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THIS IS A LIST OF UPCOMING EVENTS in 2024
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AFIO National In-Person Spring Luncheon features
fireside chat with Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence.
Morning speaker is Jonna Mendez, CIA's former Master of Disguise, "In True Face."
AFIO Spring Luncheon, Friday, 19 April 2024
 NOON SPEAKER: Fireside Chat with Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence, begins at noon. Please note the earlier time.
MORNING SPEAKER: Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise, speaks at 11:00 a.m.
She will be discussing her latest book: "In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked" - published 5 March 2024. Copies will be available.
 Q&A follows each talk or presentation.
Lunch served 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Event ends at 2:00 p.m.
Luncheon prices are $60 for Members; $75 for nonmember guests and all Subscribers. Payment by credit card required at time of registration. No mailed checks or "at the door" payments accepted or permitted.
Register here. Registration closes 5 p.m., Friday, 12 April.
Check-in and badge pickup for Registered Attendees begins at 10:30 a.m.
NO registrations or walk-ins at hotel. No payments by cash or check or onsite registrations at venue.
Though we do not provide special overnight room rates, if you wish to make room reservations at the hotel, do so here.
Cancellation Schedule: AFIO must commit to the hotel facilities and regrets it must charge a cancellation fee. No cancellations with refund after 1 April. Any cancellations 2 to 12 April will be converted to donation to AFIO. A donor statement will be sent showing you made a "gift to AFIO." Gifts to AFIO are tax-deductible as charitable donations.
Cancellations after 12 April are not donations because your meal has been guaranteed to hotel per event contract. Thank you for your understanding.
All attendees must be members of AFIO or accompanied by a current member. For security reasons, we are unable to accept late or last minute substitutions for non-attendance or changes in your guests.
Learn more about becoming a member at www.afio.com. Questions regarding membership? Contact office at 703-790-0320 or email afio@afio.com
Questions regarding this event to events@afio.com
 April 2024
1 April 2024 - In-Person - The San Antonio AFIO Chapter in-person meeting Reviews Russian War Demographics and Hears from Dr Seth Jones on "Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare."
 The San Antonio AFIO Chapter meeting will be 1 April 2024 at noon at the Blue Skies Texas West complex. (5100 John D Ryan Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78245). The program will be in two parts: A statistical review of Russian demographics related to their war fighting capabilities followed by an AFIO Now video interview with Seth Jones, PhD, Author; Professor; and Director of Transnational Threats at the CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies). He has written a new book - Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare. Blue Skies of Texas residents are invited to attend the program. AFIO Members attending should identify themselves to the gate guard as coming for the intelligence meeting in the Roadrunner Lounge at The Towers. AFIO members attending should park in front of The Towers. You may come early and have lunch in the dining room adjacent to the Roadrunner Lounge. Please pay with a credit card. Questions to John Franklin, President, AFIO San Antonio Chapter, 210 863-0430 or by email.
Wednesday, 3 April 2024 6 pm - Virtual - The OSS Society hosts LTG Charles Cleveland USA(Ret) on "The American Way of Irregular War"
 Please join The OSS Society for the next installment in its 2024 "Oh So Social" Conversation Series. On April 3rd at 6 p.m., OSS Society Chair Dr. Mike Vickers will interview LTG Charles Cleveland, USA (Ret.), the former commander of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, about his RAND report, The American Way of Irregular War: An Analytical Memoir. You will not want to miss this thought-provoking discussion by two of America's most distinguished national security figures. Register here
If you were unable to watch our last "Oh So Social" conversation on February 28th when Dr. Vickers interviewed Gen. David Petraeus about his book, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine, we have made it available online by clicking here.
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 12:00-1:00pm – Washington, DC – Four Shots in the Night with Henry Hemming – Virtual International Spy Museum Program
 Join International Spy Museum Historian and Curator Dr. Andrew Hammond in conversation with Henry Hemming, author of Four Shots in the Night, a true story of spies, murder, and justice in Northern Ireland. The brutal 1986 killing of Frank Hegarty, a British spy who infiltrated the IRA, touched off a decades-long search for justice. His death was a major scandal, and years later, it was reported that his murderer might have been a second British spy ordered to kill an undercover colleague. Hemming, the author of seven books including The Ingenious Mr. Pyke, did extensive research and interviewing to unspin the tangled web that has surrounded the murder—a murder that inspired a vast criminal investigation 30 years later in 2016. He and Hammond will discuss the reality of this complex story, its far-reaching political reverberations, and the conclusions Hemming has drawn about how the Troubles may have actually come to an end. Visit www.spymuseum.org.
