Note from the Editor: Reflections on the 15th Anniversary of 9/11

To mark the fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Center for Homeland Defense and Security is publishing three reflective essays by distinguished affiliated practitioners and academics.  Joe Pfeifer is a graduate of the CHDS master’s degree program and is an Assistant Chief at FDNY.  Cathy Lanier is also a graduate of the CHDS master’s degree program and is currently Chief of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.  Dr. Rodrigo Nieto-Gomez is a research professor and futurist at the National Security Affairs Department and at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School.