Selected Events 2008  

Roundtable with German Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) in Leipzig

Consul General Mark Scheland (center) and the NCOs in front of the Consulate building

February 21, 2008. Briefings by Consulate General officers on the U.S. national security strategy have become a fixed element of the multi-week course for NCOs at the German Military School in Delitzsch, Saxony. Twenty two course participants and their instructor, all career military personnel with experience for example in Afghanistan and/or the Balkans, visited the Leipzig Consulate General for a 90-minute roundtable discussion with Consul General Mark Scheland.  In Q&A session, questions focused on U.S. foreign policy, the war on terror, the U.S. electoral process including the primaries, as well as on military cooperation among the NATO allies.