It was an honor for Taylor Porter and Managing Partner Skip Philips to help welcome representatives from the U.S. Army War College Eisenhower Series College Program at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center's McKernan Auditorium, to discuss current national security and military issues as well as government policies. Today's panel marked the sixth consecutive year the Law Center has hosted the U.S. Army War College on its campus. 

Speakers included: Lt. Col. Tom Asbery of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Col Lance D. Clark of the U.S. Air Force, Staff Judge Advocate Col. Nicholas F. Lancaster, Lt. Col. Antonio M Paz of the U.S. Army and Lt. Col. Matthew Strub of the Wisconsin Army National Guard. Topics included: STEM education as a national imperative; Climate change and its impact on national security; Use of force under international law; Autonomous weapon systems and remotely piloted aircraft; Cyber security disaster response; and Defense support to civil authorities.

The Eisenhower Series College Program was established in 1969 as a United States Army War College academic outreach program, to encourage dialogue on national security matters and other public policy issues between students at the Army's senior educational institution and public at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Philips worked with LSU Law Center and the Eisenhower Series College Program to organize the event. Philips is an adjunct professor of law at Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he teaches courses on Professional Responsibility and Insurance Law. He is a retired major general in the U.S. Army Reserve. He was last assigned as Commanding General, 377th Theater Sustainment Command, New Orleans, Louisiana, where he commanded more than 30,000 Army Reserve soldiers in the United States. He is the Army Reserve Ambassador for Louisiana.