Honoring COL (R) John Haseman
Outgoing Chairman of the Editorial Board, FAO Journal of International Affairs
Dear FAO Association members and subscribers to the FAO Journal,
I wanted to send out a note to the broader membership to mark the many years of contribution and service from our former chairman of the editorial board for the FAO Journal, COL (R) John Haseman, who stepped down from this role last month.
John has stood tall among our FAO ranks and has been an undisputed thought leader for our profession for many years. Retiring in 1995 after over 30 years in the Army, John joined the FAO Association as a board member in 2009 and has served as the chairman of the editorial board since then, helping shepherd and edit hundreds of submissions to the FAO Journal while upholding the highest standards of professional writing. Simply put, without John, there would be no FAO Journal of International Affairs. The FAO Association remains deeply indebted to his selfless service and dedication.
COL (R) Haseman started his career in the military intelligence in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division, including service as a district level advisor in the Mekong delta, and earning a combat infantryman badge during multiple combat tours. He went on to serve throughout Southeast Asia, in Thailand, Burma, and Indonesia, ending his career as the Senior Defense Official / Defense Attache to Indonesia. He led the defense attache office in Rangoon through the 8-8-88 crisis and upon retirement, was the U.S. Army’s most knowledgeable and experienced leader concerned with Indonesia. Our Army sometimes has a short institutional memory of its experiences and priorities around the globe, understandably following the national security priorities of the day. It often relies on its officers and soldiers to share this experience and to serve where needed, when called. John did this, and more.
During his tenure as Chairman of the Editorial Board, John has arguably witnessed how the Army’s priorities have come full circle - from the Cold War, through the Balkans, the Gulf War, consequences of 9-11, and the renewed Russian threat. As the Army today focuses on its Indo-Pacific posture, John has often provided a long term perspective from which to view current events.
It is due to John’s selfless dedication of time and commitment to professional writing that the FAO Association has a great platform in the Journal to assist in cultivating our profession and educating the wider public. While the Journal remains committed to helping showcase FAO writers on a myriad of international topics, it has turned in recent months to concentrate on telling the FAO experience, hopefully serving as a living repository describing the jobs that FAOs do. This way, we help illustrate the important work of our professionals at home and abroad.
John leaves the FAO Journal in great hands, with an experienced editorial board and new co-directors for the Journal on our FAO Association Board. COL (R) Martin Perryman will step into the chairman role, while COL (R) Jason Gresh and CAPT Aaron Johnson (USCG) remain the co-directors of the Journal and FAOA board members.
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Respectfully,
Pete Larsen
President FAOA
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