{"674074":{"#nid":"674074","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Bringing Them Home","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHear how technology, research, soft diplomacy, relationship building, AI, and other strategies help find our missing personnel from past conflicts with \u003Cstrong\u003EKelly McKeague\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech alumnus and director of defense at POW\/MIA Accounting Agency. Reception to follow presentation. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_3Cnfo92BTM4Qfye\u0022\u003ERSVP\u003C\/a\u003E requested.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKelly McKeague\u003C\/strong\u003E began service as the director of the defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on Sept. 5, 2017. He is responsible for policy, control, and oversight of all aspects of the Department\u2019s program to account for our nation\u2019s missing personnel from past conflicts. He leads DoD\u2019s worldwide enterprise of research, investigation, recovery, and identification operations, and supporting functions, in order to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and to the nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to his appointment, McKeague owned and operated a consulting business in Alexandria, Virginia, providing strategic and operational consulting to small-capital corporations seeking to expand business lines and services.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn December 2015, McKeague culminated a 34-year career in the U.S. Air Force, retiring at the rank of major general. In his last two assignments, he served as the first deputy director of the newly established DPAA, and before that as commander of the Joint POW\/MIA Accounting Command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter receiving his commission in 1981 through the Georgia Institute of Technology Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program, McKeague began his military career as a civil engineering officer serving in a variety of assignments at base, major command, and Headquarters U.S. Air Force levels. In 1995, he entered the Maryland Air National Guard and served on active duty as a civil engineer at Air National Guard Readiness Center followed by legislative liaison assignments at the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force and the National Guard Bureau. After transitioning to drilling National Guard status, he was the director of the joint staff at the Maryland National Guard in Baltimore. He subsequently served as chief of staff at the National Guard Bureau, then as assistant to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for National Guard Matters.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe earned numerous awards and decorations commensurate with his distinguished military service.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMcKeague received a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHear how technology, research, soft diplomacy, relationship building, AI, and other strategies help find our missing personnel from past conflicts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hear how technology, research, soft diplomacy, relationship building, AI, and other strategies help find our missing personnel from past conflicts."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2024-04-09 16:54:29","changed_gmt":"2024-04-09 17:51:19","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-04-25T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-04-25T19:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-04-25T19:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-04-25 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-04-25 23:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-04-25 23:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"hg_media":{"673664":{"id":"673664","type":"image","title":"Bringing Them Home v2.png","body":null,"created":"1712681787","gmt_created":"2024-04-09 16:56:27","changed":"1712681787","gmt_changed":"2024-04-09 16:56:27","alt":"Event flyer","file":{"fid":"257086","name":"Bringing Them Home v2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/09\/Bringing%20Them%20Home%20v2.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/09\/Bringing%20Them%20Home%20v2.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1110254,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/09\/Bringing%20Them%20Home%20v2.png?itok=zhJ-1FkD"}}},"media_ids":["673664"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_3Cnfo92BTM4Qfye","title":"Register Now"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"80201","name":"air force rotc"},{"id":"84621","name":"military strategy"},{"id":"80941","name":"military warfare"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollen Cox\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cg48@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecg48@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}