Past Events

ICTS Seminar - Post-Attempted Coup in Turkey: Quo Vadis? - Aug. 3, 2016
ICTS Seminar - Post-Attempted Coup in Turkey: Quo Vadis? - Aug. 3, 2016
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies August 3, 2016 Place: The International Law Institute In the wake of the failed coup in July, many questions have arisen both domestically and internationally regarding Turkey’s future political, social, economic, and strategic direction. Interdisciplinary ac...
ICTS Event -The Lone Wolf Terrorist: Past Lessons, Future Outlook, and Response Strategies
ICTS Event -The Lone Wolf Terrorist: Past Lessons, Future Outlook, and Response Strategies
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies July 27, 2016 The latest terrorist incidents in Nice, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Orlando and elsewhere, are once again a grim reminder of the expanding operational roles of "lone wolves." Whether they are self-radicalized or linked to home-grown or foreign groups, the...
ICTS Seminar -“Aviation Security: Past Lessons, Future Outlook, and ‘Best Practices’ Responses”
ICTS Seminar -“Aviation Security: Past Lessons, Future Outlook, and ‘Best Practices’ Responses”
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies June 28, 2016 From aircraft hijackings in the 1970s to 9/11 and the mystery of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in 2014 to the latest destruction of EgyptAir Flight 804 in 2016, critical questions regarding the future outlook for aviation security continue to ch...
ICTS Seminar - Latin American Security Challenges: From the Olympics to Zika - June 23, 2016
ICTS Seminar - Latin American Security Challenges: From the Olympics to Zika - June 23, 2016
International Center for Terrorism Studies at The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies, Inter-University Center for Legal Studies at the International Law Institute, Center for National Security Law-University of Virginia School of Law Latin America i...
ICTS Seminar - Maritime Security: Quo Vadis? - May 23, 2016
ICTS Seminar - Maritime Security: Quo Vadis? - May 23, 2016
International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies, Inter-University Center for Legal Studies at the International Law Institute, Center for National Security Law at University of Virginia School of Law The latest t...
ICTS Seminar  - Populist Politics: From Protests to Violence - May 10, 2016
ICTS Seminar - Populist Politics: From Protests to Violence - May 10, 2016
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies International Center for Terrorism Studies, at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies May 10, 2016 The current election campaigns in the United States and abroad have once again refocused the world’s attention on “populist politics.” Single-issue concern...

The Washington Times published Colonel Gary Anderson's review of Al Gray, Marine: Early Years, 1968-1975 Vol. 2. Below is an excerpt of the review, the full review can be viewed here

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AL GRAY, MARINE; The Early Years, 1968-1975 Vol. 2

By: Scott Laidig
Reviewed by: Gary Anderson

When Marines talk about the great Commandants in the history of the Corps, Al Gray is always on the short list. The Marine Commandant is as close to the Papacy that America gets in the absolute exercise of authority; when the Commandant says jump, the rest of the Corps only asks, “how high?” Very few Commandants have used that power to reshape the Marine Corps as effectively or lastingly as General Gray. This book is the second volume in the trilogy of Gray’s biography. It covers his years as a field grade officer (major through colonel). It was a formative period of his life and goes a long way toward understanding the Commandant he became.

The book period corresponds with the draw down from Vietnam and the final fall of South Vietnam. Gray was involved in virtually every event that the Marine Corps participated in, and also had a hand in many of the technological innovations in intelligence and military electronic warfare in those periods when he served outside the Corps. His observations on what the Marines were doing right and where the Corps needed improvements were the foundations of the innovations he would institute as Commandant in making profound changes to the way the Corps fights, trains and educates its Marines.

Scott Laidig is an experienced historian/author. In writing this biography, he is fortunate in that the subject and many of the key participants are still alive for interviews. The volume is well written and any military acronyms are clearly defined.

Read more here.

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