States Visited:

 

Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C.

2004-2005 Defense Science Study Group:

 

Annie is a member of the 2004-2005 IDA/DARPA Defense Science Study Group. This Web page chronicles her experience throughout the two year program. Links are provided for each visit and are organized below according to sessions.

 

2004-2005 DSSG Members:

 

Annie I. Antón, North Carolina State University

Valerie Ashby, University of North Carolina

Carla Brodley, Tufts University

Ray Deshaies, California Institute of Technology

Jonathan Eisen, Institute for Genomic Research

Ken Gall, University of Colorado

Anthony Joseph, University of California, Berkeley

Catherine Murphy, University of South Carolina

Lynn Parker, University of Tennessee

Daphne Preuss, University of Chicago

Darrell Schlom, Pennsylvania University

Robert Shoelkopf, Yale University

Julie Theriot, Stanford University

Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan

SESSION 1

March 2004 Trip:

 

MARCH 15 (monday)

• Institute for Defense Analysis, Alexandria, Virginia

 

MARCH 16 (tuesday)

• The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

• Briefing with General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

 

MARCH 15 (wednesday)

• Institute for Defense Analysis, Alexandria, Virginia

 

SESSION 2

June 2004 Trip:

 

 

JUNE 20 (sunday)

• Dinner at Seattle Space Needle Restaurant

 

JUNE 21 (monday)

• Eilson AFB, Alaska

• Ft. Greely, Alaska

 

JUNE 22 (tuesday)

• Cope Thunder, Alaska

• Ft. Wainwright, Alaska

• Eilson AFB, Alaska

 

JUNE 23 (wednesday)

• Boeing

• Salty's on Alki Beach

 

JUNE 24 (thursday)

• Peterson AFB, Colorado

• Schreiver AFB, Colorado

• Joint National Integration Center (JNIC), Colorado

• 50th Space Wing and Space Warfare Center, Colorado

• AFSPACE, Colorado

• NORTHCOM, Colorado

 

JUNE 25 (friday)

• Arrive Offutt AFB, Nebraska

• Strategic Command Headquarters, Nebraska

• Joint Intelligence Center, Nebraska

• Command Center

 

JUNE 26 (saturday)

• Arrive Whiteman AFB, Missouri

• Unit Mission Brief - 509th Bomb Wing Headquarters, Missouri

• Low Observable Maintenance Facility

• B-2

• Missile Launch Control Facility

• Oscar 1

 

JUNE 27 (sunday)

• Arrive Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio

• Air Force Museum

 

JUNE 28 (monday)

• Air Force Research Laboratory, Ohio

• AFRL Sensors Directorate

• AFRL Effectiveness Directorate

• Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV)

 

SESSION 3

July 2004 Trip:

 

JULY 25 (sunday)

• Arrive at Marriott Courtyard

• Evening at Leisure

 

JULY 26 (monday)

• U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet (LANTFLT), Norfolk, VA

• CINCLANTFLT Command Center Briefing

• Naval Station Norfolk Tour

• Lunch @ Breezy Point Officer’s Club

• NAVSTA Norfolk Pier

• U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM), Norfolk, VA

• Pennsylvania House Reception

(hosted by VADM Cosgriff Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet)

 

JULY 27 (tuesday)

• Naval Station Norfolk Pier

• Surface Combatant Ship Tour with Aegis Equipped Weapons System

• Submarine Pier & Submarine Tour

• Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Headquarters, Norfolk, VA

• KC-135 Refueling In Route to NC

• Arrive Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, NC

• Camp Lejeune, (Marines) NC

• Dinner at Camp Lejeune Officers' Club

 

JULY 28 (wednesday)

• II Marine Expeditionary Forces, Camp Lejeune, NC

• Camp Lejeune Military Operations Urban Terrain (MOUT) Facility

• Tank/Amphibious Armored Vehicle/Land Armored Vehicle Display & Rides

• Helicopter to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River

• Aviation Static Displays & Simulators

• MRE lunch with Marines at School of Infantry

• Martial Arts Program

• Individual Simulated Marksman Trainer - Hands On/Squadron Weapons

• Small Craft Company

• MCAS Cherry Point

 

JULY 29 (thursday)

• Fly to Pope Air Force Base

• Fort Bragg, North Carolina (U.S. Army)

• U.S. Army XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, NC

• Airborne Squadron Airborne School

• Parachute Operations/Jump

• U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)

• Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command

• Fly to MacDill Air Force Base

 

JULY 30 (friday)

• U.S. Special Operations (SOCOM), MacDill Air Force Base, FL

• SORR (Center for Force Structure, Resources, Req'ts & Strategic Assessments)

• Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics Center (SOAL)

• SRC (Single Response Cell) Program

• SOAL-T Technology Thrust Areas

• SOOP Future Concepts Working Group

• U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), MacDill Air Force Base, FL

 

JULY 31 (saturday)

• Fly to Jacksonville Airport

• Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, GA

• U.S. Navy Submarine Group 10

• Trident Nuclear Submarine & Missles

• USS Nebraska