On December 21, 2011, Lt. Gen. Stephen G. Wood, USAF (ret.), former Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, briefed JINSA leaders via conference call on the theater and regional implications of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death.

In June JINSA New York area cabinet members and guests were honored to meet and hear from Rear Admiral Garry J. Bonelli, Deputy Commander of U.S. Naval Special Operations Command. The admiral presented a detailed, behind-the-scenes look at Naval Special Warfare (NSW) and its mission - what the Command does and what goes into creating a Naval Special Operator.

On May 23-24, 2011, a JINSA delegation from the New York area led by JINSA Advisory Board Member Major General Larry Taylor, USMCR (ret.) was hosted by the Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia.

On April 1, Award-winning investigative journalist Claudia Rosett briefed a private audience of JINSA members via conference call on the situation in Libya and U.S. policy. Rosett, Journalist-in-Residence with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, has been covering Libya and the Gaddafi regime for more than two decades. Follow the link below to listen to the call.

Lee Smith, author of the acclaimed book The Strong Horse: Power Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations briefed JINSA members on “Egypt after Mubarak” via conference call on February 16.

Lt. Gen. Stephen G. Wood, USAF (ret.), former Deputy Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, briefed JINSA members via conference call on the current, volatile situation on the Korean Peninsula on December 10, 2010.