areas of expertise

Asia-Pacific Defense and Security Sector Development

Theater Security Cooperation Program Coordination

Strategic Theater Defense Institutions Integration

contact

Tel 808.254.7113
jthansen@nps.edu

John Hansen

Asia - Pacific Regional Programs Coordinator

COL(Ret) Hansen served 25 years in the United States Army. His last 12 years of service were in the Asia-Pacific Region. Much of this time was spent serving on the Pacific Army and Pacific Command Headquarters Staff. From 2005 through 2007 he served in Afghanistan as an assistant to the Afghan Minister of Defense and then as the Director for reform and development of the Afghan National Army Air Corps. Prior to retirement from active duty in 2009, he was the Director for the US Army Pacific Training and Exercises Programs. COL (Ret) Hansen now serves as a Program Manager with Camber Corporation’s International Civil-Military Group. Graduate of the US Military Academy, West Point. Holds a Master’s Degree in Military Art and Science, Command and General Staff College, 1995, and is a Master’s candidate in Diplomacy and Military Studies, Hawaii Pacific University.