David W. Bruce ’78 CDR, USN (ret) and Christy McCutchan ’01 MAJ, USMC (ret) are in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso working for PAE on the US State Department Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) program. David is the Team Lead and Christy is the Logistics mentor/ instructor, as we assist the Burkina Faso Peace Operations Directorate to conduct pre-deployment training for the next battalion deploying to Timbuktu, Mali for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). David has been here since 9 January and will return home in France on 9 May; Christy is here for three weeks 25 Mar – 17 Apr.
