U.S. Airmen share insight on crisis comms at Kuwaiti conference

U.S. Air Force Capt. Thomas Barger, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing chief of public affairs, center, discusses elements of social media and crisis communication with Master Sgt. Daniel Ward, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron superintendent of emergency management, right, and a communications professor from the University of Kuwait during the Digital Public Relations Conference and Exhibition at the National LIbrary of Kuwait in Kuwait City, Dec. 11, 2019. "Digitalizing Strategic Communications for Confronting Public Relations Crisis" was the theme during this segment of the conference, which brought together U.S. military members to an audience of Kuwaiti government representatives, industry insiders, undergraduates, media and academics on effective crisis communication practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Martinez)