Olmsted Scholar Class '89
Major General
Army
Retired
Montpellier, France
University of Montpellier III / Paul-Valery
Defense Language Institute
French
Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis; Senior Research Fellow, The Arthur D. Simons Center for Ethical Leadership & Interagency Cooperation; Member, The Alphen Group
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment
Retired
J3, Director European Planning and Operations Center and Joint Cyber Center, US European Command, Stuttgart, Germany
Commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (US Operation FREEDOM SENTINEL); Deputy Chief of Staff, Security Assistance, NATO Mission RESOLUTE SUPPORT, Kabul, Afghanistan
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations and Intelligence, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium
Deputy Commanding General for Development & Education, Combined Arms Center; Deputy Commandant CGSC, Ft Leavenworth, KS
Deputy Commanding General, ANSF Development, CJTF-1 (1st Cav Div – US Operation ENDURING FREEDOM); DCG, Region Command East, ISAF Joint Command, NATO Mission ISAF, Bagram & Gardez, Afghanistan
C/J-5, Director Future Plans, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, NATO Mission ISAF, Kabul, Afghanistan
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations and Intelligence, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Rheindahlen, Germany
Chief, Strategic Advisory Group, for Commander, NATO Mission International Security Assistance Force, Kabul, Afghanistan
Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Southern European Task Force (Airborne), Vicenza, Italy
Commander, 2nd Brigade, 78th Division (Training Support), Ft Drum, NY; deployed as Commander, Public Order Division, Special Police Transition Team, US Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
G5, Deputy Plans, later Chief of Plans, later Chief of Info Ops and Chief of Staff Joint Effects Centre, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Rheindahlen, Germany
Student, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA
Deputy Commander, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Ft Benning, GA
Commander, 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry, Ft Benning, GA
Executive Officer, SETAF Lion Brigade, Vicenza, Italy
S3 Operations Group, Combat Maneuver Training Center, Hohenfels, Germany; deployed as J3 Operations Officer, GUARDIAN ASSISTANCE (Kigali, Rwanda) and later deployed as J5 Plans Officer, GUARDIAN RETRIEVAL (Brazzaville, Congo)
S3, 3rd Battalion, 325th ABCT, Vicenza, Italy; deployed for Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR (Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina), and later deployed as J3 Liaison Officer, Operation ASSURED RESPONSE (Freetown, Sierra Leon; Monrovia, Liberia)
Chief, G3 Training, Southern Europe Task Force (SETAF), Vicenza, Italy; deployed as J3, Joint Task Force-Alpha, Operation SUPPORT HOPE (Goma, Zaire)
Exchange Officer S3 / S2, Susa Alpini Battalion, later S3 / S2 3rd Alpini Regiment, Pinerolo, Italy; deployed to Chimoio, Mozambique (UN Operation Mozambique – UNOMOZ)
Olmsted Scholar Program – Montpellier, France
Company Commander, 4th Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division; later Officer Personnel Manager, XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, NC
Platoon Leader, C Company, later Operations Liaison Officer & Assistant S3 Air, 1st Battalion, 509th Airborne Combat Team (ABCT); later C Company Executive Officer, later S3 Air Operations Officer, 4th Battalion, 325th ABCT, Vicenza, Italy
MS, Strategic Studies, Army War College
MA, Defense Studies, University of Montpellier III / Paul-Valery
MBA, University of Montpellier III / Paul-Valery
BS, Physics, United State Military Academy