Thomas Hegghammer's Lecture Available on FAOweb

Thomas Hegghammer's lecture on "Jihadism in Saudi Arabia: Militancy without Revolution" is now posted on FAOweb under the Near East Forum for download.

This lecture was featured as part of the FAOAM's Brown Bag Lecture Series in April 2010.

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FAO Journal

The FAO Journal is now available on FAOweb.

Great Conference - Hope to See you Next Year

For those who made it to the 4th annual Foreign Area Officer Conference in Monterey, please feel free to post a note on things you liked and might like to see in the future. We hope to see you next year.

Register Today to attend the 4th Annual Foreign Area Officer Conference

The theme is “Warrior – Scholar – Diplomat” and we are expecting to have some exciting panelists join us for this entirely student-run event.  Check out the flyer here.  Register here. Also check out the FAOC 2010 link at the top-right of the screen for more info.

In other FAO News: Check out the monthly flyer from the Foreign Area Officer Association in Washington D.C.  They're making serious efforts to gain further representation from the Diplomatic (Pol-Mil) and Security Cooperation FAOs. The flyer shows current demographics and has info on how to get connected with them.

Also, check out this interview (aired on Federal News Radio in DC on Tuesday, February 16, 2010) about the Joint FAO Program at NPS. Interviewee is Dr. Mabry, the Executive Director of the Joint FAO Skill Sustainment Pilot Program.  Topics include profiling the FAO skill set, and explaining Naval Postgraduate School offerings within the LREC education continuum. :  Federal News Radio 1500 AM: New program brings more culture to the military.