role: Directors

One of four sons of an USAF pilot and aeronautical engineer assigned to Aerojet General, now Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Space Systems Division, now Space and Missile Systems Center near Los Angeles.  Angelus was born an identical twin at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and lived in six countries and ten American states.

ノースカロライナ州のアパラチアン州立大学、カリフォルニア州のメサ・カレッジで学び、1985年にニューメキシコ大学の国際関係学科を修了した。

Angelus has been involved in security and defense policies throughout his career as journalist, consultant and global business development specialist. He was a producer for Radio America in Washington D.C on geopolitical issues in 1986, and he produced the first Spanish-language news program for Gannett’s USA Today.  Thereafter he co-founded Panamerica Inc. with former Ambassador of Panama to the U.S., Juan Sosa, followed by a National Forum Foundation assignment to Polish National Television in Kraków in 1992.

1996年、旧ソ連圏のエネルギーと安全保障に焦点を当てたUSIキャピタル・コーポレーションをワシントンD.C.に設立。ポーランドとルーマニアに設立した子会社で炭化水素産業のコンサルティングを行い、現地語の月刊誌を発行する一方、企業や政府の要人を招いた国際会議を開催した。

過去10年間は、UAEを拠点にイラクやアフガニスタンの復興支援に従事し、現地企業と海外パートナーとのチーム編成を促進。2008年には、ギリシャのAndreas Papandreou家と共同で「アテネ・サミット-世界の気候とエネルギーの安全保障」を企画した。

サウジアラビアでは、2009年にAl-Khodari Sons社を代表してインフラプロジェクトのジョイントベンチャー紹介を行った。また、2010年にはマラウイのビング・ワ・ムタリカ大統領一家と共同で、手頃な価格の住宅をベースにした「汎アフリカ新地域開発構想（PAN-CDI）」の基礎作りを行った。

2012年、アンジェラスは青島で開催された「Independent Refineries China Summit」を共同開催し、外国人講師や世界精製協会などの国際的なスポンサーを誘致する初のキャンペーンを行った。その他、2005年にヨルダンで開催されたイラク復興会議、2011年にUAEで開催されたグローバル・アラブ・ビジネス、2012年にシンガポールで開催されたダウンストリーム・アジアなどでスピーカーを務めている。

アンジェラスは、日本の防衛産業基盤の発展を支援するために、ワシントンDCのアドミラル・ツムワルト・アソシエイツと共同で、日本企業と海外パートナーとのコラボレーションを促進するジャパンアソシエイツを設立した。

Mr. Rubinstein’s involvement with defense and aerospace programs in the Asia-Pacific Region is based on lengthy experience as a planner, negotiator, and manager.  During twelve years as a Foreign Service Officer he worked on US-Japan defense and trade issues in the US Embassy, Tokyo (1974-78) and the State Department’s Office of Japanese Affairs (1980-82).

At the Department of Defense Mr. Rubinstein served in the Defense Security Assistance Agency and returned to Tokyo on assignment to the Embassy’s Mutual Defense Assistance Office (1983-86).  In these positions he was responsible for resolution of policy and management matters related to major Japanese acquisition programs as well as joint R&D projects.

After leaving government service Mr. Rubinstein became Director of Policy and Planning in the Washington office of Grumman International, where he focused on government relations, program planning, and joint venture projects.  He has since been employed as a consultant on security policy and defense industrial programs in the Asia-Pacific region and is currently Director of GAR Associates.  Mr. Rubinstein has also served as an advisor to the Department of Defense on Japan programs.

He was educated at the University of Chicago (B.A, 1972), Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (M.A., 1974), and Jochi University, Tokyo. He has written numerous articles on US-Japan security relations, co-authored studies for DoD on armaments cooperation with Japan, and worked on defense acquisition reform proposals for Taiwan.

Mr. Rubinstein is currently an Adjunct Fellow on Japan security matters at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).  As a member of the National Defense Industry Association’s International Committee he contributes to government-industry projects on defense acquisition, foreign military sales, export control, and defense industrial cooperation.

Bob is currently head of Japan Defense and Aerospace and Consulting Services (JDACS), assisting domestic and international companies in Japan and the Indo-Pacific region.

Previously Bob was the senior executive representing Raytheon in Japan, responsible for Raytheon’s strategic relationships with customers and industrial partners in country, also responsible for coordinating Raytheon’s business unit executives across the company to develop and maintain a one-Raytheon approach to business in Japan. Raytheon International, Inc. (RII), Raytheon’s central resource for entering the global market at that time, identified opportunities and provided solutions to its international customers.

それ以前は、日本パトリオットプログラムのシステムエンジニアリングとソフトウェアソリューションマネージャー、および事業エリアチーフエンジニアとして勤務してきた。その際、システムエンジニアリング、インテグレーション、システムソフトウェア、製造、製造テスト、提案書レビューなど、日本パトリオットプログラムの技術的側面をすべて、監督する責任を負った。また、日本の産業界や政府の主要企業、米国の主要防衛機関、国際防衛市場の責任者と協力し、日本パトリオットのビジネス開発をリードした。

Bob spent 24 years in Japan in various roles and responsibilities supporting US and Japanese defense industry.  Mr. Morrissey worked at Raytheon for 39 years before retiring in 2021. He holds a BSEE from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a major study in microwave engineering.

Gen. Martinez was Commander of U.S. Forces Japan, and Commander of the 5th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, the most senior U.S. military representative in Japan.
He was responsible for managing bilateral security issues, overseeing joint/bilateral exercises, administering the Status of Forces Agreement, improving combat readiness and enhancing the quality of life of 62,000 military and Department of Defense civilian personnel and 42,000 dependents.

Gen. Martinez was commissioned in 1986 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is a command pilot with more than 4,000 hours in the C-17A, C-5B, C-141B and KC-135R. The general previously commanded the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, overseeing the Air Force’s only prime nuclear airlift force. His staff assignments include Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command, Brunssum, the Netherlands; Chief of the Joint Mobility Operations Center at U.S. Transportation Command; Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow with the DuPont Corporation in Wilmington, Delaware; and Inspector General, Headquarters Air Mobility Command.

Prior to his current assignment, he was the Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Illinois.

 

EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Science, basic science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1991 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1994 Master of Arts, business administration, Webster University, St. Louis, Mo.
1996 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
2001 Air War College, by seminar
2003 Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow, DuPont Corporation, Wilmington, Del.
2005 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2001 – June 2003, Chief, Mobility Systems Division, and Chief, Joint Mobility Operations Center, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Ill., as a lieutenant colonel
2. March 2010 – April 2011, Deputy Commander, Political-Military Affairs, Combined Security Transition Command, Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, as a brigadier general
3. June 2013 – May 2015, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, the Netherlands, as a major general
4. October 2016 – present, Commander, United States Forces Japan, Yokota AB, Japan, as a lieutenant general

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal (Air Force) with oak leaf cluster
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
NATO Medal