Dateline: April 4, 2003
New Sponsor, New Speakers, and New Freebies
Get ready for the midwest's premier military history lecture series of the summer: MagWeb.com War College at Origins 2003! The War College, an integral part of Origins, offers a first-rate, front-row setting that encourages you not only relax and listen, but pepper the speaker with questions to get the information you want to hear. This is one-on-one knowledge at its best.
But there's more.
Each registered War College attendee receives, absolutely free, a complimentary membership to MagWeb.com!
That's right, you get a FREE "Quickie Peek" pass to explore MagWeb.com, the world's largest military history and wargaming on-line archive. With over 40,000 articles in the archive, there's more information covering warfare from ancient Egypt to modern Gulf War II than you can shake a mouse at. The "Quickie Peek" pass will be good for right after the show and it's all part of your War College registration.
But you must register for the MagWeb.com War College and pay for the entry ribbon--because it not only opens doors during the Origins convention, it will open 40,000 more afterwards.
Whether you attend all the lectures (and we encourage that!) or just a few sessions during some convention down time, you'll find a wide range of historical and contemporary topics to not only add to your knowledge, but to inspire your imagination.
What a line-up! You'll notice some old favorites. You'll notice some new names. You'll notice that the topics are spot on what a War College seminar should offer. Pete Panzeri, with the encouragement of the former War College organizer Jack Radey and Origins/GAMA, stepped forward to put together this preliminary list. Russ Lockwood, CEO of MagWeb.com, will MC and Host the event, and has tapped into MagWeb.com resources to help build a great program.
But wait, there will be more. We're talking to the USAF Museum at nearby Wright-Patterson AFB to send speakers. We're talking to numerous Veterans' groups to send speakers. We're talking to the US Army to lend us a few West Point-bound instructors. And we're talking to various publishers to send us authors. As we are months before the show, it's all preliminary at press time, but the War College is on the move. Pre-register for the War College now and just watch who we add to the speaker list! Keep up with the action at either the Origins website, MagWeb.com's web site (www.magweb.com), or join a Moderated Newsgroup: www.groups.yahoo.com/ORGINSWC
So, take a look at the preliminary line-up, and register for the MagWeb.com War College at Origins 2003! Excellent topics. Excellent speakers. And the Excellence continues after the show.
Times are tentative. As we get closer to the conference, we'll lock down the times.
Speakers who have accepted our invitation...so far
MATTHEW B. CAFFREY JR. FRANK CHADWICK LES GRAU WADE HINKLE, Ph.D. BEN HULL SHAHRAM KHAN JAIME LAUGHREY RUSS LOCKWOOD DAN McDONAGH MARK McDONAGH ROBERT MOSHER MAJ PETE PANZERI DAVE POWELL BARTON J. REDMON JOHN SETEAR PHIL VIVERITO PAUL WESTERMEYER KEVIN ZUCKER The Origins War College by MagWeb.com portion of the show will be held in the "military wing" of the Columbus Convention Center in downtown Columbus, OH on June 26-June 29, 2003. The cost for the War College is $19 plus cost of admission to the show ($40-$50 depending on when you pre-register or register). For on-line registration, please see the Origins 2003 site at: gama.org
So go on-line and sign up for the Origins War College by MagWeb.com. It's the only place to find a great line-up of speakers like these all in one place!
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OUR LECTURES...so far
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Tentative Schedule 2003Day Time Topic Speaker Thurs 0800 Deceiving Hitler - Part 1 Dan McDonagh Thurs 0900 National Security Policy Planning MAJ James Laughrey Thurs 1200 The Other Air Wars COL Matt Caffrey Thurs 1300 Othismos: Shoving or Fencing in Hoplite Warfare? Paul Westermeyer Thurs 1400 Chechen Demolition Techniques: Things That Go Boom in the Night Les Grau Thurs 1500 Desert Storm to Iraqi Freedom: Military Evolution MAJ Pete Panzeri Thurs 1600 What Really Won World War II? Wade Hinkle Thurs 1700 Confederate Strategic Options and Choices in 1863 Dave Powell Thurs 1800 The Character of Napoleon Kevin Zucker Thurs 1900 Russian Army of the Seven Years War Frank Chadwick
Fri 0800 Deceiving Hitler - Part 2 Dan McDonagh Fri 0900 India and Pakistan Robert Mosher Fri 1000 Global Hot Spots MAJ James Laughrey Fri 1100 Civil War Mounted Operations in 1863 Dave Powell Fri 1200 Russian Army at Borodino 1812 Frank Chadwick Fri 1300 American's First Conventional Battle in Afghanistan Les Grau Fri 1400 The Black Box for Little Big Horn MAJ Pete Panzeri Fri 1500 Luftwaffe '46 and Muroc Dry Lake Wade Hinkle Fri 1600 British during the Braddock Campaign of 1755 Barton Redmon Fri 1700 Organization, Training and Tactics of 17th Century Armies Ben Hull Fri 1800 Toward Experimental History COL Matt Caffrey Fri 1900 Austerlitz 1805 Kevin Zucker Fri 2000 USMC Tactics and Doctrine in the 1991 Gulf War Ben Hull Fri 2100 International Law: War Crimes, POWs, and Human Shields John Setear Fri 2200 Secret Agencies and Secret Warriors Dan McDonagh Sat 0800 Submarine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Dan McDonagh Sat 0900 Operational Art of Campaign Planning MAJ James Laughrey Sat 1000 The Tactical Application of Battle (1863) Dave Powell Sat 1100 Development of the Tank: 1332-1918 Russ Lockwood Sat 1300 Military Communicating in the Mountains Les Grau Sat 1400 17th Century Armies: Organization and Tactics Ben Hull Sat 1500 International Law Flashpoint: China -- A look at the P3 Orion, Spratleys, and Taiwan John Setear Sat 1600 British modifications for North America during the Seven Years War Barton Redmon Sat 1700 Roman Mile Forts: What They Did and How to Build One Phil Viverito Sat 1800 Pakistan vs. India 1965 War Shahram Khan Sat 1900 Russian Army at Borodino 1941 Frank Chadwick Sat 2000 War on Terror Seminar NDSM Staff Sun 0800 Wargaming as a Catalyst for Transformation COL Matt Caffrey Sun 0900 Soviet and Russian Snipers: Light Triggers and Lethal Consequences Les Grau Sun 1000 The Campaign and Battle of Chickamauga Dave Powell Sun 1100 Shooting with Bows: The Importance of Archery to Late Roman Military Tactics Paul Westermeyer Others: Guilmartin, Korean War Vets, USAF Museum (Dayton) Speaker Bios
Author, Educator, Designer, Developer, Theorist. Caffrey is Professor of Wargaming and Campaign Planning at the Air Command and Staff College and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve serving with the Air Staff's CHECKMATE organization. He is the co-author of the Gulf War Fact Book, designer of the Joint Deployment/Employment Exercise (JDEX) and the Joint resource Allocation Exercise (JRAX), and is the creator of the "Caffrey Loop" theory of doctoral development.
