Department of Warfighting Published Jan. 22, 2021 Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL Department of Joint Warfighting The Department of Joint Warfighting is made up of civilian and military faculty from across the joint force and includes officers from our nation's allies. Faculty within the department are responsible for teaching, research, and service. The Warfighting department is responsible for two core courses, Joint Air Operations Planning and Joint Warfighting. Joint Warfighting is designed to demonstrate, at the operational level, how the U.S. joint force organizes, deploys, employs, sustains, and redeploys military capabilities in support of national interest in order to prevail in war. Dr. Christopher M. Stamper Dr. Christopher Stamper is the Chair of the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A retired U.S. Navy Commander and Naval Aviator, he earned a B.S. in Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. He also holds a Doctorate in Public Administration from Capella University, specializing in East African affairs. Dr. Stamper served as operational flight instructor and taught as a faculty member at the U.S. Naval Academy and Air War College. Lieutenant Colonel Mary Marshall Lt Col Mary Marshall is the Deputy Department Chair of the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. Dr. Jon Hendrickson Dr. Jon Hendrickson is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Joint Warfighting Department and Course Director for the Air Command and Staff College capstone wargame. After being awarded a Tyng Scholarship to Williams College, he earned his Ph.D. in military history from the Ohio State University, where he was awarded a Mershon Center Fellowship to conduct research in Vienna, Rome, Paris, and London. His research led to the publication of Crisis in the Mediterranean, a book on the shifting alliances and naval races in the Mediterranean before World War I. After graduating from Ohio State, he was awarded the Class of 1957 Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Naval History at the U.S. Naval Academy and taught at Coastal Carolina University. He has published and presented several papers on naval and military history, ancient history, and diplomatic history. Dr. Henderson is a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College. Dr. Brent Lawniczak Dr. Brent Lawniczak is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A retired Marine aviator (UH-1N/UC-12), he has served in multiple theaters in various capacities. He is a graduate of Michigan State University, and the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and earned his Ph.D. from Auburn University. He served as the Senior Marine Corps Advisor to the Commandant of Air Command and Staff College from 2008-2012. Additionally, Brent was qualified as a Command Pilot, Forward Air Controller (Airborne) (FAC(A)), Forward Air Controller (FAC)/Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), and Weapons and Tactics Instructor. His interests and expertise include joint planning, operational design, joint fires, maritime and amphibious operations, aviation operations, policy formulation, American politics, international relations, the U.S. Constitution, and U.S. military history. He is the author of the book Confronting the Myth of Soft Power in U.S. Foreign Policy and a number of articles in various military journals. Dr. Brian R. Price Dr. Brian R. Price is an Associate Professor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and earned his Ph.D. in Military History from the University of North Texas. He is a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College. Dr. Price has conducted research for the POW-MIA Accounting Agency, deployed as a Social Science subject matter expert with SOF in Afghanistan, serving back-to-back tours as a Senior Social Scientist in Regional Command East, Afghanistan. He worked for ten years in Silicon Valley, rising to the level of Vice President, and ran his own publishing company before taking his doctorate. His research interests focus on the nexus of culture, technology, and war, and his current research focuses on the development of post-Vietnam TACAIR, a project for which he has conducted extensive archival research along with oral histories on several senior officers. He is published in numerous journals and has authored several books in his second field of interest - medieval and early modern warfare. In his spare time, he teaches historical swordsmanship and is an inductee to the Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Dr. Ronald Shaw Dr. Ronald Shaw is an Assistant Professor of National Security Studies in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He holds a B.S. in Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy, an M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the Naval Postgraduate School, an M.S. in Hydrographic Science from the University of Southern Mississippi, an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College and most recently completed a Ph.D. in History from Liberty University. A retired U.S. Navy Captain, Dr. Shaw is a Joint Qualified Officer having spent over three years on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command J3 staff. During his time in the Navy, he qualified as an Information Warfare Officer (Oceanography specialty), serving at sea, in major staff, in two command tours, and lastly as the Chief of Staff of the Naval Oceanography Program. Dr. Jacob Lassin Dr. Jacob Lassin is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. Lieutenant Colonel Darius Estavillo Lt Col Darius Estavillo is an Air University Fellow and instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He received his commission in 2009 from Virginia Tech and holds advanced degrees from American Military University and Air University. Maj Estavillo has served and led in a variety of disciplines and functional areas including as a Director of Operations at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska and five deployments in support of multiple Combatant Commands. Prior to this assignment, he