On 16 May a Marshall Center Alumni Security Cooperation Roundtable took place in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan. Guest Speaker Mr. Randy Ockman, Counter-narcotics Program Manager at U. S. Central Command (CENTCOM), provided a presentation on CENTCOM’s counter-narcotics efforts in the region, focusing especially on activities affecting Tajikistan. MAJ Abdoulhamid Norov, a department chief in Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agency, and MC alumnus (Leader’s Course LC 2003-4), presented a briefing on the status of Tajikistan’s counter-narcotics efforts. Marshall Center alumni from seven different ministries and agencies attended, as well as Mr. Hubertus Klink, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Dushanbe. Dr. John Rose, Marshall Center Director, provided a Marshall Center briefing, outlining recent developments and program changes.
Marshall Center alumnus LTG Abdurahmon Azimov (SES 1998-4), Chairman of the Committee on Defense, Law, and Order under the President, and Dr. Rose following a meeting in LTG Azimov’s office. Pictured on the left is U.S. Embassy PfP Coordinator Erkin Mamadaliev.
Dr. Rose presents a gift to alumnus COL Tourabeg Nazarov (SES 2005-3), Deputy Commander of the National Guard, following a meeting at the National Guard headquarters.
Alumni (left to right, front row) CPT Emomali Kurbanov (LPASS 2006-1), MAJ Safarali Tavarov (LP 2004-7), Mr. Kutbiddin Hisaynov (LP 2004-7), Ambassador Toshmad Nazirov (SES 2005-3), and other alumni during the roundtable in Dushanbe.
Alumni (left to right, front row) LTC Mirzogafour Mirzoev (LPASS 2005-1), COL Tourabeg Nazarov (SES 2005-3); (2nd row) MAJ Ahliddin Mirzoev (LPASS 2005-6), Mr. Siroj Rajabov (LC 2004-2), and LTC Malixsulton Makhsudov (EPASS 2005-4) listen to a presentation during the roundtable.
COL Ousmon Avazov (center left - EP 1995-1) and COL Khalil Boboev (right - EP 2004-1) talk with LTC Kelsey Harris-Smith, Head of the U.S. Embassy’s Office of Defense Cooperation (right foreground) during the coffee break.