One of the most prolific and pre-eminent designers of wargames brings his exceptional research and entertaining knowledge to the podium to talk about the Russian army in three stages: 7 Years War, Napoleonic period, and WWII.
Grau is a Military Analyst for the Foreign Military Studies Office at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He's published over ninety articles and studies on Soviet and Russian tactical, operational and geopolitical subjects. His book, The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan was published in 1996, and The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost in 2001. His latest trip to Afghanistan was last May. He served a combat tour in Vietnam, four European tours, a Korean tour and a posting in Moscow.
Dr. Hinkle is a senior researcher at the Institute for Defense Analyses, a think tank that advises the Pentagon on issues of technology, management, and strategy, and is also an adjunct professor of peacekeeping studies at George Mason University. He spent many years as a member of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, with his last assignment being Director of the Policy Planning Staff and acting Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.
US Marine Corps (need Bio)
Shahram is editor of Pakistan At War newsletter and writing a book on the 1965 War.
Major James C. Laughrey is a career Army intelligence officer currently serving as a Deputy Director of Intelligence at U.S. Central Command. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Joint Military Intelligence College in Washington, DC. Major Laughrey has served in the continental United States, Europe, and Southwest Asia on a variety of missions to include Operations DESERT SHIELD/STORM and ENDURING FREEDOM. His awards include the Bronze Star, Valorous Unit Award, and the Expeditionary Forces Medal.
Lockwood is CEO and Chief Historian of MagWeb.com, an on-line archive of military history and related magazines. He's appeared on the History Channel and in various publications. He will host and MC the Origins War College. If you're reading this for the first time, see What's New to find out the latest postings in MagWeb.com. Also, head over to Free Sample Articles to read the 100 or so free sample articles that represent a cross section of what we offer in the archive.
McDonagh retired from the Navy after 20 years anti-air, anti-submarine, amphibious, and combat logistics ships in both tactical and engineering capacities. He is currently helping to design a 21st century stealth fighter-bomber.
Commander McDonagh served onboard nuclear submarines as well as developing submarine tactics for the US Navy. Now a civilian, he develops tactical decision-making systems for Chief of Naval Operations. As a Navy Reservist he serves as the Executive Officer for the war game design unit at the Naval War College. He is also the NSDM Game's Staff Director.
Mosher, a 1973 graduate of the School of Armor at Fort Knox and a 1986 graduate of the Naval War College, is a retired Foreign Service Officer with 30 years service including tours of duty in Vietnam, Northern Ireland, two tours in Zaire, and at the embassy in Moscow as Chief of the Political-Military Affairs Unit. He also served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and well as various policy-making posts at the State Department.
Panzeri, author of Little Big Horn 1876: Custer's Last Stand, also published several wargames systems and pamphlets. With 23 in the military (ranging from Drill Sergeant to Battalion Executive Officer), he has also served as Chief of Military History for the US Army Infantry School, Fort Benning Georgia and as Infantry Tactical Branch Chief for the US Army Military Intelligence School, Fort Huachuca Arizona. He last served as Faculty for the US Military Academy, West Point, Prep.
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Redmon, an accomplished author and re-enactor, is the Founder and President of Gordon’s Company 60th Regiment of Foot (A British Seven Years War era Recreated Unit), Board Member of Pioneer Village Association 1996-1997, “The Braddock Road Preservation Association,” “The Fort Loudoun Association,” and “The Seven Years War Association.” He is a Member of Oughton’s 55th Regiment of Foot (Recreated) Major Duncan of Lundee’s Company, 40th Regiment of Foot (War of 1812 era British Recreated Unit) Independent Company of South Carolina (A Seven Years War British recreated Unit).
Professor of International Law (need Bio)
Viverito is author of Classical Hack and numerous articles as well as an award-winning model and diorama maker.
A former US Marine, and avid wargamer, Paul is an accomplished expert in the fields of ancient cultures, weapons technology, and their impact on the warfare of antiquity. As a Ph. D. candidate, he teaches Military History at the Ohio State University and Ancient History at Columbus State.
Zucker is author, designer, and historian who has covered Napoleonic topics for the last 25 years in print and on-line. His credits include the recently released Sun of Austerlitz, and a speaker at the Borodino Napoleonic Conference.
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