English: STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- Bg. Gen. Donald C. Bolduc, commanding general of U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, receives a brief from a Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School instructor during a recent visit to NAVSCIATTS facilities at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

Bolduc served as the keynote speaker at the recent graduation of NAVSCIATTS' Strategic Leaders International Course. SLIC is NAVSCIATTS' flagship course designed to advance and further develop the strategic thinking and planning skills of international military leaders and civilian equivalent Partner Nation personnel from government and law enforcement agencies. Six Partner Nation forces from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kenya, Jordan, São Tomé and Príncipe and Oman graduated from the 17th iteration of SLIC.

Also in attendance was Muhammad Abdallah, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Nigeria. Abdallah, and other law enforcement personnel from Nigeria, Tunisia and Jamaica, served as special guests at the SLIC graduation and also the graduation of Class 17-2 at the Diamondhead Country Club in Diamondhead, Mississippi, on March 9. Abdallah, who retired from the Nigerian military at the rank of lieutenant colonel was the keynote speaker for the 17-2 graduation.

NAVSCIATTS is a Security Cooperation schoolhouse operating under the U.S. Special Operations Command in support of Foreign Security Assistance and Geographic Combatant Commanders' Theater Security Cooperation.

NAVSCIATTS trains and educates Partner Nation special operations forces, SOF-like forces and SOF enablers across the tactical, operational and strategic spectrums through in-residence and Mobile Training Team courses of instruction. (U.S. Navy photo by Angela K. Fry, NAVSCIATTS Public Affairs Office)

Unit: Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School

DVIDS Tags: Special Operations; SOCEUR; SOCOM; naval small craft instruction and technical training school; NAVSCIATTS; SOCAF