April 2014 News

Dozier joined the The Daily Beast as a contributing writer.

See: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-calderone/kimberley-dozier-leaving-associated-press_b_4958312.html and her articles for the DB after an April/May 2014 trip to Afghanistan:

Obama Is Betting His Whole Afghan Plan On These Commandos Read
Exclusive: CIA Falls Back In Afghanistan Read
A Time Bomb in Afghanistan’s Ballot Box Read
Remembering My Sisters in Danger: AP’s Anja Niedringhaus and Kathy Gannon Read

Teaching at the US Army War College, Penn State Law and Dickinson

Was awarded a one-year teaching chair at the U.S. Army War College, Penn State Law and Dickinson. She’ll teach a few days every week in the 2014 academic year teaching one class at each of the institutions in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, while researching and writing a book on resiliency and the clandestine force.
See: http://www.carlisle.army.mil/banner/article.cfm?id=3380

SEAL-Naval Special Warfare Family Foundation Fundraiser

Kim spoke at the SEAL-Naval Special Warfare Family Foundation 3rd Annual Fundraiser at Del Mar Country Club, California. See: http://www.sealnswff.org/news/third-annual-seal-naval-special-warfare-family-foundation-event-del-mar-country-club-raises-1-million-nsw-community-families/

She also emceed the March 27, 2014, SEAL-Naval Special Warfare Family Foundation fundraiser at Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, NC. link

Photo left to right: NSW Kids Board Member Dozier, NSW Kids Executive Director Elizabeth Cruickshank, NSW Kids Board Member Dr. Dorothy Woods, & NSW Kids President Suzanne Vogel

Travels in Afghanistan


Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province with USMC PAO Second Lieutenant Philip J. Kulczewski.
With filmmaker Meg Prior of OutsidetheWirethemovie.com, both of us en route to Jalalabad via Bagram Airbase.
With COL JP McGee, commander of the Jalalabad-based 101st Airborne Division’s Bastogne Brigade, and his PAO MAJ Scott McCullough, after overseeing an overnight joint Afghan-U.S, operation in Nangarhar province.
Visiting Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

 

November 2012

26–Monterey Institute of International Studies’ Terrorism Studies program Monterey, California — Addressed graduate students on crafting counterterrorism strategy within Washington, D.C.’s maelstrom of interagency rivalries/frenemies, Congressional oversight and the usual media feeding frenzy.

12–Committee on Foreign Relations, Tampa, Florida, spoke on the evolution of intelligence and covert operations from Mogadishu to Abbottabad from a media perspective. http://www.tampabaycfr.org/

11–Dozier spoke at St. John’s Church at Lafayette Square for Veteran’s Day, at their Sunday forum, a family affair with USMC vet dad Ben Dozier, sister MeiLee Dozier and two of the smaller Doziers in attendance.

 

Women in Military Service for America Memorial

Dozier and Brigadier General Wilma L. Vaught, USAF (Ret.), president of the Women In Military Service For America Memorial. Dozier emceed the 15th anniversary gala of the organization, held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C., Oct. 19th. At the entrance of Arlington Memorial Cemetery, WIMSA is the only major national memorial honoring women who have served in the nation’s defense during all eras and in all services. See: WIMSA