Inside the Data-Driven Operation that Moved Afghan Refugees from Dulles to Safe Havens (Col. Matthew Strohmeyer, Grace Hwang, Lt. Col. Cichelle Macander, Erol YayBoke, Defense One)

November 30, 2021

When the phone rang for Brig. Gen. Mark Weber on Aug. 22, it wasn’t the order that the chief of staff of the Montana Air National Guard was expecting. Instead of taking charge of logistics movements as Hurricane Ida bore down on Louisiana, Weber was summoned to Washington, D.C., to lead a key part of the largest non-combatant evacuation operation in U.S. history. Kabul had fallen to the Taliban one week earlier, and the U.S. government had seen the trickle of refugees out of Afghanistan turn into a flood. Among other things, his experience would illuminate the need for better data sharing between government agencies.

Inside the Data-Driven Operation that Moved Afghan Refugees from Dulles to Safe Havens – Defense One

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

Inside the Data-Driven Operation that Moved Afghan Refugees from Dulles to Safe Havens (Col. Matthew Strohmeyer, Grace Hwang, Lt. Col. Cichelle Macander, Erol YayBoke, Defense One)

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