The Future of U.S. Navy Humanitarian Assistance
On June 4, CSIS will launch an independent task force of experts, chaired by former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead, to study the value of the U.S. Navy’s proactive humanitarian assistance; to examine the Navy’s capacity for such missions in the future; to review the history and evolution of policy and programs in this area; to forecast the demands on military medicine and humanitarian missions in an age of new technologies and evolving threats to global health; and to inform a sensible, long-term strategy for naval medical diplomacy going forward.
Speakers will include:
Dr. John Hamre
President & CEO, CSIS
Admiral Gary Roughead, U.S. Navy (retired)
Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Former Chief of Naval Operations
Rear Admiral Michael Mittelman, U.S. Navy
Deputy Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Deputy Surgeon General
Dr. J. Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President, CSIS
Director, CSIS Global Health Policy Center
CSIS Experts