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 12:00-1:00pm – Washington, DC – Virtual Spy Chat with Chris Costa ft Christopher O'Leary – Virtual International Spy Museum Program
Join us for an online discussion of the latest intelligence, national security, and terrorism issues in the news. Spy Museum Executive Director Chris Costa, a former intelligence officer of 34 years, will be joined by Christopher O'Leary, former US Government Director of Hostage Rescue and Recovery. O'Leary is Senior Vice President for Global Operations at The Soufan Group which he joined following over two decades of working on counterterrorism investigations and operations for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Before leaving federal service, as the Director of Hostage Rescue and Recovery, he led an interagency task force dedicated to the mission of safely bringing home Americans taken hostage abroad by a terrorist organization. He began his career with the FBI in the Minneapolis Field Office serving as a Special Agent on the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and as an FBI SWAT Operator. Over his career in counterterrorism, O'Leary served in numerous critical leadership roles including Supervisory Special Agent of the Al-Qaeda Squad of the New York JTTF, Unit Chief of the FBI's elite Counterterrorism Fly Team, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the New York JTTF, and Section Chief in the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters. O'Leary has extensive experience working on counterterrorism matters around the world jointly with US Special Operations and Intelligence Community colleagues, as well as with Intelligence and Security Services from foreign partners. This program is generously sponsored by Iron-Heart Warriors Foundation. Visit www.spymuseum.org.
14 - 25 April 2024 - Gary Powers' Cold War Espionage Tour of Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia & Hungary -
Travel Dates: April 14 to 25,2024 -
12 days/10 nights
Join author & historian Gary Powers Jr. on this 12-day tour of Cold War and espionage related sites in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia & Hungary
The deadline to enroll is 11/30/23 with a required deposit of $495. Final payment is due 12/30/23.
Day 1 : Departure from the USA
Day 2: Arrival Vienna — Welcome to Vienna, "Spy Capital of Europe." Meet your CHA Tour Director at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Begin your exploration of Vienna on a walking tour. Later, check into your hotel. Tonight, get to know your fellow travelers at our Welcome Dinner.
Day 3: Vienna — This morning, enjoy an espionage themed sightseeing tour of Vienna. Learn more about the history of postwar Vienna and secrets of the Cold War. Explore sites where the 1949 film noir classic, "The Third Man "starring Orson Welles, was filmed. See Harry Lime's apartment, the Hotel Sacher and Café Mozart, and hear stories about the film's production. Included is a visit to The Third Mon Museum. Later, visit Vienna's Prater Pork where you can ride the grand Ferris wheel featured in one of the film's most famous scenes. You will also have the opportunity to attend a screening of "The Third Mon" at Burg Kino, one of the world's oldest cinemas.
Day 4: Vienna-Misov-Rokycany-Prague — Journey across the Austrian border to the Czech Republic. Stop in Misov to visit the Atom Museum, the world's only nuclear weaponry open to the public. Lunch at a nearby restaurant is included. Continue to Rokycany to visit the Museum on the Demarkation Line, the largest non-state military museum in the country. Proceed to Prague, the Czech Republic's historic capital, where you spend the next three nights.
Day 5: Prague — Learn more about Cold War politics and espionage during your sightseeing tour of Prague. Visit the Prague Museum of Communism and explore Bezovka Nuclear Bunker, one of Prague's largest fallout shelters hidden beneath Parukarka Hill. Later, enjoy a walking tour of Prague to see the 500-year-old astronomical clock.
Day 6: Prague-Rozvadov-Pilsen-Prague — Enjoy a full-day excursion from Prague. Travel to Rozvadov to experience what life was like in the former Czechoslovakia in the days of Communism as you visit the Iron Curtain Museum. Stop in Pilsen to tour the famous Pilsner Urquell Brewery. Enjoy a brewery lunch before returning to Prague.
