My research interest in the United States military began first in my personal experience, I previously served as a judge advocate in the United States Navy and held various leadership positions including the Administrative Law Department Head and Liaison to the International Committee of the Red Cross at Joint Task Force – Guantanamo, Legal Assistance Department Head for Region Legal Service Office Southeast, and Assistant Officer in Charge for Naval Legal Service Office Detachment New London. I also served at United States Naval Forces Central Command/United States FIFTH Fleet as an Administrative Law and Operational Law, Naval Justice School, where I trained military officers and judge advocates in training), and as a government prosecutor and a criminal defense counsel, and as a Detention Operations attorney for Joint Task Force 134, in Iraq.
I am a Commander in the United States Naval Reserve and I have earned multiple personal and campaign medals, in addition to the the RADM Hugh Howell Jr. Award for Excellence (Junior Officer) for outstanding support of the Naval Reserve at a significant level of responsibility.
The breadth of this experience enriched me, and permits for a unique perspective in examining questions that touch upon how the military interacts with society (and vice versa) and the role of the military in that society. I have guest lectured on multiple occasions on the authority of the military, and the Supreme Court's relationship to the civil-military gap.
I am a Commander in the United States Naval Reserve and I have earned multiple personal and campaign medals, in addition to the the RADM Hugh Howell Jr. Award for Excellence (Junior Officer) for outstanding support of the Naval Reserve at a significant level of responsibility.
The breadth of this experience enriched me, and permits for a unique perspective in examining questions that touch upon how the military interacts with society (and vice versa) and the role of the military in that society. I have guest lectured on multiple occasions on the authority of the military, and the Supreme Court's relationship to the civil-military gap.
