Randall Larsen

Randy Larsen is the Director of the Institute for Homeland
Security at ANSER, a nonprofit public-service research
institute. He previously served as the Chairman of the
Department of Military Strategy and Operations at the
National War College where he continues to teach the
Homeland Security course. He has also served as a
government advisor to the Defense Science Board and as a
research fellow at the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for
International Security Studies. During the past seven
years, he has written and lectured extensively on the
subjects of asymmetric and biological warfare, and the 21st
century challenges of homeland security.

He was the co-developer of the nationally-acclaimed DARK
WINTER exercise which simulated a major terrorism event in
the United States. Key players in this exercise included
the current Governor of Oklahoma, Frank Keating; former
Senator Sam Nunn, special assistant to five presidents,
David Gergan; former Director of Central Intelligence, Jim
Woolsey; and former FBI Director, William Sessions.

Larsen is a frequent guest commentator on the subjects of
homeland security and biological warfare on national
television and radio shows including: the Jim Lehrer
News Hour, CBS Evening News, CBS Morning News, Fox News,
ABC's Nightline, Larry King Live, Oprah, Voice of America
TV, plus NPR, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and BBC radio.

In June 2000, Colonel Larsen retired following 32 years of
military service in both the Army and Air Force. His
assignments included 400 combat missions in Cobra gunships
in Vietnam, duties as a military attaché, legislative
assistant, speechwriter to the Commander-in-Chief of the
United States Transportation Command, and as the commander
of America's fleet of VIP aircraft at Andrews Air Force
Base in Maryland. His military decorations include the
Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the
Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, 17 Air Medals,
and the South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He has a
Master of Arts degree in National Security Studies from the
Naval Post Graduate School and is a graduate of the Air War
College and the Defense Intelligence College.