Day 7: Prague-Brno-Bratislava — Journey to Brno, the Czech Republic's second largest city, to tour the 10-Z Bunker, a highly classified Communist era nuclear fallout shelter, originally built as a shelter during the Nazi Occupation during World War II. Continue to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, located along the Danube, where the Austrian, Slovak and Hungarian borders meet. Check into your hotel where you spend the next two nights.
Day 8: Bratislava — This morning's sightseeing tour of Bratislava highlights the city's Communist era past. Included is a visit to the BS-8 Bunker and a tour of the remnants of a pre-WWII Czechoslovak fortification system and the border with Austria, known as the "Iron Curtain."
Day 9: Bratislava-Budapest — Travel across the Slovak border into Hungary as you make your way to the capital city, Budapest. Upon arrival, get acquainted with Budapest on a leisurely cruise along the Danube River. Later, check into your hotel where you spend the next two nights.
Day 10: Budapest — Learn more about Cold War and Communist history on your morning sightseeing tour of Budapest. Included today are visits to the Museum of Terror housing exhibits related to Fascist and Communist regimes in 20th-century Hungary, and Memento Park, a striking collection of statues from Hungary's past as part of the Soviet Bloc.
Day 11: Budapest-Sopron-Vienna — This morning, journey to Sopron to visit the Pan-European Picnic site where a peaceful meeting of Hungarians and Austrians took place on August 19,1989.This history-making demonstration at the border of the two nations caused a chain reaction in the region, leading to the collapse of the Iron Curtain, the Berlin Wall, and the eventual reunification of Germany. Return to Vienna to enjoy some free time in the Austrian capital. This evening, celebrate the last night of your tour at our Farewell Dinner.
Day 12: Departure for the USA — This morning, you will transfer to Vienna Airport to board your return flight.
What's Included: • Round-trip air transportation from Washington, DC;
• 10 nights in centrally located, four-star hotels;
• Full-time CHA Tour Director;
• Valuable insight & informative commentary by Gary Powers Jr.;
• On-tour transportation by private motorcoach;
• Breakfast & dinner (or lunch) daily;
• Sightseeing tours & visits shown in itinerary (subject to change based on availability)
Tour Prices: Full Tour Price: $5,695 per person;
Land Tour Price: $4,645 per person (does not include round-trip airfare and airport transfers);
Repeat Gary Powers travelers will receive a $200 discount! Price based on double occupancy.
A $600 single room fee will apply for travelers without roommates.
The deadline to enroll is 11/30/23 with a required deposit of $495. Final payment is due 12/30/23.
Questions? Call 1-800-323-4466 or email info@cha-tours.com.
Enroll Online at: www.cha-tours.com/GaryPowers
Friday, 19 Apr 2024, 1100 (EST) - Tysons Corner, VA - AFIO National In-Person Spring Luncheon features fireside chat with Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence. Morning speaker is Jonna Mendez, CIA's former Master of Disguise, "In True Face."
Note different timing:
NOON SPEAKER: Fireside Chat with Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence, begins at noon. Please note the earlier start time. MORNING SPEAKER: Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise, speaks at 11:00 a.m.
She will be discussing her latest book: "In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked" - published 5 March 2024. Copies will be available.
Q&A follows each talk or presentation. Lunch served 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Event ends at 2:00 p.m.
Luncheon prices are $60 for Members; $75 for nonmember guests and all Subscribers. Payment by credit card required at time of registration. No mailed checks or "at the door" payments accepted or permitted.
Register here. Registration closes 5 p.m., Friday, 12 April.
Check-in and badge pickup for Registered Attendees begins at 10:30 a.m. NO registrations or walk-ins at hotel. No payments by cash or check or onsite registrations at venue.
Though we do not provide special overnight room rates, if you wish to make room reservations at the hotel, do so here.
Cancellation Schedule: AFIO must commit to the hotel facilities and regrets it must charge a cancellation fee. No cancellations with refund after 1 April. Any cancellations 2 to 12 April will be converted to donation to AFIO. A donor statement will be sent showing you made a "gift to AFIO." Gifts to AFIO are tax-deductible as charitable donations. Cancellations after 12 April are not donations because your meal has been guaranteed to hotel per event contract. Thank you for your understanding. All attendees must be members of AFIO or accompanied by a current member. For security reasons, we are unable to accept late or last minute substitutions for non-attendance or changes in your guests.
