DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable

We have scheduled a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Kirsten Woodward, director of Family Programs Division, Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery (BUMED). Ms. Woodward will discuss how Navy Medicine is helping families cope with the stress associated with multiple deployments. Post traumatic stress, other mental health conditions, and physical injuries in a military parent are likely to disrupt family roles, sources of care, and instrumental support.

We have scheduled a U.S. Army Bloggers Roundtable with Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, The Army Surgeon General and Brig. Gen. Gary Cheek, Commander, Warrior Transition Command. Lt. Gen. Schoomaker and Brig. Gen. Cheek will update bloggers and internet media on the status of Army Warrior Transition care in the Army and at Fort Carson.

Army Bloggers roundtable on Earth Day with Mr. Tad Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health to discuss the Army's "Go Green" initiatives. Earth Day provides the Army with the opportunity to reassert its commitment to environmental sustainability and energy security critical to protecting the earth, protecting lives and supporting its mission requirements -- at home and overseas. Read Transcript

DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with the Mr. James A. Hursch, director, Defense Technology Security Administration. Hursch will provide details on DoD's position on export controls. Read Transcript.

We have scheduled a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with U.S. Navy Capt. James Wink, JTF-Haiti J7 (chief engineer). Capt. Wink will discuss engineering efforts conducted by Joint Task Force-Haiti, past and present, and what is in store for the future as the JTF continues to transition based on conditions on the ground in Haiti. Read Transcript

We have scheduled a U.S. Army Bloggers Roundtable with Students from the Command and General Staff College. Students will discuss Army military training and how it prepares soldiers for combat. Adapting to battlefield experience in Afghanistan and Iraq, Initial Military Training is revamping its basic training regimen. Students from the Command and General Staff College will provide their take on military training and how it prepares soldiers for combat engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read Transcript

We have scheduled a Bloggers Roundtable with Maj. Gen. Mike Ward, deputy commander-Police, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A). Despite recent Afghan National Civil Order Police (Gendarmerie) successes in hold operations in Marja and gains in popularity among civilians, over-employment and attrition continue to plague the force. During the past four months, NTM-A has implemented strategies to reduce attrition, improve training, and improve leadership and operations effectiveness. By employing measures such as Operational Deployment Cycles, Personal Asset Inventory, pay parity, and literacy training, as well as fulfilling partnership commitments with coalition forces, NTM-A expects to be able to stabilize, reinforce, and enable the force. Read Transcript

We have scheduled a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Robert T. Moeller, U.S. Africa Command Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations. Vice Adm. Moeller will discuss U.S. Africa Command, its military-to-military activities with African militaries, and the command’s efforts to assist African partner nations continue to increase the development of their military and security programs. U.S. Africa Command is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for U.S. military relations with 53 African countries, including the Islands of Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, and the Indian Ocean islands of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles. Read Transcript

We have scheduled a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Dr. Bradley H. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense and Admiral John E. Roberti, Deputy Director for Strategy and Policy, J-5, The Joint Staff. Mr. Roberts and Adm. Roberti will discuss the Nuclear Posture Review and answer questions. Read Transcript

Join experts from the Harassment/Sexual Assault Prevention Summit as they discuss the outcomes and the way ahead in the U.S. Army’s sexual prevention strategy. Carolyn Collins, Chief, SHARP division, and Charles Cosgrove, general attorney in the Office of the Judge Advocate General, Criminal Law division, will provide conference updates and take your questions. The summit focuses on the Army’s four-phase sexual assault prevention strategy, as well as the Army’s partnerships with national counterparts. A focus of the Army’s SHARP strategy is influencing soldier behavior through daily leadership of senior non-commissioned officers. This is Phase II of the program and puts a focus on educating first-term soldiers; accountability; NCO action and leadership; and raising the level of authority to dispose of founded cases. Read Transcript

DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert H. McMahon, director of Central Command Deployment and Distribution Center (CENTCOM DDOC). Maj. Gen. McMahon will discuss how CENTCOM DDOC is moving the surge of U.S. forces and equipment into Afghanistan, prioritizing the movement of high priority cargo such as mine resistant vehicles (MRAP’s), and simultaneously monitoring the responsible draw down of equipment and personnel in Iraq. Read the transcript

We have scheduled a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Brig. Gen. Ralph O. Baker, United States Division - Center Deputy Commanding General East. Baker will offer perspective on the U.S. role in Iraq as U.S. Forces transition into an advise and assist role to the Iraqi Security Forces. With the ISF successfully securing their own country U.S. Forces have continued the process of drawing down troops with the set goal of 50,000 Soldiers on Sept. 1. Read Transcript

We will interview U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael R. Boera, Commanding General, Combined Air Power Transition Force, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan. Boera will discuss how the NATO organization has been charged with helping the government of Afghanistan expand and refine its air power capabilities in the Combined Air Power Transition Force (CAPTF). During the roundtable, he will also provide an overview of CAPTF's current and planned efforts to grow the Afghanistan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) and the other air power organizations that contribute to Afghanistan's internal security. The NATO strategy for stabilizing Afghanistan centers on increasing the size and capabilities of Afghanistan's army and national police. Air power provides capabilities that enable all of Afghanistan's security forces to operate with greater efficiency. For this reason, the ANAAC will see a commensurate increase in size, and the capabilities of all nations will be called upon to help facilitate this growth. Read Transcript

We have scheduled a DODLive Bloggers Roundtable for Wednesday, March 24 at 1000 EDT with U.S. Army Col. Tim McAteer, Infantry, Commander 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. He will discuss lessons learned and provide a "2nd BCT Commander's perspective" since assuming command in Haiti on 9 February 2010. Read Transcript

We will interview Tina Hager, photographer, Task Force For Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO), U.S. Department of Defense. Hager will discuss her experiences documenting Iraq since the start of the war in 2003. A former White House photographer, Hager accompanied former President George W. Bush on his surprise visit to Baghdad in 2003. Since then she has participated in several embeds with the U.S. military and currently serves as the TFBSO photographer documenting economic revitalization throughout the country. Hager will also discuss her experiences meeting and photographing everyday Iraqis during this period of transition in their country. Read Transcript