{"id":472,"date":"2024-03-28T07:10:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T07:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orbitdesignagency-demo.com\/NormanKelker\/v2\/?page_id=472"},"modified":"2024-10-21T23:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T23:19:53","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/john-hudson\/v1\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn E Hudson served for 6 US Presidents in his 35+ year career and held numerous Senior Leadership positions as a Commanding Officer of 2 Reserve Units and also led a team of over 400 personnel supporting the war fighter in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. He enlisted in the US Air Force in 1981 as an Airborne Cryptologic Linguist and served active duty for 5 1\/2 years and then another 6 1\/2 years in the US Air Force Reserves, separating in 1993. In 1994 he was commissioned in the US Navy as an Ensign in the US Navy Reserves as a Cryptologic Officer (now designated an Information Warfare Officer). He held a Top Secret Security Clearance during his Air Force and Navy careers and received numerous awards throughout his career including a Defense Meritorious Service Award, multiple Navy Commendation Awards and Navy Achievement Awards, multiple Combat Air Medals, and Expert Marksmanship Awards.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t
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To help coordinate meetings with government officials, provincial leaders, and local village and district leaders to help expand the Afghan Local Police program and coordinate shuras and validations.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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To work with other NATO countries that were involved in Afghan programs and help educate them on what CFSOCC-A was doing to expand and make ALP a successful initiative.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Hudson shares details about the missions he went on and the pictures supporting these missions throughout the year in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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