DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable

Col. Cuddy is in charge of all Police Mentor Teams for southern Afghanistan and will talk about the 500 Afghans who have just moved to Kandahar, at Regional Training Centers. A number, incidentally, that is unprecedented and what this means for the future of the Afghan National Police.

The Army’s ongoing efforts to meet current computer network operations and electronic warfare requirements and the ways these efforts are informing concept and capabilities development in the areas of doctrine, organization, leader development and training, personnel, facilities and material.

Col. McGrath has spent the last 14 months deployed to southern Afghanistan as the ARSIC-South commander, he can discuss what he has seen and experienced in this time what the successes and challenges means for the future of Afghanistan.

Mr. Bond, Director of Intelligence Transition Team will talk about his team's experience with building and developing the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior intelligence capacity and capability

Capt. Wagner will be talking about his support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) in West and Central Africa. Dallas has visited six countries in the region since early June and their activities included the first deployment of a foreign law-enforcement detachment aboard a U.S. military ship

Rear Adm. Driscoll will discuss improved security, troop drawdowns, the fall Iraqi elections, and Reconciliation - Iraqi Accordance Front rejoining the government

Exercise Immediate Response 2008 is taken place in Tbilisi, Georgia. Brig. Gen. Garrett will discuss the U.S. Army's role in this year's annual bilateral exercise.

Major Smith will discuss the role of the Georgia Army National Guard in IMMEDIATE RESPONSE 08, an exercise being conducted in the country of Georgia

Brigadier General Trombitas will talk about his experiences as the Director of Iraqi National Counter-Terrorism Force - Transition Team (INCTF-TT) in advising and rapidly building the Iraqi National Counter Terrorism Forces.

CALL's Lessons Learned Integration (L2I) network. Now in its second year of operation, the L2I network connects military and civilian analysts at key locations across the deployed Army, the Continental United States and with our sister services. They collaborate in information sharing sessions over the network, or take an issue on for resolution, working it with the experts to provide recommended solutions.

Capt. Paul Abraham, UK Royal Navy, Director of Maritime Strategic Transition Team and Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Navy, will discuss his experiences working with Iraqi partners in building and developing the Iraqi Navy, which led to their recent operational success in seizing control of their own territorial port of Umm Qasr, protecting 90 percent of all of Iraq's imports and exports.

Col. Cuddy will provide an update on the progress of the Afghan National Police.

Col. Keenan will discuss policy changes made to ensure warrior care is fully staffed and warriors in transition receive care that fits the Soldier's needs.

MG Cannon will discuss the progress of the Iraqi Police (regular and National), Force generation of the Iraqi Police, the level and progress of their training as well as the accomplishments they have made in recent months - most of which they would not have been able to accomplish a year ago

The authors of On Point II will be prepared to take questions about the purpose of writing the book; the processes by which it was researched, written and approved; and about the key insights and analysis that emerge from the Army's operations during the first 18 months after the toppling of the Saddam regime.