Podcasts about Acom

Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 13: La Navidad significa libertad”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 12: El contemplativo en Navidad”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 11: La crisis de la Navidad”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 10: El gran período de esperanza”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 9: León y Cordero, la implacable ternura de Jesús”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 7: Vivir fuera del centro”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 8: Confianza ciega”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 5: El enfrentamiento en el Espíritu”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 6: El discípulo transparente”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 4: El pobre rico”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 3: Ser Libres a través de la Palabra”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 2: El día que conocí a Jesús”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

“Capítulo 1: Restaurar la imagen que tenemos de Dios y de nosotros mismos”Descansa en la lectura de un corto libro que expresa, de manera sublime, el anhelo de una vida divina.Es una mirada cargada de revelación que, desde una fe muy definida pero de aplicación universal, seguro te inspirará. Un testimonio simple y sensible que atraviesa el corazón.Al final de cada episodio, te compartimos las preguntas que el autor propone junto con nuestra perspectiva personal.Acomódate y déjate maravillar. Este libro sabe exactamente cómo tocarte para desarmarte ♡Hari Om Tat Sat AménEncuéntranos en: https://www.instagram.com/satyarupayoga Gracias Infinitas. Apoya este canal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B6XTGVU85G44U

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Welcome to the One CA Podcast. Today, Brian Hancock interviewed Ismael Lopez about OHDACA and Humanitarian Relief and his experiences as a Marine Civil Affairs Officer.  Brian's profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-j-hancock/ Ismael's profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishrlopez/  Transcript available below. --- One CA is a product of the civil affairs association  and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "last three feet" of U.S. foreign relations.  To contact the show, email us at CApodcasting@gmail.com  or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www civilaffairsassoc.org --- Great news! Feedspot, the podcast industry ranking system rated One CA Podcast as one of the top 10 shows on foreign policy. Check it out at: https://podcast.feedspot.com/foreign_policy_podcasts/ --- Special Thanks to the creators of Jazz & Bossa Cafe for the sample of Positive March Music. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHeCxa0rMQ4 --- Transcript: 00:00:10 BRIAN HANCOCK Welcome to One Civil Affairs Podcast. I'm Lieutenant Colonel Brian Hancock, and I will be your host for this session. Today we have with us Major Ishmael Lopez to discuss civil affairs and the ongoing relief effort in the Gaza Strip. Let's talk a little bit more about that training piece. Part of readiness is being able to do your job. The Marine is an expeditionary force, perhaps becoming even more expeditionary with the expeditionary advanced base operations. construct, the chief of the Navy signed off on. So very interesting training opportunities for the fleet right now. And you mentioned Balakatan and some of those other exercise type missions that you've done. 00:00:53 BRIAN HANCOCK And I know you've probably done Marine Corps Warfighting exercise and mentioned JRTC. But what are some of these other missions you've done? You've talked about a dock up. A dock up is joined at the hip with humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, HADR. The Navy has a huge role in HADR for just a whole bunch of reasons. Has your detachment participated in any HADR missions? Is that another training opportunity that you have with your Marines in detachment? 00:01:21 ISMAEL LOPEZ We as a detachment have not. However, I do have individual Marines who have participated in HADR missions. Not a whole lot of experience, but there's some resident within the detachment. And to your point, there is huge training opportunity there for understanding how to integrate into an HADR response specific to DOD's role in supporting the State Department. We do have the opportunities for training with USAID, but that's all classroom. And we try to get as much exposure to that as possible. But as far as real-world HADR scenarios where we're able to integrate with the State Department and even into a joint task force or a multinational task force, it is very limited. I know that that is being discussed for future iterations of Balakatan specifically to have a HADR response, which makes sense, right? Because Balakatan is becoming a massive multinational exercise that features activities across the spectrum of military operations. Once that piece of it is integrated, then it's truly a well -thought -out, deliberate exercise on how to integrate HADR, whereas right now it's sort of sprinkled on top. The Marines, sailors, and even the Army, civil affairs practitioners that are supporting, are supporting steady -state engineering projects. And I think that's a missed opportunity because there's so much more that we can provide than project management. And there are opportunities there, but... If I'm a commander sitting on top of a joint task force, that's not where I would place those assets because it's going to happen. They're not caught off guard and they understand, okay, where is the USAID person that I need to be linked up with? Who do I need to be syncing up with? Again, looking for those opportunities. 