The Pacific Northwest National Security Forum (PNWNSF) is a non-profit group of civilian and military organization representatives from the Puget Sound area who coordinate and present periodic forums to perpetuate national and international military issues. The forum was first organized in the mid-1990s by Major General (Ret) John Hemphill, US Army, and a group of retired military officers who believed that people across the country need to hear from senior military strategists. Such conferences are rarely held outside the Washington, DC beltway. The second forum took place in 2006, a decade after the first, but the forums have been held each year since. Regular sponsors of the Pacific Northwest National Security Forum are: