Douglas Mastriano

Faculty Member in the Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations, US Army War College

Colonel (COL) Douglas Mastriano, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, began his career in the 1980s, serving along the Iron Curtain with the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment. Since then, he has served at tactical, operation and strategic levels of command ranging from the 3rd Infantry Division (Rock of the Marne), to the Pentagon and in NATO. COL Mastriano has a Masters in Military Operational Art and Science, Masters in Strategic Intelligence, Masters in Airpower Theory, a Masters in Strategic Studies and Bachelors in history.   PhD in History from the University of New Brunswick.  Doug’s book, Alvin York: a New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne is an award winning biography on America’s greatest First World War hero. Doug led the expedition to locate where Alvin York in 1918 received the Medal of Honor.  American and French authorities endorsed Doug’s efforts, which led to the construction of a five-kilometer historic trail, replete with monuments and historic markers in the Argonne Forest, France for visitors to walk where Sergeant York fought.  His website www.sgtyorkdiscovery.com has details and maps.  COL Mastriano teaches strategy at the U.S. Army War College.

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