We have a special program this Thursday, as Major General Mark MacCarley, will be visiting our club to speak on the topic of “In a Region of Chaos and Autocracy”. MG MacCarley is with the American Armenian National Security of America (AANSI), an organization dedicated to educating Congressional, military and civilian national security decision-makers on American and Armenian defense and strategic interests. AANSI believes that a strong American and Armenian military and national security posture is the best guarantor of peace and the survival of our values and civilization. You can learn more about MG MacCarley below.

BIO Major General Mark MacCarley, USA, Ret.

Major General Mark MacCarley was commissioned in the USAR in 1983 and retired in 2015 as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command.  He spent approximately one-half of his career on Active Duty, mainly in Active Component Units and balance of his career in USAR Troop Commands.  Prior to his assignment to TRADOC, he served as the Deputy Commander (Support), 1st Army, and concurrently as the Commander, 1st Army Reserve Support Command.  Previous assignments included Deputy Commander for both the Active Component’s 1st and 8th Theater Sustainment Commands and Chief of Staff for the Army Reserve’s 377th Theater Sustainment Command during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.  In 2007 he was the Deputy Defense Coordinating Officer for FEMA Region 9, responsible for coordinating the military response to natural and man-made disasters.  He holds a B.A. in International Relations from California State University Northridge, an M.S.S. from the U.S. Army War College, an M.B.A from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), and a J.D. from Loyola University School of Law, Los Angeles.  He currently serves as managing partner at MacCarley & Rosen, PLC, focusing on international business transactions, government relations, and national security issues.