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Department of Airpower

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Department of Airpower

The Department of Airpower is made up of both experienced civilian and military faculty from across the joint force and includes officers from our nation’s allies and academic specialties. The department develops and delivers two of ACSC’s core courses, Airpower Strategy and Operations and Contemporary and Emerging Warfare, in support of the USAF’s new mission: To fly, fight, and win… Airpower anytime, anywhere. The first course, Airpower Strategy and Operations, examines the emergence and development of airpower from World War I through the early years of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to better understand airpower employment today. The Contemporary and Emerging Warfare course examines capabilities, limitations, threats, and technology in modern conflicts, incorporating joint doctrine and studying great power and peer adversaries. The courses work together to merge lessons learned from historical and contemporary conflicts with emerging technologies and threats to prepare for future conflict. Airpower…Get Some!


 

Dr. Edwin H. Redman, Colonel, USAF (Retired), is Chair of the Department of Airpower and an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Dr. Redman is a command pilot with tours in each of the Air Force’s bomber aircraft. He served as an instructor pilot in the T-38, B-1 and B-2, and flew combat missions in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM in 2003 in the B-2. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, ACSC, and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS). Following SAASS, Dr. Redman attended Duke University, where he received his PhD in History. His last operational assignment was Deputy Commander, 509th Operations Group, Whiteman Air Force Base. He completed his active-duty service at Air University, holding several positions, including Director of Warfighting Education at the LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, and Director of the Grand Strategy Seminar, Air War College. He retired from the Air Force in 2014 and joined Air University as a civilian professor in 2015.

Research Interest/Expertise: Cold War History, Nuclear Deterrence, Civil-Military Relations, and US National Security

Lt Col Todd “King” Arthur is the Deputy Department Chair of the Department of Airpower at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Lt Col Arthur is a command pilot with over 5500 hours in the C-5 A/B/M, T-1A, T-6A and E-11 aircraft. He served as an instructor pilot in all four airframes, and flew combat missions in Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, and FREEDOM SENTENEL. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, ACSC, and commanded the 430 EECS. Lt Col Arthur received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Air Force Academy with a minor in Military Doctrine, Operations and Strategy. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Touro University with an emphasis in corporate finance. Lt Col Arthur also has a Master of Military Sciences from Air University. His last assignment was Commander, 430 EECS Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arab.
Dr. Jared R. Donnelly is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies and the Course Director of the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare course at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College. Dr. Donnelly received his PhD from Texas A&M University and was previously on the faculty of the International Affairs Department at the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service. Donnelly's research focuses on war and social change in Germany and Europe with a specific interest in the period since 1945. Additionally, he studies strategic design for future security environments and conducts research on decision making in multi-domain operations.

Research Interest/Expertise: Modern Europe, Modern Germany, European War and Society, Nazi Germany, Multi Domain Operations, Strategic Design, Joint Planning.

