Asia-Pacific Defense FORUM Editor-in-Chief and the Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Command hold FORUM’s 25th anniversary sign with special guests at U.S. Pacific Command’s double anniversary ceremony. Front row, left to right: • Mr. Charlie Coger, Deputy head of Hawaii operations for RS Information Systems, FORUM’s current editorial services contractor • Mr. Dan Kilcup, Chief Executive Officer, Allen Wayne Ltd., original FORUM design and editorial services contractor for the first 23 years • Col. Soot Jew, U.S. Army (ret), pioneer and first FORUM Editor, 1976 to 1977 • Lt. Col. Paul R. Stankiewicz, U. S. Air Force (ret), Editor-in-Chief for 20 years, 1981 to present • Mrs. Judith A. Stankiewicz • Adm. Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (USCINCPAC), and host of the anniversary • Lt. Col. Joe Screnci, USAF, FORUM Project Manager. Back row, left to right: • Maj. Gen. Ronald L. Lowe, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, and long time supporter of FORUM • Mr. Sheldon Ortego, FORUM current contract designer • Brig. Gen. Donald C. Wurster, USAF, Commander, Special Operations Command, Pacific, which provides funding • Col. John D. Mills, USA, Chairman of Editorial Board, and long time contributor • Ambassador Charles H. Twining, Foreign Policy Advisor to USCINCPAC, representing the U.S. State Department • Mr. Duke Hiyama, Head of Hawaii operations for RS Information Systems, representing the editorial services contractor • Mr. Larry Kenner, Vice President, Kenner Inc., current design services contractor • Dr. Timothy Wright, Asia specialist and strategic analyst, HQ USCINCPAC, and longest serving member of the FORUM Editorial Board. Photo by PH1 John Thorton, USN

THEN: Editor-in-Chief, Lt. Col. Paul R. Stankiewicz, in Beijing, China, as a guest of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army for three weeks in 1982. Adm. Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Command, presents Paul R. Stankiewicz, Editor-in-Chief, Asia-Pacific Defense FORUM, with the Commander in Chief’s Commendation for 20 years of achievement as editor. NOW: Editor-in-Chief, Lt. Col. (ret) Paul R. Stankiewicz, at the Banker’s Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with Maj. (ret) R. Sachi Thananthan, Editor-in-Chief of Asian Defence and Diplomacy.

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