{"65406":{"#nid":"65406","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Australian General Visits INTA Classes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nBrigadier Andrew \u0022Boomer\u0022 Smith of the Australian Army spoke to two INTA classes on Tuesday, 29 March 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESmith is one of approximately 50 foreign officers detailed to UC Central Command (CENTCOM) is Tampa Florida and is currently serving as the Director of the Combined Planning Group for CENTCOM. Smith spoke on the role of CENTCOM and the global importance of the CENTCOM area of operation (AOR), which includes the Middle East, southwest Asia, and central Asia. His talk highlighted the interconnections between economic factors, geography, and human elements that can contribute to higher risk of conflict. Highlighting a number of transnational challenges that impact stability \u2013 water security, piracy, arms smuggling, he spoke about the role for security cooperation and coalitions to address those threats.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrigadier Smith\u0027s previous assignments have included a tour with the UN Mine Clearance Training Team and working with Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan. During 1999-2000 Brigadier Smith raised and commanded the Australian Defence Force\u0027s Joint Incident Response Unit (JIRU), which was responsible for providing a range of high-end chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) response capabilities for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games. He also earned a PhD from the Department of Politics of the University College, Australian Defence Force Academy on the role of military forces in homeland security.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrigadier Andrew \u0022Boomer\u0022 Smith of the Australian Army spoke to two INTA classes on Tuesday, 29 March 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Brigadier Andrew \u0022Boomer\u0022 Smith of the Australian Army visits INTA"}],"uid":"27184","created_gmt":"2011-04-06 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:30","author":"Jene Gladstone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65407":{"id":"65407","type":"image","title":"Brigadier Andrew \u0027Boomer\u0027 Smith","body":null,"created":"1449176831","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:07:11","changed":"1475894579","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:59","alt":"Brigadier Andrew \u0027Boomer\u0027 Smith","file":{"fid":"193216","name":"tln15767.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tln15767.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tln15767.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":15634,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tln15767.jpg?itok=ksM6MJJz"}}},"media_ids":["65407"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.centcom.mil\/","title":"US CENTCOM"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.defence.gov.au\/","title":"Australian Defense Force"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12685","name":"Brigadier Andrew"},{"id":"8587","name":"CENTCOM"},{"id":"795","name":"CISTP"},{"id":"999","name":"IAC"},{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"4766","name":"UN"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBernard Gourley\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bernard.gourley@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Bernard Gourley\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-5601\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bernard.gourley@inta.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}