Dr. Heather P. Venable is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Airpower and the Airpower Strategy and Operations Course Director. She has taught Airpower I, Airpower II, and electives on close air support and the historical experience of combat. She also has served as the Airpower II course director. As a visiting professor at the US Naval Academy, she taught naval and Marine Corps history. She graduated with a BA in History from Texas A&M University and an MA in American History from the University of Hawai’i. She received her PhD in military history from Duke University. She also has attended the Space Operations Course as well as the Joint Firepower Course. She has written How the Few Became the Proud: The Making of the Marine Corps’ Mythos, 1874-1918 (Naval Institute Press, 2019). Previous published work includes “‘There’s Nothing that a Marine Can’t Do’: Publicity and the Marine Corps, 1905-1917” in New Interpretations in Naval History: Selected Papers from the Sixteenth Naval History Symposium and “The China Marines and the Crucible of the Warrior Mythos, 1900-1941” in Crucibles: Selected Readings in U.S. Marine Corps History. She is also a non-resident fellow at Marine Corps University’s Krulak Center. Her professional service includes service as a managing editor for The Strategy Bridge. Her current research centers on intersections between theory and pre-war thinking and the application of airpower in combat.
Dr. Terry Beckenbaugh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Air Power at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He came to ACSC from the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he taught for nine years in the Department of Military History. Dr. Beckenbaugh received his PhD in 19th Century US History from the University of Arkansas, and his Masters and Bachelors in US History and History, respectively, from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Beckenbaugh has taught at a variety of undergraduate and graduate civilian institutions. He is currently working on a book on the White River Campaign in Arkansas in the spring-summer of 1862, and has numerous publications and conference presentations.
Dr. Joshua A. Sipper is an Assistant Professor at the Air Command and Staff College. He completed his Doctoral work at Trident University in September of 2012, earning a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (emphasis, E-Learning Leadership). Dr. Sipper’s previous degrees were obtained from Troy University (M.Ed. Education) and Faulkner University (B.S. English). Dr. Sipper is a veteran who served honorably in the U.S. Air Force in the intelligence career field and worked for Lockheed Martin in a similar capacity on the U-2 program. More recently, Dr. Sipper shifted his focus into the cyber realm for seven years as a Systems Engineer, Chief of Cyber Standardization and Evaluation, and Cyber Exercise Manager for General Dynamics at the Air Force’s 26th Network Operations Squadron, followed by a nine-year stint as a civil servant in the Air Force cyber career field at the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education. Just prior to his appointment at ACSC, Dr. Sipper was a Professor of Cyberwarfare Studies at the Air Force Cyber College where he designed several cyber courses including Cyber ISR, Cyber EW, and Cyber and Information Warfare Capabilities and Trends. He has numerous publications including his paper titled “The Cyber Microbiome and the Cyber Meta-reality” published at the IARIA Cyber 2020 conference for which he won a “Best Paper Award” and also has a book titled “The Cyber Meta-reality: Beyond the Metaverse, published by Rowman and Littlefield in 2022. Dr. Sipper’s research interests include cyber operations, ISR, electromagnetic warfare, and cyber warfare.
Dr. M.V. "Coyote" Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Airpower at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College. He retired from active duty in August 2016 as a command space operations officer serving as a professor of strategic space studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. He has served in various flying, space, and missile assignments and as an instructor at the USAF Weapons School. During Operation Allied Force (Kosovo) he served as a strategist and targeting officer on Lt General Michael Short's staff at the Air Component headquarters at Dal Molin Air Base in Vicenza, Italy. During Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), he served at USCENTCOM Headquarters as a strategist on General Tommy Frank’s staff. He later served as the chief air and space power strategist on the Pentagon’s Strategic Planning Council during Operation Iraqi Freedom, providing advice to the Joint Staff and the Secretary of Defense. He is the author of Ten Propositions Regarding Spacepower, and the article “America Needs a US Space Corps,” which triggered Congressional and Presidential interest in an independent space service.
Dr. Paul J. Springer is a full professor of comparative military studies. He holds a PhD in military history from Texas A&M University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including America’s Captives: Treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror; Military Robots and Drones: A Reference Handbook; Transforming Civil War Prisons: Lincoln, Lieber, and the Laws of War; Cyber Warfare: A Reference Handbook; and Outsourcing War to Machines: The Military Robotics Revolution. In addition, he has published hundreds of shorter pieces, on a variety of subjects including military history, terrorism, strategy, technology, and military robotics. In 2019, he was asked by CSAF General David Goldfein to co-author a book on leadership and command, which will be published by the Air University Press. Dr. Springer is a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and the series editor for both the History of Military Aviation and Transforming War series, produced by the U.S. Naval Institute Press. Currently, he is completing three books, including a collective biography of the West Point Class of 1829; a military history textbook (co-authored with ACSC Professor S. Michael Pavelec); and an examination of the post-Civil War creation of higher education institutions in the South. Research Interest/Expertise includes: POW operations; military leadership and command; strategy; military technology; artificial intelligence; cyber warfare; and U.S. military history.
Dr. John Terino is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies at the Air Command and Staff College. At ACSC, he teaches courses on Military Theory, Airpower, Contemporary Warfare, Joint Planning, Joint Air Planning, and an elective on the Air Force in Fact, Fiction, and Film. Prior to teaching at ACSC, he was a professor at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS). While at SAASS, he directed the school’s course on Technology and Military Innovation, courses on Airpower History, and the institution’s wargaming activities. Before coming to Air University, he taught for four years at the Air Force Academy in the Department of History. He retired from the Air Force in the grade of Lieutenant Colonel after serving for almost 23 years. He received his BA, MA, and PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently researching a couple of book chapters and editing an airpower anthology book.
Dr. Michael E. Weaver is an associate professor of history in the Department of Air Power. He joined the faculty of ACSC in 2002 after completing his doctorate at Temple University under the tutelage of Russell Weigley. Weaver’s first book was Guard Wars: The 28th Infantry Division in World War II (Indiana University Press, 2010). His second, The Air War in Vietnam (Texas Tech University Press, 2022), came out in print in the Fall of 2022. In The Journal of Aeronautical History, Intelligence and National Security, Air Power History, and Diplomatic History he has published articles on the Cuban Missile Crisis, air intelligence during World War II, aircraft capabilities, and air combat training during the Cold War. Weaver specializes in aviation history, the Cold War, and World War II.  