Questions regarding this event to events@afio.com
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 2:00-4:00pm – Washington, DC – In Store Book Signing Event for The Peacock and The Sparrow with Author I.S. Berry – In Person International Spy Museum Book Signing
Author of The Peacock and The Sparrow, I.S. Berry spent six years as an operations officer for the CIA, serving in wartime Baghdad and elsewhere. She has lived and worked throughout Europe and the Middle East, including two years in Bahrain during the Arab Spring. Raised in the suburbs of Washington, DC, she graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and Haverford College and currently lives in Virginia with her husband and son. In her dazzling debut thriller, The Peacock and The Sparrow, Berry tells the fictional story of an American spy's final mission going dangerously awry, in a story called "the most realistic espionage story I've read" by former CIA officer Joseph Weisberg, creator of The Americans. Visit www.spymuseum.org.
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:00-3:00pm – Washington, DC – SPY with Me: Program for Individuals with Dementia and their Care Partners – Virtual International Spy Museum Program
SPY with Me is an interactive virtual program for individuals living with dementia and their care partners. Join SPY as we use music and artifacts to explore some of our favorite spy stories. Programs last one hour and are held virtually through Zoom. To register, please email Shana Oltmans at soltmans@spymuseum.org. Free but space is limited. Visit www.spymuseum.org.
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 6:30pm – Washington, DC – Covert City with Vince Houghton and Eric Driggs – In-Person International Spy Museum Program
You might not be able to make it to Miami for Spring Break this year, but you can do the next best thing and take a deep dive into the secret operations, corruption, crime, and spies that made Miami a Cold War hot spot as crucial to winning the Cold War as Washington, DC or Moscow. The Cuban Missile Crisis was perhaps the most dramatic and dangerous period of the Cold War. What's less well known is that the city of Miami, mere miles away, was a pivotal part of Cold War history. With its population of Communist exiles from Cuba, its strategic value for military operations, and its lax business laws, Miami was an ideal environment for espionage. Join the co-authors of the new book Covert City: The Cold War and the Making of Miami, Vince Houghton and Eric Driggs for a conversation exploring Miami as a hub for not just money and cocaine, but also secrets and ideologies. Houghton, the Director of the National Cryptologic Museum at the National Security Agency, and Driggs, who is a congressional liaison for US Southern Command are both Miami natives who come at this story with skin in the game. They'll lead you through the myriad ways that intelligence was integral to the development of Miami — who says you can't get a great tan and plot against Castro at the same time? Covert City will be available for sale and signing after the conversation. Visit www.spymuseum.org.
Sunday, 28 April 2024, 10:00-11:00am – Washington, DC – Yoga & Sound Bath at SPY – In-Person International Spy Museum Program
To master the art of espionage, agents must learn to control body, mind, and spirit. Experience an all-level yoga flow session led by instructor Beth A. Wolfe, accompanied by a sound bath led by Mel of Beyond Yoga, a yoga teacher certified in crystal alchemy sound healing. Harmonic chords and binaural sounds will be played which promote balance and relaxation. Yoga practice will take place among the clouds on the Museum's rooftop terrace which offers a sweeping view of the SW waterfront (the Wharf), National Airport, and Nationals Park. All are welcome--the class is open to brand new and seasoned yogis alike! No previous yoga experience required. Please purchase tickets in advance and BYO yoga mat. Tickets are $30. Visit www.spymuseum.org.
Monday, 29 April 2024, 2:00-4:00pm – Washington, DC – In Store Book Signing Event for American Mother with Author Diane Foley – In Person International Spy Museum Book Signing
National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann channels Diane Foley's voice as she tells her story, as the mother of American journalist Jim Foley – in search of answers, beyond justice, found through dogged, empathetic, spiritual enquiry. In late 2021, Diane Foley sat at a table across from her son's killer, Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as "The Beatles" who plead guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son seven years earlier. Kotey was about to go serve life imprisonment and this was Diane's chance to talk to the man who had been involved with brutally taking her son's last breath. What would she say to his killer? What would he reveal to her? Might she even be able to summon forgiveness for him? So begins American Mother — which reads alternately like a thriller, a biography, a mystery, a memoir, and a literary examination of grace. Diane looks back on the early days when Jim was a child, his journey to journalism, and the killing fields of the world where he reported with indefatigable determination and insight on the plight of those caught up in the agonies of war. She guides us through her family history and the difficulties they faced when Jim was captured. And she also charts the tenacity it takes to turn her grief into grace as she seeks to give voice to those who are still being kidnapped and wrongfully detained around the world. Few journeys are more worthy than this and, in this astonishing book, we are all invited to celebrate the lives of those who are never, in the end, gone. Visit www.spymuseum.org.
