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Successful Start to AAFSW-NDU Collaboration

08/01/2024 12:53 AM | AAFSW Webmaster (Administrator)

The new collaboration between AAFSW and the National Defense University (NDU) is off to a great start. An incoming class of 139 of International Fellows and their families have been arriving since late June and into July.

Many have already been matched with a Community Sponsor through the liaison with AAFSW including two families from Malaysia; Brig. Gen. (Dato) and his spouse and a Lt. Col. with the Royal Malaysian Air Force who is here with his wife and four children. Members are also sponsoring an International Fellow and his wife from Egypt, and Fellows from Indonesia and the Maldives.

The National Defense University manages the logistics for getting the arrivals settled.  Many are located in apartments in Arlington near the Pentagon and have easy access to the stores in the area.

Sponsors reach out to answer questions, provide information on the area, and suggest cultural activities. In July, AAFSW sponsors invited new International Fellows and their families to Fourth of July barbecues, patriotic concerts at the Kennedy Center, Nationals baseball games, and outdoor movies at the Navy Memorial. 

The National Defense University will host a mixer for all of the International Fellows, Community Sponsors, and their families at the end of the month.

For more information on how to become a Community Sponsor, please contact Melanie McFeeters at melaniemcfeeters@aafsw.org or Dorothea Erickson at dorothea.erickson@aafsw.org.


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