Post welcomes Marine infantry officer Perkins to meeting on Jan. 22

MIDDLETOWN >> Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., Major General Maurice Rose Post 51, will meet at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, at Congregation Adath Israel in the meeting room at the Nestor Center in Middletown.

All Jewish veterans, whether they served in war or peace time, are invited.

Post 51 has set as a goal to hold programs that will be of interest to a wide range of Jewish veterans.

The speaker will be Dennis N. T. Perkins, a graduate of the Naval Academy, who served as a Marine infantry officer in Vietnam.

He subsequently received his MBA from Harvard University, and a PhD in psychology at the University of Michigan.

Perkins has studied leaders and teams facing conditions of extreme challenge — a place he calls “The Edge,” the outer limits of human endurance.

Based on his research, he has identified critical strategies that enable leaders and teams to reach their greatest potential in any challenging environment.

He has written extensively on leadership, teamwork and organizational effectiveness Perkins’ passion to understand “The Edge” has taken him to Antarctica, where he retraced the footsteps of famed explorer Ernest Shackleton, and to Australia, where he sailed in the challenging 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race.

He has worked for more than 30 years as an adviser to senior leaders in organizations.

His presentations feature dramatic stories recounted in his books, “Leading at The Edge” and “Into the Storm.”

Captain to give overview of Coast Guard’s mission

ESSEX >> The United States has the largest system of ports, waterways and coastal seas in waterways that serve 361 ports; 3,700 marine terminals (ranging from marinas to megaports); and 25,000 miles of inland and coastal waterways.

The Coast Guard protects those on the sea, the United States from threats delivered by sea and the sea itself.

At 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, Capt. Greg Wisener will present an illustrated overview of the state of the U.S. Coast Guard, including the efforts currently taken and those being developed for future needs to ensure a secure nation, prosperous markets and thriving oceans.

Captain Wisener is a 1991 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy and is serving as the commanding officer of the United States Coast Guard Leadership Development Center.

Capt. Wisener has 13 years of sea service time with afloat assignments that include being commanding officer aboard USCGC Forward (WMEC 911) from Portsmouth, Virginia from 2012 to 2014; executive officer aboard USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC 722) from Alameda, California, from 2010 to 2012; two tours aboard USCG Barque Eagle (WIX 327) from New London, Connecticut, as Operations Officer and then as executive officer; and two tours aboard USCGC Chase (WHEC 718) from San Pedro, California as deck watch officer and weapons department head.

Captain Wisener’s shore assignments include operations officer of the Pacific Strike Team Novato, California; performance branch chief and assistant training officer at Training Center Petaluma, California; personnel officer at Integrated Support Center San Pedro, California and Coast Guard liaison officer at U.S. Navy Training Systems Division, Orlando, Florida.

This program is free and open to the public.

Captain Wisener is a 1991 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy and is serving as the commanding officer of the United States Coast Guard Leadership Development Center.