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With Open Season right around the corner G.E.H.A will be having the 2026 open-season webinars available to AFIO Members. Medical, Dental, and Medicare Webinars will be starting November!
The October 2, 2025 meeting and dinner event of the Roger E. McCarthy Chapter, Las Vegas was also attended by several members of the CIRA Las Vegas Chapter to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of both AFIO and CIRA. Rich Tropea, Vice President for Chapters for AFIO National, and dual-hatted as President of the Michigan Chapter was an outstanding guest speaker. His topic was “How the Value of Intelligence Continues to Evolve Despite Temporary Detractors and Constraints.”
Registration is open until 7 November. Get your tickets while seats are available. Lunch is $65 (members) or $80 (guests, Subscribers). Guest speaker: Adm Dennis C. Blair, USN(Ret), former DNI; and a panel moderated by Shane Harris that includes current and former Senior IC and National Security specialists.
Former Army Intelligence Officer and Latin America FAO, Richard Kilroy, PhD, reviews J.J. Valdés' book Besieged Beachhead: The Cold War Battle for Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in this week's WIN, on your Member Account page and on the WIN Short Form Book Reviews page.
The International Spy Museum is hosting various events in October, including community nights and discussions on topics like cybercrime, Cold War intelligence, and the life of Josephine Baker.
Former FBI Agent and Historian Ray Batvinis reviews Thomas Maier's book The Invisible Spy in this week's WIN, on your Member Account page and on the WIN Short Form Book Reviews page.
The International Spy Museum kicks off September with several Book Signings, virtual, and special events.
Join author, historian and lecturer Gary Powers Jr. from 16 -26 April 2026 on an exciting, 11-day/9-night tour of fascinating Cold War and espionage related sites in Germany and Denmark with overnight stays in Berlin, Kiel, Aalborg, Copenhagen and Rostock.
Former FBI Agent and Historian Ray Batvinis reviews Jesse Fink's book The Eagle in the Mirror: The Greatest Spy Story Never Told in this week's WIN, on your Member Account page and on the WIN Short Form Book Reviews page.