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COURTING A RELUCTANT ALLY - National Intelligence University

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ABOUT THE AUTHORCDR Florence is a career naval officer who served tours in engineering, operations,and combat systems as a Surface Warfare Officer before transitioning toNaval <strong>Intelligence</strong>. In his intelligence tours, he has served as the intelligenceofficer for an electronic reconnaissance squadron in Japan, as an AmphibiousSquadron <strong>Intelligence</strong> Officer, and most recently in the Joint Staff J2 (<strong>Intelligence</strong>Directorate) at the Pentagon. He is now Head of the Current Readiness, Systems,and Fleet Support Department at U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia.He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1988 with B.S. degrees inHistory and English, and from the Joint Military <strong>Intelligence</strong> College with a Master’sof Science of Strategic <strong>Intelligence</strong> in 2003. His interest in exploring thepre-WWII UK/U.S. intelligence relationship stemmed from his love of militaryand diplomatic history and his desire to look for lessons from the past that couldbe applied to today’s national security challenges.113

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