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Feb 18, 2010 - Thursday, Luncheon starts at 11:00AM

Topic: "The new Perspective of Electronic Warfare and a Myriad of other changes." flyer

       For ten years the Association of Old Crows has been the Electronic Warfare and Information Operations Association, but there has been no concerted effort to rally the IO Community.  This has changed, the IO Institute was approved as a Special Interest Group of the AOC in 2008 and we have already become a major player in the IO Community.  This is especially important with the recent formation of the US Cyber Command, with the new definition of Information Operations coming out of the Quadrennial Defense Review, with a new perspective of Electronic Warfare and a myriad of other changes.  The IO Institute brings you events, most notably InfowarCon.  Our flagship publication is the IO Journal, already assigned reading by at least two military IO educational programs.  IO classes are integrated with Electronic Warfare classes to educate, satisfy requirements and enable contractors to be more competitive. 

Presenter: Mr. Joel Harding, Director Information Operations (IO) Institute, AOC

    Joel Harding is the Director of the Information Operations (IO) Institute, a Special Interest Group of the Association of Old Crows.  Joel spent 26 years in the Army; his first nine years were spent as an enlisted soldier, mostly in Special Forces, as a SF qualified communicator and medic, on an A Team.  After completing his degree, Joel then received his commission as an Infantry Officer and after four years transitioned to the Military Intelligence Corps.  In the mid 1990s Joel was working in the Joint Staff J2 in support of special operations, where he began working in the new field called Information Operations.  Eligible Receiver 1997 was his trial by fire, after that he became the Joint Staff J2 liaison for IO to the CIA, DIA, NSA, DISA and other assorted agencies in the Washington DC area, working as the intelligence lead on the Joint Staff IO Response Cell for Solar Sunrise and Moonlight Maze.  Joel followed this by a tour at SOCCENT and then INSCOM, working in both IO and intelligence.   Joel retired from the Army in 2003, working for various large defense contractors until accepting the position with the Association of Old Crows.
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