ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

The U.S. Army’s role in 1980s United Nations peacekeeping operations in the Middle East is the subject of an upcoming webinar hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army.

The event at noon Eastern Dec. 5 is part of AUSA’s Noon Report series and will feature retired Col. L. Scott Lingamfelter, author of Yanks in Blue Berets: American UN Peacekeepers in the Middle East. In the book, Lingamfelter chronicles what it was like for a soldier trained in combat arms to instead serve as a military observer in a peacekeeping mission.

A one-day forum on the U.S. military’s role in peacekeeping and stability operations was held Sept. 12 at the Association of the U.S. Army's Conference and Event Center, gathering military, government and defense industry representatives for a discussion about the future of global operations.