Research Interest/Expertise: Cold War, History of the Vietnam War, U.S. Military History, Aviation History, World War II, Force & Diplomacy, History of the United States.

Dr. Hurley is an Assistant Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Airpower at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).  Dr. Hurley is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy Class of 1990 and a 2005 graduate of ACSC, having also earned an MA in History from the University of Washington (1991) and a PhD in History from The Ohio State University (2009).  He spent most of his military career as an intelligence officer, completing threat and theater analysis assignments in Air Mobility Command, Pacific Air Forces, US Air Forces in Europe, NATO, and US Forces Korea.  Dr. Hurley retired from the Air Force in 2014 as the Chief of USAF ISR Doctrine and Policy Integration, HQ AF/A2, The Pentagon.  Since leaving active service he has worked as a Senior Fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and an airpower history author for Helion & Co., Publishers, and he continues to serve as a volunteer guide at the National Museum of the US Air Force.  He joined Air University as a civilian professor in May 2024.
Lt Col Boss is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He entered the Air Force in 2004 and initially served as an Air Battle Manager before transitioning to the intelligence career field in 2013. Lt Col Boss has deployed in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and ODYSSEY DAWN / UNIFIED PROTECTOR and served a tour in the 603d Air Operations Center. He holds an EdD in Aviation and Space Education from Oklahoma State University, holds MS degrees from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and is a graduate of ACSC (AY17). Lt Col Boss joined the ACSC faculty in July 2023 upon completion of tours as a Squadron Commander and Deputy Group Commander.
Lt Col John “Garick” Chamberlin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Airpower at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He holds a PhD in History from Purdue University, an MA in National Security Affairs from Naval Postgraduate School, and a BS in Middle East Studies from Excelsior College (USNY). Lt Col Chamberlin has split his Air Force career roughly equally between intelligence and education assignments, having taught at the Defense Language Institute and the US Air Force Academy, and commanded a Student Squadron at Squadron Officers School prior to his assignment to ACSC. In the Intelligence field, he was attached to the RC-135 both as an enlisted aviator and as an intelligence officer, and also served on the 3rd Air Force and US Air Forces in Europe staffs and as the Chief of Wing Intelligence for the 22 ARW at McConnell AFB. Lt Col Chamberlin has over a dozen deployments to the Middle East, as well as one to Kosovo. His research focuses on the diplomatic and military history of the Early American Republic, primarily related to North African affairs.
Lt Col Drew Roberts is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and Contemporary and Emerging Warfare Courses. He is an Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO) on the RC-135 Rivet Joint with deployments in support of USCENTCOM, USEUCOM, and USINDOPACOM. He also served as an exchange officer with the Royal Air Force conducting test and evaluation and flying operations on the British RC-135. Lt Col Roberts received a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Florida State University, a Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies from American Military University, a Master of Military Operational Arts and Sciences from ACSC, and recently completed and defended his doctoral dissertation from the University of North Texas in military history. His research is focused on the integration of airpower into combined arms operations during the First World War.
Major Steven "Noforn" Barfoot is an Instructor in the Department of Airpower at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare courses. Prior to instructing at ACSC, he was a member of ACSC’s AY22 class. In his previous assignment, he was the assistant director of operations at the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron at Schriever AFB, CO. As an air traffic controller in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Maj Barfoot cross-trained into space operations in 2009 when he was assigned to the 12th Space Warning Squadron, Thule Air Base, Greenland. Since then, he’s had numerous space assignments in both Canada and the US. Additionally, he has worked in space acquisitions as the project director for the Surveillance of Space 2 capability; the follow-on to Sapphire. Maj Barfoot holds a Master of Business Administration as well as a Master of Military Operational Art and Science and a Master of Philosophy in Military Strategy. 
Maj Daniele Lins is an Instructor in the Department of Airpower at the United States Air Force's Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). She teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare courses. Maj Daniele Lins belongs to the Brazilian Air Force's first female pilot class, which graduated in 2006. After graduation, her operational career was based on fighter and strike aviation until 2016. After that, she was assigned to work for the Brazilian Airspace Control Department where she worked as the Brazilian representative on the ICAO RPAS Pannel (Headquarters in Montreal, Canada) and manager of the Working Group to develop UTM CONOPS for the South American region (under the ICAO SAM - Lima, Peru). Prior to her current assignment in the United States, she worked for the Brazilian CSAF and flew in the 2nd Squadron of the Special Transportation Group, performing DV airlift (for the Vice President and Ministers). Maj Daniele Lins attended the Brazilian Air Force Academy, receiving his bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Science with qualification in Military Aviation. She also holds a Lato Sensu postgraduate course in Public Administration and Air Force Employment, an MBA in Planning and Strategic Management, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science. 