00:03:22 BRIAN HANCOCK opportunities. I hear you. I know you've done a fair amount of work in South America with all the attention on ACOM and sometimes UCOM. I don't think we talk enough about, I think there are many opportunities in South America to do great things. And if we take a look at the Tierra del Fuego with all the earthquakes and the volcanoes and the things happening there and climate change and disasters, there seems to me more disasters, which is going to increase the chance that our government is temporarily overwhelmed and might have to issue a diplomatic cable and request assistance. For us in Title X, that's probably just some of our unique capabilities like rotary wing, pull up a nuclear ship and just start giving power to a large area. There's amazing things that we can do. And I know that there are disasters happening in South American countries, which tend to be a little more fragile. Do we have those opportunities? Is that something that we just haven't mapped out? How would we go about helping our South American brothers? 00:04:25 ISMAEL LOPEZ struggle with this because like you, I see the opportunities that are down there and they're plentiful. I worked down at the embassy in Bogotá, Colombia for three years during my FAO tour. And while I was there, I was a counter -narcotics maritime operations planner. So really fancy title for managing Section 333 funding programming. But our partners in that region are all about working with us. training with us, opening up their countries for us to train. They want to fight with us. In Colombia, we were trying to organize an additional exercise outside of the standard unit toss that goes on in South America. So as we started trying to test, does this concept work? What are going to be some of the challenges? What does it look like for closing ship to shore in a contestant environment? Colombia has amazing terrain that is very similar to that that you will find in the first island chain, surprisingly. A lot of people wouldn't know that, but it's there. So when you consider distance and cost associated with being able to provide realistic training that mimics the future fight, you have it in the same hemisphere. The challenge is, the NDS calls out very specifically, services, your priority is... UCOM. Your priority is AFRICOM. Your priority is CENTCOM. Your priority is writ large is Indopaycom. We'll focus on that. And so that automatically causes the services to look elsewhere rather than looking down south. And so that means that resources, manpower, etc. are going to get pulled to support efforts down there because it's not called out specifically in the NDS. And now it's being focused on other parts of the world. Fortunately, Marine Forces Reserve has shifted from trying to compete with the active component to adding relevancy by focusing on developing those opportunities in Latin America. I know the Army does a lot with the TSOCs down there, but more can be done and should be done, in my opinion. I think the relevancy is there and transferable to other parts of the globe. It's just getting past the, hey, I understood that this document calls this out. but there are opportunities here that align to what we're trying to get after in the NDS. And the other piece of that too is when you consider if we're having assets down there, it reduces the number of available resources that can respond to contingencies. And I think that's part of that equation. 00:07:09 BRIAN HANCOCK I think so. It's really not a bridge too far from our existing mental models. The energy may be in PayCon, but at the same time, you're still going to JRTC. Is that the Deep Pacific? No, not at all. But there's still value in that training. If you can go to Columbia and move through similar islands, have similar river problem sets, similar terrain problem sets, and get that experience at a fraction of the cost of going to the Deep Pacific, that's not something we should overlook. And we can't ignore the fact that there's increasing levels of adversary activity in South America, I don't think we should take that for granted. And doing these mill to mill and working together side by side on various projects, there's nothing but good stuff there. So I'm hopeful that we may in the future put a little bit more energy into that theater. 00:08:02 ISMAEL LOPEZ Yeah. And the one last piece of it I think that we take for granted is the belief that our partners in the Western Hemisphere are going to stay aligned to us. because we have those shared values. But when you have our competitors knocking on the door and saying, hey, we want to train with you. We want to provide you money. We want to do all these things. And we're taking for granted that relationship. It's only going to last so much longer before the number of partners that we have on there are going to be very limited. Yeah. 00:08:33 BRIAN HANCOCK You know, it kind of reminds me of the Sims game. I don't know if you've played this. But there's a relationship meter. And if you want to have positive relationships with another avatar in this simulation, you have to interact with them. You have to do that fairly regularly because over time, that relationship meter decays. Relationships aren't static like that. They're usually moving forward or they're sliding backwards. And if we're not in that game and we have hungry competitors, we can see where that could go. Let's talk about some of your work as a foreign area officer. That's a very coveted job for civil affairs and folks who think they may have a future intent to work for Department of State. A lot of folks don't get there. What did you do as a foreign area officer, and how do you get involved in that kind of work? 00:09:25 ISMAEL LOPEZ For the Marine Corps, I was actually able to use my experience as a civil affairs officer to springboard. into becoming a Latin America FAO. So in the Marines, we have two different ways of becoming a foreign area officer. There is the experience track, which is the one I fell into. And then the other one is a study track. So either route, you have solicitation for candidates, individuals who have experiences overseas, working specifically on the civ. side of the house, not necessarily the mill -to -mill piece, right? Because we're looking at international relations, foreign relations, etc. And