The US Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center will be holding a virtual brownbag (which I used to imagine as a lot of nerds in front of their computers tucking into Chinese and talking with full mouths, but is in fact a good way to interact with people a huge distance away and decrease the analytical flaws that arise from having all your opinions come in from the same limited area) on biometrics in a COIN environment. The pitch at SWJ mentions that the presenter, SGM Robert Haemmerle, who did the USFORA’s biometrics stuff in Afghanistan, will include comments on the cultural aspect. That ties in nicely about what I said about high-tech in 4GW in less technologically advanced areas before.

So: 26 August, 10am-11am CST, which I believe to be 1500hrs Zulu time for those who don’t do American time zones. At that point, if all is well, I’ll be in the air (if not, I’ll be stuck at a Dutch airport swearing at someone to blame for leaving my ticket and/or passport in my hotel room or missing my flight), so I won’t be participating, but if the robotics article spiked your interest, go see it.