The Eurasian Security Studies Seminar for U.S. Army Foreign Area Officers is being held at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies from Sept. 6 to 26. Held every September, the Eurasian Security Studies Seminar provides U.S. Army Foreign Area Officers-in-training a better understanding of their duties, roles and responsibilities in working on regional security issues at various command headquarters and U.S. embassies, said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kelly MacDonald, director of the Eurasian FAO program at the Marshall Center, who oversees this training seminar.

Adding to more than 1,300 graduates from 90 classes, 26 U.S. Army FAOs throughout Eurasia began this integral training Sept. 6. Seminar alumni include 19 general officers, 20 ambassadors and numerous other high-ranking dignitaries. (Marshall Center graphic by Aryn Lockhart/RELEASED)