then you have the study track, which is you get selected, you get sent to Monterey to earn a master's degree in international relations. Then they send you to the language school, DLI, for a language, and you get assigned a region. And then you get sent either to combatant command to work as a desk officer. or you get sent to a country overseas and you're going to work out at the embassy. So for me, I was able to parlay my experiences as a civil affairs officer, and then the board selected me as a Latin America foreign area officer. And what that did was that it opened me up to that role in the embassy. So my wife's active duty Air Force, and she's also a Latin America foreign area officer. She got sent to Naval Postgraduate School, earned her master's. Didn't have to go to DLI because she already spoke Spanish. And then she got orders to the embassy in Columbia. Family and I obviously went along. And as we were doing our introduction with the scout chief, she mentions my husband's a civil affairs officer and a FAO. And his eyes just lit up. He's like, we haven't had a Marine sitting in the naval mission for the Section 333 program in quite some time because we just don't have them. Part of the challenge is the cost associated with bringing one down. But since I was already there, in his eyes, he was getting two fails for the price of one. So because I had that, I was able to meet the requirement for the billet. And then I was able to serve as the program manager for the Section 333 program for roughly three years. 00:11:38 BRIAN HANCOCK Well done. And what an exciting mission. If I was younger, I'd want to run off there too and do something like that. I mean, my Spanish needs to be a little bit better, but I know I could brush it up. Hey, let's talk about the... Very difficult situation in Gaza right now. I don't think we can approach that with anything but sympathy for all involved. Certainly there's great suffering there by many different parties. And I know you were one of those folks who raised his hand and said, hey, I will help with some of that Gaza relief and did that mission, at least for some time. Can you tell me a little bit about your experience with the Gaza relief mission? And are you comfortable sharing any lessons learned from your time? 00:12:20 ISMAEL LOPEZ Yeah, so it was very interesting when the Gaza relief mission kicked off for several reasons, right? The challenge there, very, very dynamic event, very tragic event. And then on one hand, we have to support our ally in Israel. But on the other hand, great suffering occurring to the people in Gaza as a result of the mission out there. So the struggle within DOD at the time was, what should we do from an ATA perspective to help those that are suffering in Gaza? So when we look at it from within DSCA, we were really waiting for inputs from OSD and even the NSC as to what is an appropriate humanitarian aid response. One that's not going to undermine our partner. But at the same time, sending a strong message to the people in Gaza and the international community that the United States is not going to sit idly by while people are suffering. So it's a very delicate balance that had to be found. So from an access property standpoint, I was looking into what could we do and how close could we get to provide items from the inventory that could provide life -saving support or even just support for those that are being displaced. into neighboring countries. What ended up happening was we, DSCA, specifically the humanitarian aid and the humanitarian demining division, was ordered to reallocate all the ODACA funding that had already been provided to the combative commands and used to support the Gaza relief missions, specifically the maritime bridge. So we had to deliver the bad news to the combative commands, like, hey, Any money that you have not obligated at this point, we have to pull. You were going to utilize that specifically for this mission. Concurrently, we had to assume risk. This was in the summer, right? Heading into the peak of hurricane season. So we had to decide what number were we comfortable with holding back in the event that a hurricane hit or earthquake hit and we knew it was coming and a partner was going to ask for assistance. And we wouldn't necessarily have the ability to ask Congress for additional funding. It was a fine balance there. At the end of the day, we ended up avoiding any major hurricanes in the Caribbean where a partner asked for support. So avoided that. We were able to support the Gaza Relief Mission, specifically the Maritime Pier, getting aid out there, providing those flight hours, the ship hours, getting aid as close as possible. But then we had to stop supporting that because the bridge was not as structurally sound as we all thought it was going to be. And we've been looking at other avenues of providing that support to the people of Gaza, primarily through our partners. The other challenge there is we can't actually enter an area of conflict for obvious reasons. So that added another layer of complexity to support the mission. But as we can and as we are allowed to, we continue to provide support. CENTCOM has been great identifying requirements and coordinating with the SCA to ensure that the folks that need that aid are getting that aid from us. 00:15:49 BRIAN HANCOCK That's great. It's a tricky situation. It goes out to everyone involved, but I'm glad there are folks out there like yourself who are doing what we can do to try and provide some support. Looking after civilians in conflict is a core part of what we do in civil affairs, no matter what branch you happen to be in as a civil affairs officer. So that is fantastic. I'd like to talk a little bit about one of the differences in the Army and the Marine Corps for civil affairs officers, such as yourself, and I'm beside myself, is that as a Marine civil affairs officer, 00:16:19 ISMAEL LOPEZ and I'm 00:16:22 BRIAN HANCOCK a Marine civil affairs officer, you at some point have to return to your primary branch. Whereas I can continue as a... civil