Bryan Nelson Groves

Bryan Nelson Groves Major, United States Army [email protected]

217 Lincoln Hall Department of Social Sciences United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996 (845) 938-3454

EDUCATION

Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Master of Arts in International Relations, May 2008 Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Security Studies

United States Military Academy West Point, New York Bachelor of Science, Military History Major, Systems Engineering Track, May 1998 Dean’s List and Wreath Award for Excellence in Academics, Military Leadership, and Physical Activities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current Instructor, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy West Point, New York Taught Course: International Relations. Taught cadets this comprehensive course utilizing a case study approach, requiring cadets to apply international relations theory to explain current events and analyze why states do what they do and what causes conflict and cooperation in the international system.

2007-2008 Student, Yale University Master of Arts in International Relations Program New Haven, Connecticut Focused in Strategic, Security, and European Studies. Selected for elite Grand Strategy Program taught by Professors John Gaddis, Charlie Hill, and Paul Kennedy. Studied French. Published two articles immediately after graduation. Completed the intensive two year program in a year and a half, despite taking additional courses.

2006 Special Forces Company Executive Officer Panzer Kaserne, Germany Second in command of a 90 man Special Forces Company. Planned and coordinated all logistical support for the company’s deployment to and from Africa for Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara. Managed an annual company budget in excess of $1 million.

2005-2006 Special Forces (Military Liaison Element) Detachment Commander Germany, Bosnia, and Serbia Led twelve-man Special Forces Team which simultaneously conducted operations in two-man elements on three continents. Served as the Special Operations Forces Liaison Officer between the Commanding General of NATO forces in Sarajevo, Bosnia and the U.S. Interagency Team at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. Coordinated and conducted militarily and politically sensitive operations throughout the Balkans.

2004-2005 Special Forces (Mobility Team) Detachment Commander Germany and Iraq Led the preparation, training, and deployment to Iraq of a twelve-man detachment of Green Berets in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. Focused on securing Fallujah as part of the Coalition offensive to reclaim the city. Later secured the first free election in modern Iraq and then recruited, trained, and successfully conducted multiple surgical, nighttime combat operations in Baghdad with an Iraqi Army Specialty Platoon.

2004 Special Forces Battalion Assistant Operations Officer Panzer Kaserne, Germany During staff assignment, planned, tracked, and briefed the battalion’s training and upcoming operations to the battalion leadership. Briefed the battalion’s senior leadership weekly on Operation Iraqi Freedom missions and lessons learned in preparation for the deployment of battalion elements to Iraq. Supported the battalion’s deployment to Africa during the Pan-Sahel Initiative.

2002-2003 Student, Special Forces Detachment Officer Qualification Course Fort Bragg, North Carolina Graduated with Honors.

2000-2001 Airborne Infantry Battalion Adjutant Fort Bragg, North Carolina During staff assignment, oversaw personnel actions for a 750 man Task Force and graduated from the U.S. Army Jumpmaster School.

1999-2000 Airborne Infantry Platoon Leader Fort Bragg, North Carolina Led a platoon to excel while conducting numerous Airborne Operations and Live-Fire training exercises at Fort Bragg and the Joint Readiness Training Center. Commended for my leadership by then Brigadier General David Petraeus, the 82d Airborne Division’s Assistant Division Commander for Operations.

1998-1999 Student, Infantry Officers’ Basic Course and U.S. Army Ranger School Fort Benning, Georgia Graduated with honors from the Infantry Officers' Basic Course and completed the elite U.S. Army Ranger School.

PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS

2006 U.S. Army Advanced Special Operations Techniques (Level II) Panzer Kaserne, Germany 2003 U.S. Army Survival, Evasion, Resistance, & Escape (High Risk) Ft. Bragg, North Carolina 2003 U.S. Army Special Forces Qualification Course Ft. Bragg, North Carolina 2002 U.S. Army Combined Arms Services Staff School Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas 2002 U.S. Army Infantry Captains’ Career Course Ft. Benning, Georgia 2000 U.S. Army Jumpmaster School Ft. Bragg, North Carolina 1999 U.S. Army Ranger School Ft. Benning, Georgia 1998 U.S. Army Infantry Officers’ Basic Course Ft. Benning, Georgia 1998 U.S. Army Master Fitness Course West Point, New York 1996 U.S. Army Air Assault School Camp Smith, New York 1996 U.S. Army Airborne School Ft. Benning, Georgia

