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Source: iStock The president of the University of South Carolina, Robert Caslen, has resigned after admitting he plagiarised part of a speech by a prominent US military leader during a commencement weekend speech. “Trust is the most important ingredient of effective leadership, and when it is lost, it is nearly impossible to lead,” Mr Caslen, a former superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point, said in announcing his decision. Mr Caslen, the president at South Carolina since A...

CNN reported the speech passage in question was almost identical to one from Adm. McRaven’s address to University of Texas graduates in 2014. “Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often,” the admiral, who led the raid on terrorist Osama Bin Laden, said seven years ago. “But if you take some risks, step up when the times are toughest, face down the bullies, lift up the downtrodden and never, ever give up — if you do these things, then the next generation and the generation...

The following is the May 6, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress. From the report Special Operations Forces (SOF) play a significant role in U.S. military operations and, in recent years, have been given greater responsibility for planning and conducting worldwide counterterrorism operations. U.S. Special Operations […]

The Honorable James F. Geurts, performing the duties of Under Secretary of the Navy, received the French National Order of Merit, with the rank of Knight, during a decoration ceremony at the French Embassy in Washington D.C. May 11. The secretary was nominated by French presidential decree for the award, based on efforts throughout his civilian career, including his time at U.S. Special Operations Command and as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN ...

Related Company:  Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University’s College of Graduate and Continuing Studies (CGCS) has announced that US Army Colonel Christopher P Costa (retired), executive director of the International Spy Museum, will deliver the 2021 CGCS commencement address to approximately 400 students in a virtual ceremony at noon Friday, June 21. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Norwich University’s College of Graduate and Continuing Studies is hosting its annual Residency Co...

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Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images The president of the University of South Carolina has admitted to plagiarizing remarks by retired Adm. William McRaven. Parts of two of President Bob Caslens speeches were nearly identical to McRavens speech to the graduating class of 2014 at the University of Texas at Austin. University of South Carolina President Bob Caslen, the former superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point, has admitted to...

Share this article Share this article MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a critical care leader commercializing its CytoSorb® and other blood purification technologies to treat deadly conditions in critically-ill and cardiac surgery patients around the world, announced the U.S Army Medical Research and Development Command has awarded CytoSorbents a Defense Health Agency (DHA) Sequential Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (S...

Shadow Warriors Pursuing Next-Gen Surveillance Tech SPECIAL OPERATIONS 5/7/2021 iStock illustration U.S. Special Operations Command and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity are pursuing new technologies to identify and track threats. Commandos rely on these types of capabilities when attacking terrorist groups and performing other critical missions. “Intel drives ops,” SOCOM Commander Gen. Richard Clarke said at a recent Senate Armed Servi...

By Garrett Reim2021-05-07T02:11:00+01:00 Air Tractor has teamed with L3Harris Technologies on the AT-802U Sky Warden, a new variant of its light attack aircraft. For a decade Air Tractor has marketed the AT-802U, but the Sky Warden nomenclature reflects L3Harris’s contribution. Show Fullscreen Source: Air Tractor The AT-802U Sky Warden is Air Tractor’s newest attempt to sell the Department of Defense a light attack aircraft The combined offering comes ahead of US Special Operations Command�...