affairs officer for the rest of my career if I choose to. Do you see that changing? Clearly there is a need for career professionals such as yourself to be able to stay in that MOS. What are your thoughts on that? 00:16:41 ISMAEL LOPEZ So this is the same thing with the foreign area officers, the Marine Corps. We have to go back and forth and because the primary mission of the Marine Corps is to support the infantry, right? I can make an argument for how Fayos and civil affairs does that too, but that's a harder conversation to have at the top. But I'm not sure if the, once the 17XX MOS is fully approved and implemented, how that's going to look for officers. Are they going to be able to just stay on that track? I've heard maybe it's going to happen. I've heard, no, it's not going to happen. So it's hard to say. 00:17:20 BRIAN HANCOCK it's hard to say. I saw a pre -decisional slide on that, which showed a glide path moving between civil affairs and PSYOP and space operations, 00:17:33 BRIAN HANCOCK operations, et cetera, all the way up to full kernel. That gave me the impression that it would become a career, though you would move around within that. But how things are rolled out, you know, the devil's in the details. 00:17:47 ISMAEL LOPEZ in the details. We shouldn't be bouncing back and forth because then you lose credibility in the field on both sides of it, right? So I am, by trade, a tank officer. 00:17:47 BRIAN HANCOCK in the details. 00:17:56 ISMAEL LOPEZ I no longer have an MOS in the Marine Corps because we did away with tanks. But if I'm out of tanks for three years because I'm serving in a civil affairs capacity or as a foreign area officer, and to say I did my company command time and I come back in and now I'm vying for a staff job or vying for battalion command, me being gone hurts me. It doesn't help me. 00:18:19 BRIAN HANCOCK Right. They see it like an additional duty. All of the Marine Corps civil affairs officers and NCOs I work with have been nothing but extremely professional and competent. So that is really a shame that that kind of stigma follows. 00:18:34 BRIAN HANCOCK But I see the chain of logic there. If we are forced to flow through it, the Marine Corps is very agile, turns a little faster than the Army. You've stood up these meth information groups. Where are you going to get the professionals to fill those ranks? At some point, we want to fill them with Marines instead of Army contractors. Right. 00:18:52 ISMAEL LOPEZ Right. 00:18:52 BRIAN HANCOCK So this is a capability to do that if you can stay in that field and move through these MOSs. You get three MOSs for the price of one. I thought it was a great idea. 00:19:02 ISMAEL LOPEZ Yeah. And I hope what you saw is correct. I think that's great. But I also see a challenge with civil affairs, psyops, MISO, very different capabilities. We all work within the information realm. You can't necessarily have a psyoper doing civil affairs and you can't have a civil affairs practitioner doing psyops because the way we approach that is not the same. And that in and of itself is challenging. So I think the Marine Corps really has to work and think through that because there is the influence Marine, which is a Marine that's trained in psyops, cyber and civil affairs. But it's going to take a level of maturity and professional understanding to do each one of those roles and stay in that lane without crossing over and potentially losing your credibility within one of those hats. I could totally see it in a civil engagement where all of a sudden now, because I am a PSYOP -er or because I have my PSYOP hat on, I'm thinking now through the threat lens. well, I'm supposed to be having this friendly conversation. Now it gets out of hand and the person I'm speaking to probably doesn't trust me as much as they initially did. That takes a lot of role -playing, a lot of training, a lot of reinforcing of this is what it is you're doing, vice the other. Yeah. 00:20:25 BRIAN HANCOCK Yeah. Well said. We're hitting the end of our time, so I'm going to ask you my last question, and that's next for Ishmael Lopez. 00:20:34 ISMAEL LOPEZ So I'm actually rotating out of... first civil affairs group. And I'm going to be joining Six Anglico up in Seattle, Washington joint base. Louis McCord, actually. I'm going to be a salt leader and then potentially transitioning to be the executive officer there. And this is part of the, I have to go back to my primary MOS, even though I don't have one. So I'm not in civil affairs for too long as it hurts my career progression. On the DSCA side of things, We're adding the civil affairs liaison title responsibilities to me specific to humanitarian aid and ODACA. So I'm going to be working closely with the combatant commands, country teams, hopefully the civil affairs schoolhouses across the services to provide HA specific training for civil affairs. And this is just a capability gap that I identified a year ago. So DSCA, we provide training to security cooperation professionals. But what they do is very different than what civil affairs does. So tailoring the training for the civil affairs audience. So very excited about the new opportunity. That's outstanding. 00:21:48 BRIAN HANCOCK outstanding. And I think you've identified a good opportunity there. I graduated from the civil military operations planners course there at Moss, and we didn't spend much time on this. It's a short course, of course, and you can't do everything. A little bit more robust opportunity for HADR and ODACA. Those are nothing but win -win missions, and you do them at every phase of conflict, including competition. So huge opportunity there. Whoever ends up getting you is going to be very lucky. You're an amazing Marine and a great person. So thank you for taking your time. If the audience has questions, feel free to write to One Civil Affairs Podcast, and we'll do our best to make a connection. Thanks again for your time, Ishmael, and have a good evening, Al. 00:22:39 ISMAEL LOPEZ Thank you so much, Brian. Thank you for the opportunity, and very kind.

