The Foreign Area Officer Podcast. Interviews with Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine officers who serve as Foreign Area Officers (FAOs) throughout the world. This podcast serves to build a community of mentors and narratives to help build the community and communicate the value of the FAO corps to senior leaders in the interagency community.
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The Foreign Area Officer Podcast. Interviews with Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine officers who serve as Foreign Area Officers (FAOs) throughout the world. This podcast serves to build a community of mentors and narratives to help build the community and communicate the value of the FAO corps to senior leaders in the interagency community.
This conversation with COL (R) Denny Lane covers his unexpected path to becoming a FAO, his initial appointment as a Southeast Asian desk officer at the Pentagon, and his subsequent assignments in critical geopolitical regions including Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia during tumultuous times. Lane details his work on the Yellow Rain investigations, his advisory roles in the Thai and Cambodian armies, and his linguistic prowess in French, Chinese, and Thai. The dialogue also covers his later roles in Hong Kong, Beijing, and with the United Nations Border Relief Operation (UNBRO) in Thailand, where he reported on the Khmer Rouge.
The Foreign Area Officer Podcast
The Foreign Area Officer Podcast. Interviews with Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine officers who serve as Foreign Area Officers (FAOs) throughout the world. This podcast serves to build a community of mentors and narratives to help build the community and communicate the value of the FAO corps to senior leaders in the interagency community.
