After traveling hundreds of thousands of miles reaching out to security officials throughout the Asia-Pacific region, retired Army Lt. Gen. Ed Smith completed his tenure today as Director of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Honolulu.
Having served in an Army career that spanned 35 years, including his last assignment as the Commanding General of U.S. Army Pacific, Smith took the reins as Director of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in August 2005 and led the Center during an important period of transformation.
“It has been rewarding to see advancements in our learning model and methods result in many contributions to regional leader and security-institution capacity building, as well as to security cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region. APCSS has improved steadily, and I am honored to have been a part of it.”
APCSS is focused on identifying and addressing security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and is a critical program for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and U.S. Pacific Command. APCSS invites uniformed and civilian representatives of the Asia-Pacific nations and U.S. to its comprehensive program of executive education and workshops, both in Hawaii and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
During Smith’s tenure, APCSS updated and aligned its program offerings with regional security-leader requirements, streamlining in-resident existing courses and doubling the number of course offerings. Further, APCSS Center conferences transformed from general information-sharing events into more specifically focused outreach events, each one tailored to address current or emerging regional security issues and analyze alternative steps ahead.
Founded in 1995, APCSS has more than 5,800 alumni. Of that almost 4,000 attended 63 resident courses and 63 outreach events during the past six years. Further, APCSS’s formal network of alumni associations has grown dramatically from 2 to 54 alumni associations during the past six years.
A new Director for APCSS is in the selection process at this time.
The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies is a Department of Defense international venue for bilateral and multilateral research, communication and exchange of ideas among current and future military and civilian leaders from many Asia-Pacific nations. Military and civilian representatives of the U.S. and Asia-Pacific nations participate in our comprehensive program of executive education, professional exchanges and outreach events, both in Hawaii and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. APCSS’ mission is to educate, connect, and empower security practitioners to advance Asia-Pacific security.
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I wish him all the very best and thank you for your great service.
I wish you a happy and prosperous future ahead
May God bless you and your family
Best wishes
Acp.Sadiq
He’s one of the best friends Mongoians. I wish his family and him a long time life and the very best.
ON BEHALF OF THAILAND APCSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION -TAAA , WE WISH GENERAL ED SMITH A HAPPY RETIREMENT. AND WITH HIS GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE APCSS, TAAA ,IN PARTICULAR, HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF APCSS GREAT CONTRIBUTORS.
RUDIWAN KATELUXANA
SECREATARY ,TAAA,
BANGKOK , THAILAND
Best wishes to General Smith. I am sure General will finally get a bit of rest after all those years of service. Best wishes.
Kinzang Dorjic
Bhutan
Well done Sir!
All the best.
My very best wishes to General Smith.
Here I would like to share an incidence which will explain his involvement with the trainees and the trainers at APCSS .I still remember in one of the central class sessions CCM-08 he heard me through internal cctv system in his office (distribution of water issue between India and Pakistan) and during the lunch time he appeared to discuss about that point with me.
I wish him a very comfortable life and I am sure General will finally get a bit of rest after all those years of service.
Regards
LT GENERAL EP SMITH , I was very fortunate to have general E P SMITH as my BOSS in FORT CARSON COLORADO , in a infantry line unit having growing up in the rough streets of the south bronx and also was NCOIC of division rear of 8th inf div in Germany ,General Smith was Chief of Staff of 8th Inf Division, Lt Gen E.P. Smith was the most iconic Officer I ever met and I was glad he gave me a recommendation to teach ROTC in louisville KY , which was my last army assignment before i left the service serving 14 yrs 8 months and went right into the Postal service ( doing 13 YRS 4 months ) and I loved every minute (i had a 5 mile walking route with 5 mile walking route ) I retired in KY and owe it all to GENERAL EP SMITH