• Please join us in extending our congratulations and appreciation to Mr. David Clay on his retirement from federal civilian service after twelve years of dedicated service to our Nation. David has been an esteemed colleague on the DIILS staff since 2010, during which time he provided strategic and operational advice and support for DIILS resident and mobile programs, and enabled the global…
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  • DIILS was recently part of a U.S. and Mongolian Armed Forces planning team at the Khaan Quest 22 Initial Planning Conference in Ulaanbaatar. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Khaan Quest 22 is a U.S. and Mongolian multi-national peacekeeping operations exercise.
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  • DIILS engaged with senior officials from the LAF and the Directorate of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law to discuss ongoing efforts to support Legal Advisors within the LAF.
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  • In February, DIILS participated in the Black Sea Maritime Forum in Bucharest, Romania. The event was co-sponsored by U.S. Naval Forces Europe and the Romanian Navy, and involved discussions among several Black Sea heads of Navy or Coast Guard regarding relevant maritime issues of mutual concern in the Black Sea region. It highlighted the collaborative efforts among regional maritime leadership to…
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  • A DIILS team recently traveled to Uzbekistan to meet with members of their Armed Forces to conduct Human Rights and Law of Armed Conflict Seminars.
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  • A DIILS team recently traveled to Garoua, Cameroon to meet with members of the Cameroonian Armed Forces to conduct Human Rights and Law of Armed Conflict Seminars.
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  • A DIILS team recently traveled to Riga, Latvia to meet with members of the Latvian National Armed Forces to conduct Human Rights and Law of Armed Conflict Seminars.
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  • In September 2021, DIILS had the honor of co-hosting the Baltic Regional Operational Law Workshop with the legal department of the Estonian Ministry of Defense in Tallin, Estonia. In addition to Estonian counterparts, in attendance were military legal professionals from Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania. The event covered a variety of operational law subjects related to the operation of Integrated…
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  • In September 2021, a DIILS team of instructors, along with colleagues from the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, conducted a Human Rights and Law of Armed Conflict seminar for personnel from the Djiboutian Navy.
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  • July 2021 - DIILS participated in a Black Sea Maritime Collaboration tabletop exercise jointly sponsored by the Department of State Export Control and Related Border Security Program and U.S. Naval Forces Europe in Batumi, Georgia. Numerous Georgian maritime agencies, all Black Sea partner nations, the Royal Danish Navy, and NATO Allied Maritime Command attended the tabletop exercise.…
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