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¡Queridos chismeescuchas! Hoy les traemos un episodio muy especial, porque nuestra querida Daniela Aedo vino a echar chismecito suave y sensual al estudio de Noche de Chicxs.

¡Qué hermoso día para echar chismecito! Y lo es aún más porque tenemos al mismísimo y queridísimo Richie O'Farrill en el estudio de Noche de Chicxs.

¡Miren nada más la chulada de invitadas que tenemos hoy en el estudio de Noche de Chicxs para echar chismecito!

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¡Se estuvo pidiendo, y pidiendo, y pidiendo, y pidiendo, y pidiendo, y pidiendo, y al fin llegó un episodio de Noche de Chicxs con el Dr. Miguel Padilla y Sergio Bocanegra!

¡Amados chismescuchas! Hoy les traemos un episodio muy especial con nuestra adorada Daniela Bervera lleno de chisme, intrigas, plot twists, series y películas gracias a nuestros amigos de Amazon Prime. ¿Será chisme? ¿Será serie? ¿Será película? ¡Hoy vamos a jugar y descubrirlo juntos porque está #TodoEnAmazonPrime! Hoy les presentamos: "Prefiero no casarme", "Me enamoré de un sacerdote", "Arruiné la boda de mi hermana", "Todo por un like" y "Le robé el sueño a mi marido". Acomódense en el sillón ✨, prepárense unas palomitas

Sabes que será un gran día cuando hay chismecito con Ro Herrero en Noche de Chicxs, ¡y eso es exactamente lo que está pasando en este momento!

