Author: Mark

R3 attends NATO C-IED conference

NATO C-IEDR3’s Neil Marshall attended the NATO 2013 C-IED Conference, organized by the Allied Command of Transformation (ACT) and hosted by Spain.  The conference took place at the premises of the Allied Force Command Madrid HQ, Spain, from 04-06 June 2013, with the support of the C-IED Centre of Excellence.  The target audience for this conference is senior and working level staff officers and government civilians directly involved in National or NATO Counter-IED activities, development, policy or training.  The conference included NATO, Partnership for Peace (PfP), ISAF Troop Contributing Nations (TCNs) and non-NATO organizations involved in C-IED capability development. The theme of this year’s conference was “Institutionalising C-IED (Defeat the Device (DtD), Attack the Network (AtN), Protect the Force (PtF)) at the operational and strategic levels”. The aim is to identify and capture for institutionalisation the lessons learned, roles, responsibilities and capabilities required for C-IED success at the operational and strategic levels. During the conference three themes were addressed: Understanding Transnational Threat Networks, Institutionalising C-IED capabilities at the Operational and Strategic Levels, and Policy and Doctrine necessary to ensure C-IED success in future operations.

R3 provides program of record and institutionalization effort support to Naval EOD Technology Division’s Technical Support Detachment which is interconnected with these NATO EOD and C-IED Centers of Excellence.

R3 named to San Diego Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Private Companies list

SAN DIEGO, May 29, 2013 – The annual list of San Diego’s Fastest Growing Private Companies has been announced. The San Diego Business Journal is in its 10th year of producing this prestigious listing. The wide variety of companies making this list represent the vitality and expansion being seen throughout San Diego’s reinvigorated economy and R3 is excited to be included amongst so many quality companies.

fastestgrowing-01-300x182The list, along with a showcase of the top 10 companies, will be published in a special section on July 15th and the organizations will be honored at a special private reception on July 11th.

To be considered, organizations are required to have generated revenues in excess of $200,000 in 2010, the starting point for the comparison. The financial details of each organization’s business operations in 2010, 2011 and 2012 were reviewed. The information was extensively analyzed and verified by CPA attestations. Additionally, businesses were required to be San Diego-based, independent and privately held; but, not a division or subsidiary of another organization, public or private.

 

 

Marc Tranchemontagne published in Homeland Security Today

Marc Tranchemontagne’s article, “Lessons from Boston: How Military, Law Enforcement can Work Closer Together” was published in Homeland Security Today magazine.  More than a decade of war has given us hard-won experience in countering IEDs, and much of what we have learned in Iraq and Afghanistan about IEDs has been in collaboration between the military and federal law enforcement agencies. Close collaboration can help at home as well.  Read the full article at this link.