Join us this Friday, May 5, 2023, @ 0900-1030 ET for another DEFTECH Coffee Call – where discussion trumps powerpoint (TEAMS Link Below)
Topic: Special Operations Innovation Needs and Gaps
Guest Speaker:
Mr. Tom Earnhardt serves in the Force Development Directorate at the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). He is the senior civilian for Technology and Information Warfare, and he partners closely with J5 (Futures), J8 (Resources) and JSOC units to pursue, evaluate, experiment and field bold technological initiatives aimed toward increasing SOF and US advantages over our adversaries. Tom and his Directorate maintain the “Top X Gaps List” which serves to prioritize gaps the Command needs to address to perform its mission. JSOC prepares assigned, attached, and augmentation forces, and when directed, conducts special operations against threats to protect the Homeland and U.S. interests abroad. This “no fail” mission is complicated by complex global challenges presented by adversaries in an ever-evolving, technology-dependent environment. Prior to his civilian career, Tom completed 26+ years of enlisted and commissioned service in the US Army where he served in conventional and SOF formations, and he relies daily on those experiences and relationships to prepare future SOF formations for the challenges ahead.
2023 DEFTECH Coffee Call:
Microsoft Teams meeting
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Dennis Lewis
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