Good morning,

We would love to welcome you to visit Israel and the Israel National Defense College. March 8^th is a perfect day for that. MAJ Gal Balas is in charge of our international desk, and she will be your POC. Her email address: gals@mail.gov.il

We would also be glad to assist with other parts of the visit, if needed.

Best,

LTC Matan Or

Executive Officer

Israel National Defense College

From: DEREK RACHEL <airforcenav@hotmail.com>
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Subject: US Air War College visit to Israel in March

Lt Col Matan,

Hello. My name is Derek Rachel. I am an Air Force Lt Col attending the US Air Force War College. I am the planner for an Air War College trip to Israel from 7-12 March.

Col DeStazio (US Embassy Air Attache) gave me your contact information to see if we could set up a visit to the IDF campus while we are in Israel. Can you help me with this?

If a visit is possible, we would like to receive a short brief on the IDF (history, current operations, concerns, interaction with the US, etc). If you have any additional suggestions, please tell me. We will have a total of 17 persons for the visit (14 military and 3 government civilians).

Currently, we have time built into our itinerary during the morning of 8 Mar for a visit, if that is acceptable for you. If that does not work, please let me know if another time is possible.

Thank you for your time. I am available to answer any questions you may have.

Respectfully,

Lt Col Derek Rachel

Air War College Student