USC Military News

• USC Price, Viterbi schools prepare military experts to coordinate policy and technology June 21, 2022
  As the war in Ukraine underscores the need for a multidisciplinary approach to defense, the Executive Global Space and Defense Program couldn't be more timely.
• ‘We were young, they say. We have died. Remember us.’ May 27, 2022
  USC Dornsife alumnus and retired Navy Capt. Chris Isleib helped create the first national memorial for World War I veterans, part of a long career spent telling the stories of America's military.
• USC helps Army veteran and counterintelligence officer deepens his expertise in defense May 19, 2022
  COMMENCEMENT 2022: Working in intelligence, John Esparza he knew a deeper understanding of the law would be beneficial to his career. That's where USC Gould's online Master of Studies in Law program comes in.
• They met on their first day at USC; now they’re Army officers and run a near-million-dollar startup May 10, 2022
  COMMENCEMENT 2022: This month, Brian Femminella and Lucy Schafer will receive their diplomas, become military officers and continue to work on their music therapy app.
• What is a war crime? A former U.S. State Department foreign affairs officer provides a primer May 9, 2022
  Jeffrey Fields of international relations at USC Dornsife discusses the definition and origin of the term, and assesses President Biden's allegations against Russia.
• Alexander Vindman shares expertise on Ukraine war April 27, 2022
  The former National Security Council director for Eastern Europe will deliver this year's commencement address to USC Price School of Public Policy graduates.
• USC celebrates its military, veterans and ROTC — in person, at last March 30, 2022
  Featured speaker retired Air Force Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski headlined a lively evening of tradition and celebration of USC's long partnership with the military.
• USC joins U.S. Space Force’s University Partnership Program February 28, 2022
  The university's diversity, commitment to the military and wealth of research made it an ideal fit for this agreement, which begins a formal partnership.
• Actor, pilot and engineer: USC Viterbi senior does it all January 24, 2022
  From gymnastics to the U.S. Air Force ROTC, USC senior Natalie Smith built her life on asking, "Why not?"
• Why troops on Ukraine’s border are driving up tensions in Moscow and Washington December 9, 2021
  Robert English of USC Dornsife's School of International Relations, a former policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Defense and an expert on Russia, shares his assessment of the U.S.-Russia relationship and Biden's recent meeting with Putin.
• World War II Shaped USC History — and the Face of the University December 7, 2021
  Nearly every corner of campus life transformed as students joined the war effort at home and abroad.
• USC Digital Libraries digitizes rare, 100-year-old photos of Unknown Soldier’s burial November 11, 2021
  It's part of a five-year, government-funded project under which USC is digitally preserving historic photographs, documents, audiovisual recordings and visual media from all branches of the U.S. military services.
• Bridging cultural gulf and a generation gap, Green Beret veteran stands out in class November 11, 2021
  Undergraduate students half his age sometimes mistake Orlando Ambriz for a professor. The retired Green Beret flips those mistakes into opportunities.