Patrick W. Naughton Jr. is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and a military historian. Currently he is an instructor at the US Army’s Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Patrick is also currently serving as a Fellow with the Simons Center for Ethical Leadership and InterAgency Cooperation, a program of the CGSC Foundation. In addition to various tactical, operational, and strategic assignments held over 28 years in the Army, Patrick has also served as a legislative liaison to the US Senate, an interagency fellow with the Department of Labor, and a Congressional partnership program fellow with the Partnership for a Secure America. He has also served as a senior fellow with West Point’s Center for Junior Officers. Patrick is also a recipient of the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. He holds a master’s degree in history from CGSC, where he was an Art of War Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Patrick has published with over a dozen peer-reviewed history and national security journals. He lives in Fort Leavenworth, KS with his wife Sheila and son Thomas. Patrick’s work can be found at www.patnaughton.com.