Tue Apr 30 2024, 11:30am PDT - in-person San Francisco, CA - AFIO SF Chapter hears from LtCol Thomas Kulisz on "TikTok and China: National Security Threat or National Panic Attack?"
The AFIO San Francisco Chapter meets Tuesday 30 April 2024 to hear LtCol Thomas Kulisz USMC, discuss: "TikTok and China: National Security Threat or National Panic Attack?"
Speaker: LtCol Thomas Kulisz - USMC; National Security Affairs Fellow, Hoover Institution
Location: Basque Cultural Center, 599 Railroad Avenue, South San Francisco
Time: 11:30am no host cocktails; 12 noon (Pacific) meeting start
Event Registration Link: pre-registration is required. Questions? Contact Mariko Kawaguchi
May 2024
June 2024
July 2024
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 7 p.m. - In-Person, Yorba Linda, CA - AFIO Los Angeles Chapter Presentation and Dinner features General David Petraeus former Director of the CIA
General David Petraeus former Director of the CIA will be the featured speaker we will subsequently meet for dinner following the presentation at 8.30 PM. If you are interested to attend please RSVP using the information below.
Subject: Gen. Petraeus will offer his expert analysis on challenges in Ukraine and across the Middle East
RSVP here: Meet General David Petraeus
Location: Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Dinner follows the presentation at 8.30 PM
Dinner location: Chilis Grill 18380 Yorba Linda Blvd
Questions? Contact Vincent Autiero, President, AFIO-Los Angeles Chapter, at afio_la@yahoo.com
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September 2024
October 2024
November 2024
December 2024
UPCOMING EVENTS IN 2025 WILL BE HERE WHEN AVAILABLE
 The National Cryptologic Foundation VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
NCF Virtual Education Programs
Details on the Virtual Education Programs of the National
Cryptologic Museum Foundation are available here Other NCF Events can be
found here on NCF website here, and CCH website here.
NCF #CYBERCHATS - FOR THE K-12 COMMUNITY
Our #CyberChats are designed to promote cybersecurity education and inspire students to pursue a cyber-related career. NCF #CyberChats are hosted in our Nepris online classroom and also via Zoom. The Chats feature a wide variety of cyber experts and professionals, some who are NCF members. These dedicated professionals share their experiences, insights, advice, and resources with students, parents, and teachers. Chats on a specific topic are often specifically requested by classrooms across the U.S.
Visit the #CyberChat Library
NCF CRYPTOLOGIC PROGRAMS (VIRTUAL)
The NCF hosts quarterly cryptologic programs, as well as an annual Membership Meeting & Symposium featuring guest speakers. We also partner with the NSA's Center for Cryptologic History in promoting various programs & lectures. During our Anniversary year (April 2021-April 2022), we are hosting a variety of additional special programs and talks, such as our kickoff event in April 2021 that featured a panel of former NSA directors.
In 2021, we began hosting virtual programs via Zoom. However, prior to that our programs were in person. If you are interested in seeing recaps and photos from those prior events, please visit the Quarterly Programs page or Membership Meeting & Symposium page.
View Past NCF Virtual Cryptologic Programs
NCF PARTNER PROGRAMS
The NCF's Education Program hosts Cybersecurity Events with the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), as well as other community partners.The programs highlight relevant cybersecurity topics and feature experts in the field. These events take multiple forms, to include webinars and special events at locations around the National Capitol Region.
View the Selection of Partner Programs
NCF PARTICIPATION
Just as the NCF enjoys interviewing professionals and experts for our #CyberChats and Cryptologic Programs, our staff likewise enjoys the opportunity to be interviewed for other organizations' programs or podcasts regarding their experience and knowledge.
NCF Interviews & Participation
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