Luncheon Discussion on UK-US Military Relations and Ukraine
May 1, 2025 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm EDT
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Join BENS for an important conversation on UK-US military relations, European security, and Ukraine with Defence Attaché, USA, Rear Admiral Tim Woods.
Rear Admiral Tim Woods serves as Defence Attaché at the British Embassy Washington, where leads the UK’s extensive military engagement and partnerships across all branches of the United States military.
Rear Admiral Woods joins the team in Washington from Kyiv, Ukraine, where he was the British Defence Attaché at the frontline of the UK’s support to the Ukrainian military. In Kyiv, he also served as Head of the British Defence Staff in Eastern Europe, commanding all Defence Attaches across Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine at a defining moment in European security.
He brings more than three decades’ experience both on land and at sea. Previous roles have included active duty in Afghanistan, deployments to the Far East, submarine patrols, secondments to NATO, the UK Ministry of Defence and the National Security Secretariat.
Rear Admiral Woods joined the Royal Navy in 1988 after training at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, south west England, and at sea. He is a graduate of the prestigious Royal College of Defence Studies, where he was awarded the Wellington Prize for Strategic Analysis.
Cost: $30
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