Date : 1/19/2019 5:32:12 PM
From : "Benzi Zimerman"
To : "Thomas, Shaun E CIV JS J7 (USA)"
Cc : "Friedler, Israel LTC FM USARMY ARCIC (IS)" , "friedleris@gmail.com" , "Patykula, Joseph A CIV USARMY ARCIC (USA)" , "Taylor, John F IV CIV JS J7 (US)" , "Shahar Shoshana"
Subject : RE: (U) [Non-DoD Source] IDF J7 - JS J7 Cooperation


Shaun,

 

Thanks so much for you quick reply.

 

My apologies for my delayed response, I was TDY for a bit.

 

I would love to get in touch with you and your boss (maybe a secure VTC (Seagull) would be best) to discuss possibilities.

We had a roadmap for cooperation but that was put on some sort of hold, since things shifted in the focus – we feel like we have a lot to work together on and would love to increase the cooperation (quality and quantity) between our organizations.

 

v/r

CPT Benzi Zimmerman 
​Head, International Cooperation Desk

IDF Operations Directorate - Plans, Doctrine & Exercises (J3-5/7)

T: ​+972-3-740-7723 | M: ​+972-5-42074487 | E: benzi_zimeraman@mail.gov.il

 

From: Thomas, Shaun E CIV JS J7 (USA) <shaun.e.thomas.civ@mail.mil>
Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 4:05 PM
To: Benzi Zimerman <Benzi_zimerman@mail.gov.il>
Cc: Friedler, Israel LTC FM USARMY ARCIC (IS) <israel.friedler.fm@mail.mil>; friedleris@gmail.com; Patykula, Joseph A CIV USARMY ARCIC (USA) <joseph.a.patykula.civ@mail.mil>; Taylor, John F IV CIV JS J7 (US) <john.f.taylor18.civ@mail.mil>
Subject: RE: (U) [Non-DoD Source] IDF J7 - JS J7 Cooperation

 

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Captain Zimmerman, very nice to hear from you again.   I hope that you and your family had a good holiday and New Year celebrations.

 

My division is focused on the coordination and integration of force development efforts of the Joint Staff and our partners.  As such, I, along with my branch chief, Mr. John Taylor (cc’d) will be happy to assist you as required.

 

 

Best Regards,

Shaun

 

Shaun E. Thomas, CIV

Foreign Affairs Integration Officer (GS-0130-13)

Contact Officer for Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania

US Joint Staff, International Force Development

 

Tel: +1 757-203-6743 | DSN: 668-6743 | EMAIL:  Shaun.e.thomas.civ@mail.mil | SIPR:  shaun.e.thomas.civ@mail.smil.mil | BICES: shaun.thomas.civ.us@usa.bices.org

 

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From: Benzi Zimerman <Benzi_zimerman@mail.gov.il>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2018 4:16 AM
To: Thomas, Shaun E CIV JS J7 (US) <shaun.e.thomas.civ@mail.mil>
Subject: [Non-DoD Source] IDF J7 - JS J7 Cooperation

 

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Hey Shaun,

 

How are you?

 

We were in touch a while back in regards to the he 2018 International Concept Development and Experimentation Conference, which we were unable to attend.

 

For the past couple of years we were working together with the office of irregular warfare (Mr. Dave Stephenson)  on wargaming and similar topics, but since that office is closing, we are looking for new avenues for cooperation with the J7  - wargames, concepts, doctrine and etc.

 

Are you the right person to engage with?

 

v/r

CPT Benzi Zimmerman 
​Head, International Cooperation Desk

IDF Operations Directorate - Plans, Doctrine & Exercises (J3-5/7)

T: ​+972-3-740-7723 | M: ​+972-5-42074487 | E: benzi_zimeraman@mail.gov.il < Caution-mailto:benzi_zimeraman@mail.gov.il >