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Security Consultative Committee ( the 2 +2 Meeting ) in September and on numerous other occasions , the U.S. government has clarified the importance of locally stationed U.S. forces building " good neighbor " relations with local residents . Prior efforts have included Submarine Force wartime readiness assessments , creation of the U.S. Navy ’ s Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle Program , serving on a Naval Research and Advisory Committee Panel to examine issues associated with transitioning technology , and serving on a Naval Studies Board to examine the role of experimentation in building future Naval Forces . Two-and-a-half-years ago , Zepnick , who had been trying to garner support for the tree since 1994 , was contacted by Milton Kaufmann , an 83-year-old retired Air Force colonel . " These are rational people , not necessarily uneducated or impoverished , " says retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Todd Stewart , director of the Program for International and Homeland Security at Ohio State University in Columbus . Through partnerships and investments , the Air Force is clearly positioned to continue its leadership role in space and is well on the way to achieving the vision of an integrated Aerospace Force . I 'd always been drawn to ( the military ) and I missed being in an orderly atmosphere , " Chambers , the son of a retired Air Force technical sergeant , explained . This group will be headed by retired Air Force Gen. George T. Babbitt , former head of Air Force Materiel Command , with a support staff from Bearing Point , a management consulting firm .