MILITARY AWARDS

2006 Joint Service Commendation Medal 2006 Navy Unit Commendation Medal 2006 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 2006 Non Article 5 NATO Medal 2006 Overseas Service Ribbon 2006, 2002 Army Commendation Medal (2) 2005 Bronze Star Medal 2005 Combat Infantryman Badge 2005 Iraqi Commendation Medal 2005 Global War on Terrorism Service Ribbon 2003 Special Forces Tab 2001 Army Achievement Medal 2000 Senior Parachutist Badge 1999 Expert Infantryman Badge 1999 Ranger Tab 1998 Army Service Ribbon

2 1998 National Defense Service Medal 1997 Korean Defense Service Medal 1996 Air Assault Badge 1996 Parachutist Badge

HONORS / SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2008-2009 American Political Science Association Professional Member 2007-2008 Academy of Political Science Student Member 2008-Life Foreign Area Officer Association Life Member 2008-Life Yale University’s ‘Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy’ Alum 2008 Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Security Studies from Yale University 2006-Life Special Forces Association Life Member 2004-Life J.F.K. Special Warfare, Special Forces Branch Historical & Memorial Museum Association Life Member 2004-2009 Officers’ Christian Fellowship Governing Board Member 2009 Officers’ Christian Fellowship Steering (Strategic Planning) Committee Member 2004-2008 Officers’ Christian Fellowship Finance Committee Member 2003 Honor Graduate, Special Forces Detachment Officer Qualification Course 1998 Honor Graduate, Infantry Officers’ Basic Course 1998-Life Association of the United States Army Life Member ‘98-‘02, ‘08-Life National Infantry Association Life Member ’99-’02, ’08-Life 82d Airborne Association Life Member

PANELS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

December 2008 Special Forces Advisor to multiple classes of West Point Cadets forming a Mock Special Forces Team during an unconventional and purposely stressful ‘Combat Lab,’ U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY.

November 2008 Panel Member for Harvard University’s Weatherhead International Fellows Visit, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY. Discussed teaching pedagogy and military deployment experiences with twenty U.S. and international fellows visiting West Point.

Summer 2007 “Back from Battle: Student Veterans’ Perspectives on the Iraq War.” Panel Member of a ‘Roundtable’ for the Yale Journal of International Affairs, Spring/Summer 2007, Volume 2, Issue 2, p. 134-154. Discussed experiences during deployment and the transition to graduate school, and shared thoughts regarding the current direction of the Iraq War.

October 2006 Paper Presentation, Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Conference, Washington D.C. Presented my paper to senior Army and civilian officials at the AUSA Annual Conference. Highlighted Major General Ridgway’s pioneering leadership during WWII as he transitioned the 82d Infantry Division into America’s legacy Airborne Division.

PUBLICATIONS

Accepted for and pending publication in hard copy and online by the peer reviewed Central European Journal of International and Security Studies. One of these is in line for publication in their Spring 2009 journal and one for their Fall 2009 journal. The journal editors have yet to determine which article will appear in which issue.

“US-EU Counterterrorism Cooperation Post 9-11.” “Bush, Clausewitz, and the Grand Strategic Imperative: Keeping Political Ends Primary.”

Pending publication by Columbia International Affairs Online (expected to be posted in April 2009):

3 “Winston Churchill’s Grand Strategy and Speeches of WWII: Influencing the Fate of a Nation and the World.” “Belgium Country Report.” (An international economic analysis of Belgium’s Financial situation, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Labor Markets, Current Account Balance, and Recommendations for Future Policy Actions.) “Bosnia: Democracy in Slow Motion.”

“US-EU Counterterrorism Cooperation Post 9-11.” Columbia International Affairs Online, available at http://www.ciaonet.org/wps/usma/0015652/index.html.

“Bush, Clausewitz, and the Grand Strategic Imperative: Keeping Political Ends Primary.” Columbia International Affairs Online, available at http://www.ciaonet.org/wps/usma/0015651/index.html.

“France and Its Muslims: A Two Pronged Approach for France and Its Muslims: Integration and Assimilation,” Yale Journal of International Affairs, Spring/Summer 2008, Volume 3, Issue 2, p. 109-115.

“Bosnia’s Civil War: Dynamics of War Termination.” An online publication through the Yale International Security Studies Program.

“MG Matthew Ridgway as the 82d Airborne Division Commander: A Case Study on the Impact of Vision and Character in Leadership,” Association of the United States Army, The Land Warfare Papers, No. 59, October 2006.

“Spiritual Battle Plans for Spiritually Dry Times,” Command Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 3, April 2006. “Christ Likeness—A Perspective from New Testament Times,” Command Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 3, April 2005. “Exploring Biblical Leadership, Christ and His Disciples—A Bible Study,” coauthored with Major Jay Nelson, Command Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 2, March 2004.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Top Secret – Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS – SCI), expired Dec ‘08

LANGUAGES: French-Proficient

PERSONAL ACTIVITIES: Scuba diving, Skydiving, Skiing, and distance races.