Hoy es un gran día, porque tenemos a una gran invitada y grandes chismes.

¡Levanten esas manos, porque nuestro metalero favorito, Magdiel Velasco, vino a echar MUCHO chismecito suave y sensual al estudio de Noche de Chicxs!

¡Es real lo que leyeron!

¡Directamente desde "Enamorándonos", nos acompaña nuestro querido Dime Ram para echar chismecito en el estudio de Noche de Chicxs!

¡Directamente desde Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, nos acompaña nuestra queridísima y siempre admirada Ana Corcuera para echar chismecito!

¡Qué buen día para echar chismecito! Y es todavía mejor, porque nos acompaña por segunda ocasión en el foro de Noche de Chicxs nuestro querido Andrés Giardello para echar más chismecito.

¡Miren nada más quién nos acompaña hoy a echar chismecito en Noche de Chicxs! Nuestra querida Ren PC nos contó no uno... DOS CHISMES BUENÍSIMOS que no se pueden perder. Hoy les presentamos: "¿Qué hiciste, Coco?", "Le pedí el divorcio por la comida", "Me exigió un post-nupcial", "Su ex nos hizo brujería" y los dos chismazos de Ren PC. Acomódense en el sillón ✨, prepárense unas palomitas

¿Extrañaban a Emiliano Gama tanto como nosotros? ¡Pues llegó el momento de que nos acompañe de nuevo en el foro de Noche de Chicxs para echar mucho chisme suave y sensual con nosotros! Hoy les presentamos: "Un trío muy raro", "El damo de honor", "Mandé ALV a mi familia", "La prometida de mi hermano" y "Me trae de coletas". Acomódense en el sillón ✨, prepárense unas palomitas

¡Qué tremenda forma de empezar el año! Hoy nos acompaña nuestro adorado Jaime Gama A.K.A Gotitas De Poliamor para echar mucho chismecito y al mismo tiempo aprender más sobre el interesante tema del poliamor. ❤️ Hoy les presentamos: "Mi primer poliamor", "Rompió el acuerdo", "Clase práctica de poliamor", "Le pagué con la misma moneda" y un poco de terapia y chisme con Xanic y Gotitas de Poliamor. Acomódense en el sillón ✨, prepárense unas palomitas

¡Miren nada más quién nos acompaña hoy a echar chismecito en Noche de Chicxs! Nuestra querida Ren PC nos contó no uno... DOS CHISMES BUENÍSIMOS que no se pueden perder. Hoy les presentamos: "¿Qué hiciste, Coco?", "Le pedí el divorcio por la comida", "Me exigió un post-nupcial", "Su ex nos hizo brujería" y los dos chismazos de Ren PC. Acomódense en el sillón ✨, prepárense unas palomitas

Change is usually a tangle of both challenges and opportunities. The landscape of acupuncture has been shifting, from the health of our schools to the growing acceptance of our medicine in larger healthcare systems. These transitions ask us to reflect, adapt, and discover new ways to thrive.In this conversation with Robert Hoffman, acupuncturist, educator, and administrator, we explore the crossroads our profession is facing. With experience as the president of a school, a commissioner at ACOM, and a leader in state organizations, Robert shares his insights on sustaining and growing the profession and the institutions that train future practitioners.Listen into this discussion as we unpack the struggles facing acupuncture schools, the rise of integrative and institutional opportunities, the demographic shifts in students, and the adaptability required to navigate this ever-changing profession.Robert's reflections remind us that the resilience of Chinese medicine lies in its ability to evolve while honoring its roots. His perspective offers a roadmap for ensuring our medicine continues to flourish in a world that increasingly accepts acupuncture, but doesn't always support acupuncturists.

Qué delicioso es preparar la cena mientras se escucha chisme, ¿a poco no? ¡Hoy tenemos en el estudio de Noche de Chicxs a nuestros amados Daniela Bervera y Allansaurio para echar puro chisme navideño!