In early March, the 7th AANSI educational and journalistic mission returned from Armenia after a major engagement and extended discussions at the highest levels with Armenia’s Defense Ministry’s National Defense Research University (NDRU).
The Commandant of the NDRU is Armenian Army’s Major General Genadi Tavaratsyan.
The American delegation was consisted of The American Armenian National Security Institute (AANSI) U.S. Army Major General (Ret.), and AANSI Chairman Mark MacCarley, U.S. Army Major General (Ret.) Edward Dorman, U.S. Army Colonel James Robinette and AANSI VP-Administration Appo Jabarian. (AANSI leadership serves on a voluntary basis without pay.)
As part of its educational mission, The AANSI team of highly qualified experts – MacCarley, Dorman, Robinette, all recently retired senior US military officers presented groundbreaking seminars to Armenia Military officers, battalion and brigade commanders educating them on military topics of critical importance: Multi Domain Operation, Laws of War, Mission Command, NATO Military Doctrine, Logistics, and effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on regional and global security in the Caucasus.
The AANSI education mission team members also held educational and insightful conversations with various Armenian military general officers who are actively defending Armenia’s territorial integrity.
As part of the cultural activities, The AANSI Education Mission team members visited the Armenian Genocide Monument and Museum paying homage to the victims of the Turkish-executed 1915-1923 Armenian Genocide.
They also visited Yerablur Armenian Military Cemetery paying homage to the martyred heroes of the 2020’s 44-Day anti-Armenian aggression by Azerbaijan-Turkiye-ISIS terrorists and all the other wars in defense of Armenia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The AANSI Education Mission team members acquainted themselves with the Armenian Military Museum at Mother Armenia Statue complex.
They lit candles at Yerevan’s St. Sarkis Cathedral and offered prayers for the souls of the fallen Armenian heroes. The AANSI team members also marveled at the world-famous ancient architectural wonders of Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery.
The AANSI Education Mission team members also visited southern Syunik region — Armenia’s gateway to the Greater Middle East via Iran. They were greeted by a Ministry of Defense delegation in an undisclosed location near Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
The AANSI Education Mission team members also visited southern Syunik region — Armenia’s gateway to the Greater Middle East via Iran. They were greeted by a Ministry of Defense delegation in an undisclosed location near Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
They got educated on the present forward lines of contact between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces and the continued threat to Armenia and its southern region. There is no real cease fire. There are continued periodic armed confrontations initiated by Azerbaijani forces to probe Armenian defenses.
In Aug. 2023, American Armenian National Security Institute (AANSI) successfully concluded its inaugural AANSI Humanitarian Support Brigade (HSB) training in Aragats, Armenia. The training took place from August 5 through 12 in a challenging training area 24 miles northeast of Yerevan.
Nearly fifty men and women from eight countries, United States, Canada, France, Ukraine, Georgia, Spain, Russia and Armenia, gathered under the banner of AANSI to participate in the groundbreaking training.
The objective of the mission was and continues to be, fostering within the Armenian Diaspora a commitment to personally deploy to Armenia in times of national emergencies, whether natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, massive fires, or man-made disasters such as the renewed armed conflict with Armenia’s enemies, “within 96 hours of notification by the Armenian authorities when a disaster is declared.”
The AANSI HSB training program also featured many cultural activities.
AANSI HSB invites you to be a part of the second training and cultural activities and become an integral part of safeguarding greater Armenia’s sovereignty and emerging democratic institutions.
Because not one penny of US government or Republic of Armenia funds is used to support this first-of-a-kind US-ARMENIA joint security cooperation action, we need your help. AANSI does not work for either the US or the Armenian government. It is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt educational organization.
All funding for these past and most recent educational and journalistic missions and for the upcoming commitment of US retired military personnel to Armenia comes from individuals like you — U.S. citizens supporting AANSI’s mission in fostering a stronger military, economic and political alliance between the United States and the Republic of Armenia.
Save the date for the third annual AANSI banquet and the World Premiere of the newest AANSI documentary film presentation which will be held on Thursday 30 May, 2024 at the Taglyan Banquet Complex, located in Hollywood, California.