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I am a Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College in Washington, DC. I received a PhD from Auburn University, an MA from Colorado State University, and a BA from Purdue University, all in history. I am also a 2004 graduate of Air Command and Staff College and a 2011 graduate of U.S. Army War College. Before joining the faculty at the National War College in 2013, I did space policy and strategy work in the Pentagon, responsible for developing budget, policy, and strategy on space issues related to national, international, and commercial topics. I am a career space and missile professional who retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2015 as a colonel. Before my second assignment to the Pentagon, I served as Deputy Commander, 821st Air Base Group, and deputy installation commander, Thule Air Base, Greenland, a remote facility 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle now called Pituffik Space Base. Prior to that assignment, I served as the commander of the 22d Space Operations Squadron, responsible for operational direction of the eight worldwide remote tracking stations constituting the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). A native of Washington, DC, I have served as an ICBM operations officer and a satellite operations crew commander. I also served a remote assignment at the AFSCN site aboard U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. 

I have taught history at 7,258 feet, 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and in cyberspace, and written extensively on space. I served as the editor of Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly journal from 2005 to 2016 during which time we earned the 2015 inaugural AAS Ordway Award for “exceptional, sustained efforts to inform and educate on spaceflight.” Below are some of my most major publications. Contact me at afscfhistory at gmail dot com.