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Colonel John S. Kolasheski, USA

Military Fellow, U.S. Army

Expertise

U.S. military strategy and the conduct of war; technology in modern warfare; Security Force Assistance; recent operations in the war on terrorism.

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Bio

Colonel John S. Kolasheski, is military fellow, U.S. Army, at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York. He most recently served as the brigade commander, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and Combined Task Force Warhorse, with duty in Kandahar City, Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom 11-12). Colonel Kolasheski's previous tours include Squadron Commander, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Georgia and in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (06-08) in eastern Baghdad and Special Assistant to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army at Heidelberg, Germany. He has held a variety of operational assignments both in the United States and abroad.

He is a graduate of Bucknell University and holds an MA in engineering management and simulations/training systems design from the University of Central Florida and in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.

Selected Publications:

• Coauthor: "A Comprehensive Approach to Improving U.S. Security Force Assistance Efforts" (Strategic Studies Institute, September 25, 2009)
• Coauthor: "Thickening the Lines: Sons of Iraq, A Combat Multiplier" (Military Review, January-February 2009)
• Author: "An Operational Model for Finite State Machine Replanning in ModSAF" (University of Central Florida, Spring 2000)

Honors and Awards:

• U.S. Military's Legion of Merit
• U.S. Military's Bronze Star (3 awards)
• U.S. Military's Afghanistan Campaign Medal (2 Campaign Stars)
• U.S. Military's Iraq Campaign Medal (3 Campaign Stars)