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A retired career U.S. Army field artillery officer who rose to the rank of colonel and most recently served as the director of the Chief of Staff, Army’s Operation Enduring Freedom Study Group. He commanded artillery units at all levels through the brigade and served as the V Corps (U.S.) chief of plans for the Iraq invasion at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, chief of future operations for U.S. Forces Korea, and chief of staff for Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435 in Afghanistan. Col. Degen was a fellow on the Chief of Staff, Army (CSA) inaugural Strategic Studies Group and served as the Senior Fellow the following year. He has multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Col. Degen earned an MMAS (Master of Military Art and Science) from the Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies and an MS in Strategic and Operational Planning from the Join Advanced Warfighting School. He has coauthored two official U.S. Army histories, including Modern War in an Ancient Land: The U.S. Army in Afghanistan, 2001-2014, and On Point, the US Army on OIF, along with numerous professional journal articles.
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