served as a Deputy Branch Chief on Headquarters Air Force staff at the Pentagon, responsible for policy, guidance, and strategy in coordination with Department of the Air Force staff and field units. Lieutenant Colonel Steve Keefer Lt Col Steve “NAStY” Keefer is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He earned a B.S. in Political Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and holds advanced degrees from Pennsylvania State University and Air University. A career Weapons Systems Officer, Lt Col Keefer has over 2,600 flight hours as an instructor and evaluator in the F-15E and F/A-18F. His operational experience includes multiple combat deployments in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, as well as an exchange assignment with the Royal Australian Air Force. Before his current assignment, he commanded the 4th Operations Support Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Lieutenant Colonel Frank Livingston Lt Col Frank Livingston is an Instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting and Deputy Course Director for Wargaming at Air Command and Staff College. An Air Force Logistics Readiness Officer, Lt Col Livingston has held numerous key roles, including Squadron Director of Operations, two Squadron Commander tours, and three tours as a Combat/Air Advisor. His leadership experience extends to serving as Commandant of Cadet Candidates at the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School and in various senior positions, such as Branch Chief and Deputy Division Chief at Air Combat Command, Division Chief at U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and Division Chief at U.S. Special Operations Command. He has also held several theater-level staff positions in Iraq and Afghanistan. A former U.S. Army Paratrooper, he participated in Operation DESERT SHIELD/SWORD/STORM and Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Lt Col Livingston is a graduate of Southern Illinois University and holds a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Sciences with Honors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His most recent assignment was as the Logistics Liaison to International Special Operations at U.S. Special Operations Command Headquarters, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Lieutenant Colonel Jon Oswald Lt Col Jon "Oz” Oswald is an Instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He received his commission from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2008. A senior pilot, Lt Col Oswald has accumulated over 3,000 flying hours in the T-6, T-1, KC-135, and C-17. Before joining the faculty at ACSC, he served as Chief, Aircraft Strike for United States Strategic Command, Joint Plans and Policy Directorate, Nuclear Mission Planning Division (J53), at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He holds a Master of Arts in Administrative Leadership from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Science in Military Operational Art and Science from The Air University. Lt Col Oswald is married to the most amazing woman in the world, Elizabeth, and is a #girldadx3. In his limited spare time (see #girldadx3) he enjoys playing golf, smoking meat, trying new restaurants, and volunteering in his church and community. Lieutenant Colonel Blair Schaefer Lt Col Blair Schaefer is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A Senior Air Battle Manager with over 2,200 flight hours, he has extensive operational experience in the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System and the E-3A NATO Airborne Warning and Control System. Lt Col Schaefer holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Illinois and an M.S. in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University. He is also a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Smicklas Lt Col Thomas A. Smicklas is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A space and missile operations officer and financial manager, Lt Col Smicklas has held various operational assignments, including deployments to Amman, Jordan, and is a graduated squadron commander. He earned a B.S. in Hospital Administration from the University of Cincinnati, an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland, and a Master’s in Military Operational Art and Science from Air University. He is also a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College. Lt Col Smicklas has completed two staff tours at Air Force Space Command and most recently served at the U.S. Air Force Academy as Course Director in the Department of Military and Strategic Studies and Deputy Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Center of Innovation. Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Whitaker Lt Col Ryan Whitaker is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He received his commission through AFROTC at West Virginia University in 2006, earning a B.A. in Communications. He has held a variety of leadership positions as a Force Support officer, including Flight Commander, Director of Operations and Commander at the Squadron level, as well as Executive Officer at the Group, Sub-unified Combatant Command and Headquarters Air Force levels. Lt Col Whitaker has extensive joint experience, having served at U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force Headquarters, Combined Joint Task Force-101, and Special Operations Command Central. He is a joint-qualified officer with five deployments in support of joint operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. Lt Col Whitaker holds an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University as well as a M.S. in Military Operational Art and Science from Air University. Lieutenant Colonel Travis Eastbourne Lt Col Travis Eastbourne is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. Lieutenant Colonel James Somerville Lt Col James Somerville is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Long Lt Col Andrew Long is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. Lieutenant Colonel Ian Kemp Lt Col Ian Kemp is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.