Had a very interesting visit Sunday at the gallery from Lisa Hogan, originally from Gloucester, MA and Andrew Garfield from Gloucester, England. The couple were married in February 2000 in Rockport at the Old Sloop Congregational Church, where Lisa’s mother and grandmother had also been married. That in and of itself I found interesting, but the more we talked, the more interesting they became. The couple now lives in Rockport in the winter and summers in Gloucester on their boat which they keep at Cape Ann Marina.
Andrew and Lisa co-founded a company called Glevum Associates LLC. Glevum was a Roman fort in Roman Britain that became a “colonia” of retired legionaries in AD 97. Today it is known as Gloucester, located in the English county of Gloucestershire. Glevum Associates LLC a company that specializes in conducting face-to-face research and analysis in conflict and post conflict societies. Since its inception, Glevum has supported numerous U.S. Government and military clients – including the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, and more recently the Department of State – providing actionable and vital political, security and quality of life information on local populations including in Iraq (550,000 interviews to date) and Afghanistan (250,000 interviews to date).
From 2005 to 2012, Andrew has taught two modules on “Winning the War of Ideas” and “Exploitation of the Human Terrain” to the commanders and staffs of almost every Army and National Guard brigade, division and corps that has deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2005, as well as multiple supporting formations and specialist units.
Andrew has recently completed a fascinating paper based on in-depth interviews with 78 active Taliban insurgents, living and operating in many of Afghanistan’s most volatile provinces, titled “Understanding Afghan Insurgents: Motivations, Goals and the Reconcilation and Reintegration Process. Who Are They? What Do They Want? Why do They Fight?” https://www.fpri.org/docs/Understanding_Afghan_Insurgents_Garfield_and_Boyd.pdf
You meet the most interesting people on Rocky Neck.
PS Joey – I don’t have any GMG stickas left, so they had to hold up my Deviled Egg Competition ribbon! Don’t let me forget to get some more when I come by the dock.
E.J. Lefavour
Good Morning Gloucester 
We’re running low. Maybe our boy Shew and Frank Ciolino will come to the rescue!
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