
Peacekeepers Roundtable
Thu, Sep 19
|National WWI Museum
Join us for a panel featuring international military officers currently studying at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, who will discuss their most challenging and rewarding experiences as U.N. peacekeepers. Keynote Speaker: Free Event.


Time & Location
Sep 19, 2024, 6:00 PM
National WWI Museum, 2 Memorial Dr, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
About The Event
Our keynote speaker: Captain Lonnie L. Fields, Jr., United States Navy Chief, Military Planning Service United Nations, Office of Military Affairs
Captain Lonnie L. Fields, Jr. hails from San Diego, California. He graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in 1994, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering. He also earned a Master of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University in Systems Engineering in 2004. Upon completion of Officer Candidate School at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida in December 1995, he reported to flight training, and was designated a Naval Flight Officer (NFO)from 562nd Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas in February 1997.
Captain Fields’ operational command tour was with the Ironman Squadron, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron THREE (VQ-3) at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. His operational tours include: VQ-3 as Mission Commander, Airborne Communications Officer and Navigator Instructor; USS Nimitz as V-2 Division Officer and Catapult Launching Officer (Shooter); Individual Augmentee (IA) Senior Mentor & Team Chief, Embedded Training Team for the Afghan
National Army 5 th Battalion, 2 nd Brigade, 205 th Corps; VQ-4 as Operations Officer Department Head; and second IA as Military Advisor for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. His shore tours include: Airborne Systems Flight Test student at U.S. Naval Test Pilot School; Air Test and Evaluation Squadron TWO ZERO (VX-20) as Test NFO; E-6B Fleet Replacement Squadron (VQ-7) as Operations Officer Department Head; Joint Staff, National Military Command
Center as Assistant Deputy Director for Operations and Global Strike Advisor; Office of Secretary of Defense as NATO Policy Analyst for International Security Affairs, European and NATO Policy; Commander, U.S. Naval Central Command/FIFTH Fleet as Assistant Chief of Staff for Training and Readiness; Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as International Engagement Section Head for Europe, Middle East and Africa and Strategic Plans Section Head for Russia, NATO, and Arctic; and Chief of Staff for the Navy International Programs Office.
Captain Fields is currently assigned to the United Nations Headquarters in New York as the Chief, Military Planning Service, Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations. Captain Fields’ decorations include Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Joint Commendation Medal, Navy &; Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3 awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Combat Action
Ribbon, and other unit and service awards.