Defense Language Institute alumni

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Chapters: Arnold Resnicoff, Jeff Sharlet, William Paul Fife, Bruce P. Crandall, Raúl G. Villaronga, Gari Ledyard, Charles V. Bush, Richard J. Seitz, David Glantz, Frederick Hauck, Michael B. Donley, Eric T. Olson, SeoulPodcast, Nathan Sivin, Arthur D. Nicholson, Chuck Riley, William B. Black, Jr., James A. Adkins, Tom Cole, Yildirim Aktuna, George Kao, Bill DeSmedt, Amy Koch, Alyssa Peterson, Anatoliy Hrytsenko, Mikael Santana, Michael Patrick Flanagan, Tony Lagouranis, William Armstrong Percy III, Paul Thompson, Dmitry Grigorieff, Lyman Ray Patterson, Bleu Copas, Michael T. Joyce, Detachment R, Zlatan Stoykov. Excerpt: Arnold E. Resnicoff (born 1946) is an American Conservative rabbi, a decorated retired military officer and military chaplain, and a consultant on leadership, values, and interreligious affairs to military and civilian leaders. His military career began in the rivers of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, followed by assignments with Naval Intelligence in Europe, before his decision to attend rabbinical school, at the urging of a Protestant Chaplain in Vietnam. Following ordination as a rabbi, he served with the Navy for almost 25 additional years as a U.S. Navy Chaplain. After retiring from the military, his positions included appointments as National Director of Interreligious Affairs for the American Jewish Committee and Special Assistant (for Values and Vision) to the Secretary (SECAF) and Chief of Staff (CSAF) of the United States Air Force, serving at the equivalent military rank of Brigadier General. He was part of the small group of Vietnam veterans who fought for the creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, delivering the closing prayer at its 1982 dedication; and in 1984, the President of the United States devoted an entire speech to the reading of Resnicoff's eye witness account of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. Resnicoff holds a Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College; Masters degrees from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America (Rabbinics), Salve Regina University (International Relations), and the Naval War College (Strategic Studies and National Security Affairs); and a doctorate (honoris causa), in addition to rabbinic ordination, from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (Rabbinic Studies). He is a graduate of many military schools and courses, including the Defense Language Institute and the Joint Forces Staff College. In addition to special presentations at military and civilian educational institutions around the world, he served as an instructor for Salve Regina, The Naval War College, the Naval Chaplains School, and the overseas branch of th