Nation Building in the Amazon
Establishing Trust and Security with Brazil’s 2nd Jungle Brigade
Dodge Billingsley, director of Combat Films and Research, has been a long-time observer of wars and contested regions and has spent considerable time with U.S. and foreign militaries worldwide. Billingsley’s documentary films have won both the prestigious Rory Peck and Royal Television Society awards, and he has produced and directed the Kennedy Center series Beyond the Border.
WHEN
Wednesday | 7 Sep, 12:00 PM
WHERE
238 HRCB
Wednesday | 7 Sep, 12:00 PM
WHERE
238 HRCB
Far from the 2016 Rio Olympics, join the Brazilian Army in the Dog’s Head, where it struggles against stifling heat, torrential rains, mosquitos, and washed out roads in its effort to nation build among Brazil’s Amazonian Indian populations, all while battling to preserve its borders against illegal miners, narco-traffickers, and other forms of transnational crime.