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The distinguished Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) alumnus and current Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Vice-Adm. Jon A. Hill, spoke during the Secretary's final series of the Navy Guest Lecture (SGL), April 13th. Hill spoke about the MDA and its role in overseeing the agency's mission to develop, deploy and maintain layered capabilities to defend the United States, deployed forces, allies and friends against missile strikes at all stages of flight. As a graduate of the NPS Applied Physics and Ordnance Engineering curriculum, Hill emphasized the role of the evolving threat in the continued improvement of the system. "You have to have credible missile defense to be a credible missile deterrent," Hill explained. “If you look at the evolution of the threat, we are well equipped to survive and grow in the h

When most people think of the Marine Corps, they think of an elite war organization. What most don't think is how the Marine Corps fits into the information age and the ever-evolving operating environment of science and technology. Captain John Geldmacher, the technical information operations officer for the I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MIG), also holds the science, technology and experimentation officer's collateral ticket. Geldmacher joined the Marine Corps as an intelligence officer, but was selected for the Commander's Career Level Education Board (CCLEB). This enabled him to attend and obtain a Masters degree from the Post Naval Graduate School in Monterey, California. As a Technical Information Operations Officer, Geldmacher creates connections between technical specialists, information-related sk