Lt Col Joe Baldwin is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations course as well as the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare course. Prior to this assignment, he served on the commander’s action group at Third Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Maj Baldwin is a senior pilot, previously qualified in the M-28 Skytruck, PC-12, T-6A, and most recently C-130J. Maj Baldwin holds a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy, Master of Science in Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, and Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC
Lt Col Michael "Deano" Dean is an Instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Within AU, Lt Col Dean has served as the Air University (AU) Fellow Program Manager, AY23 Airpower and Contemporary Warfare Instructor, and was an AU Fellow with instructor experience at Squadron Officer School. His recent assignments include strategy and current plans development on the United States Air Forces-Europe Staff and 603d Air Operations Center. He is an Air Battle Manager with over 2,000 hours on the E-3 AWACS. Lt Col Dean has deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Unified Protector, Enduring Freedom, and Inherent Resolve. Other notable missions supported are Operation Noble Eagle, SOUTHCOM Counter-Drug Operations, Presidential Overwatch, and representing Air Forces-Africa on numerous security cooperation delegations. Lt Col Dean received a Master of Arts in Education from George Fox University and a Master of Operational Art and Science from ACSC in AY22
Lt Col Jeremiah Gilmore is an instructor in the Department of Airpower and the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare Deputy Course Director at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Prior to this assignment, Lt Col Gilmore was a Staff Officer at Air Combat Command (ACC) where he worked acquisition and capability development for several emerging Air force Programs. He holds a Master’s in Military Operational Art and Science from Air University as well as a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Georgia and received his commission from ROTC. He has previously served at Offutt AFB where he deployed with the RC-135 to the CENTCOM and INDOPACOM AORs. He has also completed an instructor assignment at the Combat Systems Officer Formal Training Unit in Pensacola Florida. He is a Senior Combat Systems Officer with over 2000 hours in the RC-135 and T-1A aircraft.
Lt Col Robert Lacy is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Lt Col Lacy is a Senior CSO having flown the EC-130H, MC-130H, and MC-130J. He holds a Master of Military Operational Art and Science from Air University as well as a Master of Natural Resource Development from Texas A&M University. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2006 and commissioned through ROTC. Prior to this assignment he was assigned to the 58th Special Operations Wing, AETC’s schoolhouse for Special Operations and Personnel Recovery aviation.
Lt Col Mike Mulligan is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations, Leadership and the Profession of Arms and Contemporary and Emerging Warfare courses. Prior to this assignment, he was an Ops Support Squadron commander. Lt Col Mulligan is a USSF space operations officer.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Auburn University of Montgomery, Master of Science in Political Science from American Military University, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC.
Lt Col James "Motel" Six is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare courses. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Deputy Commander Detachment 3, Training Support Squadron, Air Combat Command (ACC) at Davis- Monthan Air Force Base, AZ. Lt Col Six is a Senior Combat Systems Officer with over 1,000 flight hours in the EC-130H “Compass Call”, including over 550 combat hours flown in various operations as an Evaluator Mission Crew Commander. Lt Col Six received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Clemson University (Go Tigers!), holds a Master of Arts in History from American Military University, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC.
Lt Col Dominic “DOG” Gaskin is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and Contemporary and Emerging Warfare courses. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Commander, 343d Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Combat Command (ACC) at Offutt AFB, NE. Lt Col Gaskin is a Master Electronic Warfare Officer with over 2000 flight hours in the RC-135V/W RIVET JOINT and T-1A, including 884 combat hours. Lt Col Gaskin received a Bachelor of Science in English from Troy University, a Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC.
Maj Jacob “Jake” Bradosky is an Instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Prior to this assignment, he was the Program Element Monitor for B-1, B-2, B61-12, and Nuclear Weapons Support, Directorate of Global Power Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Pentagon. Maj Bradosky began his career in ICBM operations at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. He went on to serve in a variety of Acquisition assignments to include program management positions for Sentinel, ICBM reentry systems, and several satellite programs including partner programs with Taiwan and Norway. Maj Bradosky has deployed in support of Operations FREEDOM'S SENTINEL, RESOLUTE SUPPORT, and ALLIES REFUGE. Maj Bradosky holds a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership from Wright State University, Master of Business Administration from Liberty University, and Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC.
 
