USMC FAO Notes

Major Mike Oppenheim, International Affairs Officer Program Coordinator

FAO ICT UPDATES. The Marine Corps is sending off eight FAOs to ICT this summer: China, Croatia, Russia, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia and Turkey. The eighth FAO is executing a combination 6 month Individual Augment billet in Iraq and then 6 month ICT in Egypt. This winter, a ninth FAO will deploy to Korea for his ICT.

MARINE CORPS CENTER FOR ADVANCED OPERATIONAL CULTURE LEARNING (CAOCL). Recently established 5 billets for FAO/RAO Desk Officers for following regions: Latin America, Middle East North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southwest Asia and East Asia. The website is: .

VISIT TO NPS/DLI. Col Hahne and Major Oppenheim traveled to Monterey, CA to visit with International Affairs Officers in training at the Naval Postgraduate School and Defense Language Institute to discuss upcoming ICT plans, language requirements, and current topics in the FAO program, as well as themes in the greater culture and language arena.

2006, Foreign Area Officer Association
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