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Acknowledgement
This paper is an enlarged and revised version of a paper published in Strategic Insights, a
monthly electronic journal produced by the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey, California (2005, Vol. IV, No. 5). The views expressed are
solely those of the author and do not reflect the Naval Postgraduate School or the U.S.
military.
An officer in the US Air Force, Major Jaime Gomez, Jr., is a recent graduate of the Naval
Postgraduate School‘s (NPS) MS Defense Analysis program with a specialty in National
Security Affairs. A career intelligence officer and an international affairs specialist, Major
Gomez is currently assigned to the Air Staff, US Air Force Headquarters at the Pentagon,
Washington D.C. He has served as a detachment commander assigned to Osan Air Base,
Republic of Korea, and as a command briefer and intelligence specialist deployed to Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, and Vicenza, Italy in support of joint and combined air operations over
Southwest Asia and the Balkans. He is the former Dean of Faculty for the Air Force‘s
Information Operations School, responsible for the training of AF personnel assigned to
Information Warfare Flights. While at NPS, Major Gomez concentrated his studies in the
area of terrorism, insurgency, and irregular warfare. His thesis, ―The Race Against Nuclear
Terror,‖ was a featured topic on Strategic Security for the AF‘s annual Institute for National
Strategic Studies Research Conference in 2005. Major Gomez earned his undergraduate
degrees in International Affairs and History, and his first MS degree from Johns Hopkins
University.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2006, Volume 5, Number 2,
pages 244-267. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume.
This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
Acknowledgement
This paper is an enlarged and revised version of a paper published in Strategic Insights, a
monthly electronic journal produced by the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey, California (2005, Vol. IV, No. 5). The views expressed are
solely those of the author and do not reflect the Naval Postgraduate School or the U.S.
military.
An officer in the US Air Force, Major Jaime Gomez, Jr., is a recent graduate of the Naval
Postgraduate School‘s (NPS) MS Defense Analysis program with a specialty in National
Security Affairs. A career intelligence officer and an international affairs specialist, Major
Gomez is currently assigned to the Air Staff, US Air Force Headquarters at the Pentagon,
Washington D.C. He has served as a detachment commander assigned to Osan Air Base,
Republic of Korea, and as a command briefer and intelligence specialist deployed to Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, and Vicenza, Italy in support of joint and combined air operations over
Southwest Asia and the Balkans. He is the former Dean of Faculty for the Air Force‘s
Information Operations School, responsible for the training of AF personnel assigned to
Information Warfare Flights. While at NPS, Major Gomez concentrated his studies in the
area of terrorism, insurgency, and irregular warfare. His thesis, ―The Race Against Nuclear
Terror,‖ was a featured topic on Strategic Security for the AF‘s annual Institute for National
Strategic Studies Research Conference in 2005. Major Gomez earned his undergraduate
degrees in International Affairs and History, and his first MS degree from Johns Hopkins
University.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2006, Volume 5, Number 2,
pages 244-267. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume.
This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
