FAOA Distinguished Virtual Speaker Series: LTG Patrick Hughes, US Army (Retired)

April 15, 2021 from 1130-1300 EST. 

Topic: “Biden Administration Interim NSS Guidance: National Security in the Complicated Future"

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Speaker Bio
Patrick M. Hughes has been engaged in consulting in the focus areas of intelligence, national security, and international relations, as well as the functional areas of leadership, business management and organizational effectiveness. He is now retired and devoting his time to writing and speaking.

He was employed from 1 April 2005 until retiring on 30 June 2011, as the L-3 Communications (now L3 Harris Technologies), Corporate Vice President for Intelligence and Counterterrorism. He also functioned as the corporate point of contact for Homeland Security / Homeland Defense and Cyber Operations. His duties included supporting the general needs of the corporation, involving several instances of travel to numerous nations.

Prior to arriving at L-3 he served in the government as Assistant Secretary for Information & Analysis (IA) (Intelligence), and acting Under Secretary for IA and Infrastructure Protection (IP) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 17 November 2003 until 15 March 2005. During this period, he began initial operations of the DHS intelligence support system and assisted in the stand-up of the department (plank holder).

From 1 October 1999 until 16 November 2003 he was the President of PMH Enterprises LLC, a private consulting firm. His primary clients were U.S. Government agencies and government contractors. He resumed this consulting effort following retirement from L-3 in June 2011 and was actively engaged until 1 April 2018.

He retired from the United States Army on 30 September 1999 after more than 35 years of military service, beginning as an enlisted soldier and medic (E1 – E5), on 2 January 1962. His last active duty assignment was Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a position he held for 3 and ½ years. Other positions of responsibility included Director of Intelligence (J-2), the Joint Staff; Director of Intelligence (J-2), U.S. Central Command; Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence Agency and Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence HQ DA; Commander, 501st Military Intelligence Brigade with service in the Republic of Korea; and Commander, 109th Military Intelligence Battalion (Combat Electronic Warfare and Intelligence), 9th Infantry Division (High Technology Test Bed), at Fort Lewis, WA. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War (2 assignments), and other conflicts. He has visited 127 countries. He was trained in the Vietnamese and Korean languages.

LTG Hughes’ duties have included Involvement in and travel to conflict areas in:

-- Vietnam (Infantry Lieutenant Platoon Leader (4/39 Hardcore Recondo) in Mekong Delta with the 9th Infantry Division 1969; Captain MI Provincial Phoenix Program advisor / Provincial S-2 advisor in MR III, Long Khánh Province 1971-72)

-- Israel and Egypt (Major – Liaison Officer)

-- Republic of Korea (Colonel -- Commander, 501st MI Brigade; Executive Officer to CINC, UNC/USFK/EUSA)

-- Saudi Arabia & Kuwait (Brigadier General – Desert Shield / Desert Storm; continuing involvement after DS)

-- Post-DS / DS operations (Brigadier General / Major General – throughout the Middle East region)

-- Somalia (Brigadier General – Operation Restore Hope)

-- India – Pakistan border areas (Brigadier General – travel and coordination as J-2, USCENTCOM)

-- Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Region (Brigadier General – travel and coordination as J-2, USCENTCOM)

-- Ethiopia and Eritrea (Brigadier General – travel and coordination as J-2, USCENTCOM)

-- Haiti (Major General – Operation Uphold Democracy)

-- Bosnia, Croatia, Albania & Serbia (Lieutenant General – Operations Joint Endeavor, Guard and Forge)

-- Colombia (Lieutenant General – travel and coordination as Director, DIA)

-- Ukraine (Lieutenant General (Retired) – 2015 visit to battle area in eastern Ukraine as an observer)

LTG Hughes visited Vietnam in 1999 as an official guest of the Vietnamese Government, with visits to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, My Tho, Can Tho, the Michelin Plantation area, Dinh Quan, and the old War Zone D area.