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John DeRosa is a Joint Warfighting Capabilities Analyst on the U.S. Joint Staff, J8, Joint Capabilities Division. Prior to this he was a Strategic Analyst in the Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate of Headquarters, Department of the Army and was an Army Fellow to MIT’s Seminar XXI for AY 11-12. Concurrently, he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Government and Politics and Homeland Security Departments of the University of Maryland University College. Mr. DeRosa is a contributor to professional journals and newspapers on issues of military operational history, international security, and veterans’ affairs and authored a chapter in Attack the Enemy’s Strategy: Lessons from Counterinsurgency Operations. He recently submitted entries in the forthcoming SAGE “Encyclopedia of Military Science” that include the topics of: Al Qaeda, Coalition Provisional Authority, Department of the Army, and Quadrennial Defense Review. Mr. DeRosa began his government career as a plans specialist in the Military District of Washington, later serving as an Operations Officer for Raven Rock Mountain Complex-Site R, and then he concurrently served as the Director of Security, Plans & Operations and Manager of the Area Support Team-Balkans on Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo and Camp Butmir in Bosnia prior to his current assignment. A former armor captain, he received his commission as a Distinguished Military Student at New Mexico Military Institute and later served in the Iraq and Kosovo campaigns. He received a M.A in National Security Studies, a Certificate in Intelligence Methodology, and a B.A. in Economics from California State University, San Bernardino an Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence.
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