UND VP, former student body president attend National Security Forum
Last month, UND’s Vice President for Marketing & Communications Meloney Linder and former UND Student Body President Gracie Lian attended the 70th National Security Forum, for an in-depth look into the threats facing the United States and its allies.
The forum, which took place at the Air War College — headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala. — consisted of security briefings from military leadership, seminar discussions and conflict simulations.
The pair were nominated to attend by Col. Timothy Monroe, commander of the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base, and personally invited by U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III. Joining Linder and Lian in attendance were 103 civilians representing 32 states, along with 218 students enrolled at the Air War College and military officers representing 48 different nations.
Attendees at the three-day long forum were briefed on a multitude of topics pertaining to national security, among them competition between Russia and China and threats to the international order in space.
