{"id":13460,"date":"2022-07-05T17:10:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/virginia-military-institute-vmi-delegation-visits-the-ndc\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:36:19","slug":"virginia-military-institute-vmi-delegation-visits-the-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/virginia-military-institute-vmi-delegation-visits-the-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Delegation Visits the NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/140-VMI-Visit_2_1.jpg\" alt=\"Visiting delegation attending the NDC briefing\" \/><figcaption>Visiting delegation attending the NDC briefing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On 5 July 2022, the NATO Defense College (NDC) welcomed a delegation from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) composed of 23 delegates and led by Colonel Michael Hardin, Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at VMI. The aim of the visit was to introduce the visitors to the NDC\u2019s main activities and mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Upon arrival, the visiting delegation was welcomed by the NDC Dean, Dr Christopher M. Schnaubelt. Afterwards, NDC Faculty Advisor and US Senior National Representative, Colonel Lance Varney, gave a comprehensive briefing on the history, structure and main activities of the College, followed by a Q&#038;A session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The delegation then attended a rehearsal of the Senior Course 140 Committee Study Project Presentations and concluded the visit with a tour of the NDC premises. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br>(Prepared by Ms Sofia Carvalheiro, PRT C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visiting delegation attending the NDC briefing On 5 July 2022, the NATO Defense College (NDC) welcomed a delegation<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-13460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 4 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juillet 5, 2022","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juillet 5, 2022 17:10","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:36"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13460"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=13460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}