On Friday 18 May 2007 General Norton A Schwartz, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, will be speaking on "Global Reach and Sustainment in an Era of Transformation" from 10-11am.
Gen. Norton A. Schwartz is Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. USTRANSCOM is the single manager for global air, land and sea transportation for the Department of Defense.
General Schwartz attended the U.S. Air Force Academy and graduated in 1973. He is an alumnus of the National War College, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a 1994 Fellow of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Seminar XXI. He has served as Commander of the Special Operations Command-Pacific, as well as Alaskan Command, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, and the 11th Air Force. Prior to assuming his current position, General Schwartz was Director, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
General Schwartz is a command pilot with more than 4,200 flying hours in a variety of aircraft. He participated as a crewmember in the 1975 airlift evacuation of Saigon, and in 1991 served as Chief of Staff of the Joint Special Operations Task Force for Northern Iraq in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1997, he led the Joint Task Force that prepared for the noncombatant evacuation of U.S. citizens in Cambodia.
Meetings take place at Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, WC2R 3DX. Members who would like to attend are asked to notify Caitlin Brannan:
brannan@iiss.org
Forthcoming Military Leaders’ Forum events:
7 June: Rear Admiral C J Parry CBE, Director General - Development, Concepts and Doctrine.
21 September: General Sir Richard Dannatt KCB CBE MC ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff
The IISS Military Leaders’ Forum is made possible through the generous support of KBR
