Next Class Convenes on March 23!

To register, call The Intelligence & Security Academy at 703-390-9940 or visit the Open IntellAcademy online.

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USGIF Members Receive an Enrollment Discount

GEOINT 101 is a one-day course providing an introduction to the fundamentals of the geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) community, core GEOINT technologies and operations, and the role of GEOINT in national security affairs supporting decision makers and operations.

The course will cover:

• The history of GEOINT
• Fundamentals and Key Concepts
• Data Sources and Analytic Approaches
• Case Studies in Applied GEOINT
• Community Overview
• Emerging Issues and Opportunities

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation developed this course and offers it in partnership with The Intelligence and Security Academy. This is the only GEOINT 101 course certified by USGIF. A discount is available for USGIF Members.

The course theme, “We are all GEOINTers,” draws on everyday experiences across all experience levels. This course uses real-world problems and data. This course is designed for a wide audience, including those from civil, federal, not-for-profit, state, local and tribal organizations.

The initial classes will be taught by Keith Masback and Dr. Robert Tomes.

Keith Masback is the President of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF). He also is a member of the standing Intelligence Task Force of the Defense Science Board. Prior to joining USGIF, he spent a combined 20 years as an officer in the U.S. Army and in government service, culminating as a member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

Dr. Robert Tomes is President of Liminal Leadership LLC and an adjunct professor of security policy studies at George Washington University. He has twenty years’ experience in military, intelligence and national security positions and over 10 years in the GEOINT Community. From 2003-2007, he was a senior manager at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Dr. Tomes is the author of U.S. Defense Strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom (Routledge, 2007) and the forthcoming Collaboration Myths and Realities: Insights on Creating Cultures of Collaboration (IBM, 2009).