United States Military Academy

NICK AYERS Major, US Army Department of Social Science United States Military Academy West Point, New York 10996 (845 )938-3411, [email protected]

Military Experience Fort Riley Kansas September 2003-May 2005 Company Commander, B/1-34 AR, 1BCT, 1ID  Commanded a 120-man company in Ar Ramadi, Iraq for 12 months. Area of operations included over 400 square kilometers, and 100,000 people. Conducted over 1000 combat missions  Selected for the Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award 2004 August 2002-September 2003 Chief of Plans and Reconnaissance, 1BCT, 1ID  Successfully planed and executed the Brigade’s deployment to Iraq (Fall of 2003) and the Republic of South Korea (March 2003) May 2001-August 2002 Assistant Chief of Operations, G3 24th ID  Successfully planned and executed 4 "real-world" contingency-based missions in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 Vilseck, Germany May 2000-October 2001 Executive Officer, HHC, 1-63 AR, 1ID  Redeployed a 300-man company from Kosovo and oversaw the accountability and maintenance of over 180 tracked and wheeled vehicles and over $70 million in equipment August 1998-May 2000 Platoon Leader, D CO and C CO, 1-63 AR, 1ID  Led an Armor Platoon during KFOR1B, conducting over 700 missions October 1997-August 1998 BN S1, 1-63 AR, 1ID  Oversaw the personnel actions of a 600-man tank battalion Academic Experience Stanford University Sept 2005-June 2007  Masters of Arts, Political Science  Advanced to PhD Candidacy (2007), Political Science  Teaching Assistant for undergraduate courses on Ethnic and Civil War and War and Peace in American Foreign Policy, and a graduate and undergraduate course on Information, Technology and National Security with former SecDef William Perry United States Military Academy 1993-1997  Bachelors of Science, International Strategic History  Dean’s List all four years and inducted into Phi Alpha Theta (History Honors Fraternity May 1996)

Military Schools Cavalry Leaders Course (Honor Grad), CAS3, Armored Advanced Course (Commandant’s List), Armored Basic Course (Commandant’s List), Master Fitness Trainer, Airborne School.

Additional Background Military Awards Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Valorous Unit Award, Army Commendation Medal (3), Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal (2), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, OIF Medal, Kosovo Campaign Ribbon, NATO Medal, Korean Defense Medal, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge, Order of St. George (Armor), MacArthur Leadership Award (Dept of Army Level 2004)

Lectures and Briefs on Counter-Insurgency Operations in Iraq Joint Special Operations University, MacDill AFB (FL), November 2004 Center for Army Lessons Learned , Fort Leavenworth, KS, December 2004 Defense Advanced Research and Projects (DARPA), Arlington, VA, May 2005 Stanford University, Palo Alto CA (Several occasions, 2005-2007)