The Letter
We received a letter that said:
Dear Mr. Klien,
I am Science Advisor for the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies
Group (SSG) and would like to see if a small Group of SSG members could
meet you and other members of the Lifeboat Foundation in San Francisco
early in November.
Each year, the CNO selects nine senior level officers to participate in
a fellowship at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. These
officers are selected as the future leaders of the military and include
7 Navy Captains, 1 Marine Colonel and 1 Coast Guard Captain. In
addition, 12 junior level officers are also selected to participate. The
SSG also has 12 scientists and technologists and one science advisor. The Group is lead by ADM James Hogg (US Navy retired). The SSG is
directed by and reports solely to the CNO ADM Mullen and is responsible
for generating revolutionary naval warfare concepts. Please see the
attached copies of some of our materials for your review. FYI- We do not
yet have our theme for this year.
Part of the development of the SSG team is to have discussions with
prominent leaders in technology, industry, academia and government. The
goal is to apply this knowledge to improve the ability to think
innovatively and develop concepts for an improved Navy and Maritime
Forces.
We would appreciate the opportunity to gain insights into the activities
of the Lifeboat Foundation and have discussion about different programs
you have to help "safeguard humanity." We are especially interested in
how you identify and mitigate risks associated with future technological
developments. Please advise a time when I can call to speak with you in
this regard. Thank you for your consideration.
v/r Robb
Dr. Robb Wilcox
Science Advisor
Chief of Naval Operations
Strategic Studies Group
Naval War College
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You can see the attached files Dr. Wilcox referred to at
http://lifeboat.com/sf.pdf and http://lifeboat.com/sf.ppt.
U.S. Naval Operations SSG Group Meeting
Based on this letter, we have scheduled a meeting with the
U.S. Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group (SSG) on November 6 in
San Francisco. We would like your support with this important meeting.
In addition to our local San Francisco people, we would like to fly in
personnel from Nevada and from Tenerife, one of the seven Canary Islands
in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. This will enable us to
bring our best people to this important meeting. Due to the Tenerife
personnel being quite far from the meeting, it will cost $2,500 to fly
in all these personnel.
Please note that not only will your donation help strengthen our cause,
currently backed by 77 donors, it will enable us to see how important
you think it is for us to interact and advise government agencies on the
possible dangers in our future. If there is little interest, we will
listen to you and divert our resources elsewhere.
Our donation page specifically for this cause is at
https://lifeboat.com/ex/naval.operation....meeting
In its first day of operation, this page has attracted $615 of the
$2,500 that is our goal.
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