Maj Chris “KRUSTY” Carver is an Air University Fellow and Instructor in the Department of Airpower at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Serving in this capacity, he teaches the Joint Air Operations Planning Course, Airpower Strategy and Operations Course, and the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare Course. Maj Carver is a Senior Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot with more than 3,100 hours in the MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predator, including 2,500 in combat supporting Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, NOMAD SHADOW, FREEDOM SENTINEL, RESOLUTE SUPPORT, and INHERENT RESOLVE. His past assignments include operational flying units, test, formal training unit, and one deployment to Afghanistan as a MQ-1 Launch and Recovery Pilot. Maj Carver received a Master of Arts in Military History from the American Military University and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC.
Major Korey "Bounce" Lantes is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations course, the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare course, and the 2024 PACAF Specialization. His recent assignments include serving as Chief of Standardization and Evaluation at the Air Battle Manager (ABM) schoolhouse, as an Evaluator and Senior Director on the JSTARS, and as initial cadre for the TOC-F at Robins Air Force Base. Major Lantes is an Air Battle Manager with over 750 combat hours on the JSTARS, supporting Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Inherent Resolve (OIR), and SOUTHCOM counter-drug missions and operational missions in the Pacific. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Florida, a Master of Arts in American Military History from American Military University, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science from ACSC.
Major Jessica Harris is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), where she teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations course and the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare course. Prior to this assignment, she was the director of operations at the 24th Analysis Squadron at the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) at Patrick SFB, Florida. Major Harris is a career intelligence officer, with previous assignments at the 603d Air and Space Operations Center, Air University’s International Officer School, and Headquarters NATO Allied Air Command. She holds a bachelor’s in international relations from Florida State University and a master’s in military operational air and science from ACSC.
Maj Ian “Dutch” VanBergen is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare courses. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Chief of Staff, 314th Airlift Wing, Little Rock AFB, AR. Maj VanBergen is a senior pilot with over 2.500 hours in the C-130J, T-44A, and T-6A aircraft. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC.