Will Win This War–ablyaddressedanissuethatiscentralto

theCommandant’sconcernsforourwarfightingabilities.Although

the2008Russell Leadership Conference’s effectswill bedifficult

tomeasure, the exit surveys returned to LLI indicate enthusiastic

reactions to the conference. The John A. Lejeune Leadership

InstitutewishestothanktheMarineCorpsUniversityFoundationfor

enablingthistrulylandmarkevent!

A Conference participant asks the Sergeant Major of Marine Corps, Sergeant Major Carlton Kent, a question.

Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James Conway, gives the keynote speech on day one of the Conference.

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InMay,wesaidfarewelltoMCUF Trustee,

Sergeant Major Lonnie R. Sanders,

USMC (Ret),whosteppedoffourBoard.

SergeantMajor Sanders was amember

ofthe1996StrategicVisionGroupwhich

set the Foundation on its proper course

and then joined the Board in 2000.We

thank him for his service to MCUF and

wishhimandhiswife,Janice, fairwinds

andfollowingseas.

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MCUF President and CEO,

Brigadier General Thomas

Draude, and MCUF COO,

Lieutenant Colonel John

Hales,recentlyvisitedTrustee,

Bruce Hooperathishomein

Villanova,Pennsylvania.Weare

happytoreportthatMr.Hooper

iswellontheroadtorecoveryfromhisrecentillness.

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Congratulations to our Trustee,

Jason Santamaria, and his

wife, Kim, on the birth of their

son, Michael Alexander.

Michael,born June12,2008at

St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange,

California,weighedinat7pounds,

6ounces.His fathersays, “He’s

notquitebigenoughyettofitinto

thedigitalcamouflagebabyoutfit

thatIboughtforhim.”

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MCUF former Trustee, Lieutenant General Thomas H.

Miller Jr., USMC (Ret),passedawayonNovember27,2007,

attheageof84.Sadly,hiswidow,Ida Mai,passedawayon

May16,2008.Amemorialservicetorememberandcelebrate

bothoftheirliveswasheldonJune2,2008,attheOldPost

Chapel at FortMyer, Virginia, followed by burial at Arlington

National Cemetery. We send our condolences to the family

andfriendsofGeneralandMrs.Miller.

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We welcome Ms. Sherri Deditch,

the Foundation’s new Secretary/

Receptionist, to ourMCUF family.

Sheandherhusband,John, reside

inKingGeorge,Virginia.

Trustee, Mr. Donald R. Knauss, Chairman and CEO of

The Clorox Company, will be the Chairman of the 2009

Semper Fidelis Award Dinner. This will be the fifth year that

Mr.KnausshaschairedtheDinnerCommitteeandthethirdyear

thatTheCloroxCompanyhassponsoredtheDinner.WethankMr.

Knauss and Clorox for their continued, generous support of this

annualevent.

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Mr. Thomas A. Saunders III, President of

Ivor & Company, LLC, will receive the2008

Major General John H. Russell Leadership

Award at the Foundation’s October 22nd

award luncheon at The Union League Club

in New York City. Mr. Saunders is married

to MCUF Trustee, Jordan Saunders. Mr.

Guy P. Wyser-Pratte,theFoundation’s Vice

Chairman,istheLuncheonChairman.

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On June19th, General Peter Pace, USMC (Ret)wasawarded

thePresidential Medal of Freedom. At the award ceremony,

President Bush said, “... the selfless service and visionary

leadershipoftheformerChairmanoftheJointChiefsofStaffhave

helped keep our nation safe.” General Pace retired in October

2007afteradistinguishedcareerthatincludedanassignmentas

thePresidentoftheMarineCorpsUniversity.

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On July 2nd, the Commandant of the

Marine Corps presided at a ceremony where

Lieutenant General James F. Amos was

promoted to the rank of General and

assumed duties as the 31st Assistant

Commandant of the Marine Corps. We

congratulateGeneralAmosandsendourbest

wishestotheformer Assistant Commandant, General Robert

Magnus,ashestepsintoretirement.

•••

We also congratulateMajor General John

R. Allen, USMC, on his appointment as

the Deputy Commander, United States

Central Command, and for appoint-

ment to the rank of

Lieutenant General and

Major General Douglas

M. Stone, USMCR, on his appointment as

Commander, Marine Forces Reserve; and

Commander, Marine Forces North, and

for appointment to the rank of Lieutenant

General.

Have You Heard?

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Santamaria

Mr. Bruce Hooper and Lieutenant Colonel John Hales

Ms. Sherri Deditch

Mr. Thomas A. Saunders, III

Major General John A. Allen, USMC

Major General Douglas M. Stone,

USMCR

Sergeant Major Lonnie Sanders, USMC (Ret)

General James F. Amos, USMC

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WewelcomeournewestCorporate Members, CUBIC Applications,

Inc., to the Semper Fidelis Council andWindsor Continental

CorporationtotheGeneral John A. Lejeune Council.Thanksto

allofourCorporateMembersfortheirtremendoussupport.

•••

WealsothankournewestFriends of the Foundation:PNC Bank

recently donated $10,000 and Mr. Park B. Smith, recipient of

the 2007 Major General John H. Russell Leadership Award,

donated$5,000.

•••

Ms. Carol Ramkey, Head Librarian at the General Alfred M.

Gray Marine Corps Research Center Archives and Libraries

isarecipientofthe2008 Special Libraries Association Military

Library Division Distinguished Service Award.Congratulations,

Carol, and thank you for your long and dedicated service to the

MilitaryLibrariesDivision.

•••

Mr. Kenneth H. WilliamshasbeennamedtheSenior Editor ofthe

Marine Corps History Division’s Marine Corps University Press.

•••

Dr. Amin Tarzi, Director of Middle East Studies at Marine Corps

University,reportsthatplansarewellunderwayforMCU’sSeptember

17th symposium, “The Iranian Puzzle Piece: Understanding

Iran in the Global Context.”TheMCUF fundedsymposium isan

importanteventthatwillenhancetheoverallunderstandingof Iran

fromamultitudeofperspectives.

•••

On May 6th, H. E. Ambassador Hamid Al-Bayati, Permanent

Representative of Iraq to the United Nations,spokeattheSpring

General Graves B. Erskine Distinguished Lecture.Histimelytopic,

“No Better Friend than America: Progress in Iraq” was ofgreat

interest to the audience of 600 Marine Corps University students,

faculty,andFoundationguests. Alivelyquestionandanswerperiod

followedhispresentation.

•••

OnMay13th, Sergeant Major George H. Mason, USMC, Sergeant

Major of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command in Norfolk,

Virginia, spoke to 250 students attending the Quantico Staff

NoncommissionedOfficerAcademy(SNCOA)attheannualSergeant

Walter K. Singleton Distinguished Lecture. His talk included

personal leadership experiences and future leadership challenges

the students will face. Members of the Singleton family joined

SNCOAandMCUFguestsfordinnerbeforethelecture.TheSingleton

familywasrepresentedbySergeantSingleton’sthreesisters:Sarah

Calvery and her husband, Buddy, of Arlington, Tennessee;

Carolyn Murphy and her husband, Richard, of Brighton,

Tennessee; and Lucy Faye Harvey and her husband, Richard, of

Memphis, Tennessee.

Second Lieutenant Owen

Wrabel received the 3-08

Major General Edwin B.

Wheeler Award for infantry

excellenceandtheLieutenant

Colonel Vic Taylor Awardfor

the Distinguished Graduate

attheInfantryOfficerCourse

atTheBasicSchool.

•••

Dr. Mark A. Moyar, the

Kim T. Adamson Chair of

Insurgency and Terrorism,

recently returned from a

two-week trip to Iraq and

Afghanistan.Hesaid,“Overall,

thetripwasamajorsuccess.

I learned a great deal about

counterinsurgencyinIraqand

Afghanistan that I had been

unable to learn through exhaustive reading of published

information. Spending time in these countries, of course,

also provided insights that can only be obtained by being

there on the ground. In addition, I forged some ties with

officerswhowill play large roles in theMarine Corps and

therestoftheU.S.militaryandgovernmentinfutureyears.

DuringthetripIspreadthewordaboutwhatisgoingonnow

atMCU.”

•••

And finally, it was with great

sadness that we learned of

the death of Staff Sergeant

Charles Owens, USMC, the

former Quantico Marine

Band Drum Major. He was

killed May 1st in a motorcycle

accident in Joshua Tree,

California.StaffSergeantOwens

was transferred to Twentynine

Palms, California, shortly after

his last Quantico performance at the Foundation’s 2008

Semper Fidelis Award Dinner.“Hewasmygotoman...the

firstpersonIwouldhavegonetowhenplanningamemorial.

HegaveeverythinghehadtohisMarines.Heisreallygoing

to bemissed.” saidChief Warrant Officer 3 Robert A.

Szabo, Quantico’s Band Officer.We send our deepest

sympathy to Staff Sergeant Owens wife, Charla, and his

childrenJordan and McKenzie.

Have You Heard?

Second Lieutenant Owen Wrabel, USMC, receives the Taylor Award

from Lieutenant Colonel Vic Taylor, USMC (Ret)

Dr. Mark Moyar and Major General George Flynn,

Deputy Commanding General, Multi- National Corps-Iraq, in

Baghdad

Staff SergeantCharles Owens, USMC

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General Draude’s 2008 Vietnam Itinerary:

Saturday, March 15 - Ho Chi Minh City GeneralDraudearrivedinHoChiMinhCitytojoinSchoolofAdvancedWarfightingstudentsontheir2008Asia/PacificStaffRide.•TourofWarRemnantsMuseum•TourofMR7Museum

Sunday, March 16 - Ho Chi Minh City•MekongDeltaTour/DragonIsland•TourofApBacBattlefield(TienGiangProvince)•TraveltoHueCity

Monday, March 17 - Hue CityHueCityBattleStudy

Tuesday, March 18 - Khe Sanh•TraveltoKheSanh•StudyofKheSanhBattlefield,including:ConThien,DaKrong/AShauValleyMuseumandLangVei

Wednesday, March 19 - Hanoi•TraveltoHanoi•StaffRideTourof:ArmyMuseum,HoaLoPrison,TempleofLiterature,BaDinhSquare,LongBienBridgeandTrucBacLake

Thursday, Friday March 20-21 - Dien Bien Phu•TraveltoDienBienPhu•StaffRideofDienBienPhuBattlefield:BattlePositionsGabrielle,Ann-Marie/Huguette,BeatriceandIsabelleHillDominique/ElaineandCPBunker/Museum•TraveltoHanoi

Saturday, March 22 - HanoiGeneralDrauderemainedinHanoi;SAWstudentstraveledtoManila.•HoanKiemLake/NgocSonPagoda/SunbeamBridge•OldQuarterShopping•St.Joseph’sCathedral•AirForce/AirDefenseMuseum•QuanThanhTemple–GuardianoftheNorth•Departforhome

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Brigadier General thomas V. Draude, UsMC (ret), the Barrow Distinguished Chair of Military Studies, Joins the school of Advanced Warfighting (sAW) students in Vietnam, March 2008

SAW students and faculty at Dien Bien Phu’s strongpoint, “Isabelle”

Missle at Hanoi’s War Museum

Monument of downed U.S. aircraft with picture of wing being towed away

Depiction of Vietnamese prisoners in Central Prison of Hanoi (Later the “Hanoi Hilton”)

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School of Advanced Warfare StudentsMajorCharlesBerry,USMCLieutenantColonelDavidBradney,USMCMajorStevenBrain,AustralianArmyMajorJasonBrown,USAFLieutenantColonelAndreDemers,CanadianArmyMajorKyleEllison,USMCLieutenantColonelRobertFulford,USMCMajorJonHalverson,USMCMajorDavidHudspeth,USMCMajorKevinHutchison,USMCMajorEricJohnson,USAMajorBrianKane,USMCLieutenantColonelBjornarLunde,NorwegianArmyMajorMichaelMartin,USMCMajorRobertMcCommons,USAMajorMichaelMcWilliams,USMCLieutenantColonelJasonMorris,USMCLieutenantColonelMichaelSamarov,USMCMajorChristopherSeverson,USMCMajorMichaelSierco,USAFMajorFarrellSullivan,USMCLieutenantColonelMichaelTargos,USMCMajorGeoffreyWeiss,USAFMajorMatthewWoodhead,USMCLieutenantColonelCalvertWorth,USMC

School of Advanced Warfare FacultyColonel(Sel)ChristopherWoodbridge,USMC–DirectorofSAWLieutenantColonelAlexVohr,USMC–DeputyDirectorofSAWDr.WrayJohnson–MCUProfessorDr.EdwardO’Dowd–MCUProfessorDr.GordonRudd–MCUProfessor

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Brigadier General thomas V. Draude, UsMC (ret), the Barrow Distinguished Chair of Military Studies, Joins the school of Advanced Warfighting (sAW) students in Vietnam, March 2008

T he great trip we experienced was under-written by the Foundation. I had a chance

to see, first hand, what our support does for students and faculty to enhance and enrich professional military education. As much as I believed in our mission before the trip, I am now even more committed to it.”

Brigadier General Thomas V. Draude, USMC (Ret)General Robert H. Barrow

Distinguished Chair of Military StudiesMCUFPresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer

“

Travel in Vietnam’s Delta – by Sampan propelled by Vietnamese women

“Soviet Style” patriotic statue in HanoiMain command post bunker at Dien Bien Phu

Colonel (Sel) Chris Woodbridge and an “Old Veteran” at Cao Dai Temple

At each stop throughout the trip, one of the SAW students provided a handout regarding the battle or the significance of the area and led a discussion of its operational aspects. The staff did not get involved in

the discussion unless they were needed.

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