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Maj Zimmerman,

Thank you for the invitation. Unfortunately, I am no longer working in the JTLS program.  Please remove me from your JTLS contact list.

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Hello Benzi, I apologize for not responding sooner.  I am sure that Mr. Hose and Mr. Weter are looking into whether or not they, or someone on their team can attend your event, and will reply to your invitation in short order.

PS:  Congratulations on your Promotion!

Best Regards,

Shaun

Shaun E. Thomas, CIV

Foreign Affairs Integration Officer (GS-0130-13)

Joint Doctrine and Education and Joint Lessons Learned Integrator

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

US Joint Staff J-7, Allies and Partners Force Development

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From: Benzi Zimerman <Benzi_zimerman@mail.gov.il>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 3:42 PM
To: Hose, Larry W CTR JS J6 (USA) <larry.w.hose.ctr@mail.mil>; Weter, Donald E CIV JS J7 (USA) <donald.e.weter.civ@mail.mil>
Cc: Thomas, Shaun E CIV JS J7 (USA) <shaun.e.thomas.civ@mail.mil>
Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: IDF International Operational Simulation Summit

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Hey all 

Mr. Weter and Mr. Hose,

 

As part of the 1^stOperational Simulation Summit team, it is my pleasure to officially invite you to attend and perhaps deliver a presentation at our event event taking place in Tel-Aviv, Israel, on 12-14-November 2019. 

OSS2019 is organized and run by the Israel Defense Forces, driven by innovation and emerging ideas from esteemed military and industry thought leaders and stakeholders within the simulation, modeling and training communities. 

The Summit, running for the first time, is a platform for mutual learning and knowledge sharing between the different institutes and offices, will aim to establish an International community for ongoing information exchange and mutual

learning and a base for further cooperation and engagements - We expect various officials, General and Flag officers and project managers to attend this event – Domestic and International.

This year’s program will aim to focus on the challenges in predicting outcomes on the battlefield, the challenges to force design, OPLAN development, methodologies and innovation

 

As this is a military event, we have eliminated any registration fees to eradicate the financial burden of participating in the summit, in accordance with the Israeli law. With this in mind, I invite you to allow any officer from your organization to participate in the summit so that they have an opportunity to learn, share and connect with their International counterparts on matters critical to their daily duties

 

I would love to jump on a quick phone call with one, or both of you, to discuss this opportunity. We believe that the JTLS and the IDF-Operational Concepts Lab have much to discuss, learn and cooperate.

 

v/r

MAJ 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_zimerman@mail.gov.il < Caution-mailto:benzi_zimerman@mail.gov.il >