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George Shatzer

Chairman of SRAD & Outreach

Colonel Shatzer received his commission as an Engineer Officer from Arizona State University in 1993. He is a graduate of the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Airborne School, Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the Joint Forces Staff College. He transferred to Functional Area 59 (Strategic Plans and Policy) in 2005 and is a 2016 graduate of the United States Naval War College.

Prior to his arrival at Carlisle Barracks, he was assigned to Korea where he served as the Assistant Chief of Staff, G5, for the U.S. Eighth Army both at USAG Yongsan and USAG Humphreys. He has previously served as the Deputy CJ5 for the ISAF/Resolute Support Joint Command in Kabul, Afghanistan; Strategist and Lead Planner for JTF 519 at Camp Smith, HI; and Chief of Plans, G5, 25th Infantry Division, in Tikrit, Iraq. He has also taught JPME-II and was course director for contingency planning at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, VA.

Colonel Shatzer holds two Master of Military Arts and Sciences degrees from the Command and General Staff College and the School of Advanced Military Studies. He holds a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with 2OLC, the Meritorious Service Medal with 1OLC, the Army Commendation Medal with 4OLC, the OIF and OEF Campaign Medals, the NATO Medal, the UN Medal, and the Parachutist Badge.


Recent Publications:

George R. Shatzer, PLA Logistics and Sustainment: PLA Conference 2022, US Army War College Press, Feb 2023

George R. Shatzer, SRAD Director’s Corner: Afghanistan: The Logic of Failing, Fast and Slow, Parameters, Spring Demi-Issue 2023

George R. Shatzer, SRAD Director’s Corner: Preserving Taiwan as Strategic Imperative, Parameters, Winter 2022-2023

George R. Shatzer, SRAD Director’s Corner: Understanding North Korea and the Key to Security in East Asia, Autumn 2022

George R. Shatzer, SRAD Director’s Corner: Russia’s Strategy and Its War on Ukraine, Parameters, Summer 2022

George R. Shatzer, SRAD Director’s Corner: The People’s Republic of China’s Challenge to US Security, Parameters, Spring 2022

By Department

Director’s Office

Dr. Carol V. Evans – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Mr. Tom Kardos – Deputy Director
Mr. Ryan Grimes – Administrative Officer
Melissa Holley – Administrative Support Assistant

Strategic Research and Analysis Department (SRAD) & Outreach

COL Eric Hartunian – Director
COL George Shatzer – Chairman
LTC (P) Robert Greiner – Deputy, SRAD
LTC Paul Milas – Director of African Affairs
James D. Scudieri – Senior Research Historian
Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff – Research Professor for Strategy, the Military Profession, and Ethics
Dr. John R. Deni – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Dr. Evan Ellis – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Dr. Robert E. Hamilton – Research Professor
Mr. Nathan Freier – Associate Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. M. Chris Mason – Associate Professor of National Security
Dr. Richard A. Lacquement, Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. Ron Gurantz – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Michael E. Lynch – Research Associate Professor of the Institutional Army

USAWC Press

Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II – Editor in Chief
Dr. Conrad C. Crane – Acting Editor in Chief
Ms. Lori K. Janning – Managing Editor/Parameters
Mr. Richard Leach – Digital Media Manager
Dr. Erin Forest – Developmental Editor
Ms. Stephanie D. Crider – Copy Editor
Ms. Ellie Foster – Copy Editor
Mrs. Kristen Taylor – Visual Information Specialist/Content Manager
Ms. Kaitlyn Guettler – Visual Information Specialist

Operations and Programs

Vacant– Operations Officer

Alphabetical Listing

A – F

Crane, Dr. Conrad C. – Acting Editor in Chief
Crider, Stephanie D. – Copy Editor
Deni, Dr. John R. – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Echevarria II, Dr. Antulio J. – Editor in Chief
Ellis, Dr. Evan – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Evans, Dr. Carol V.  – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Forest, Dr. Erin – Consulting Editor
Foster, Ms. Ellie – Copy Editor
Freier, Mr. Nathan – Associate Professor of National Security Affairs

G – J

Guettler, Ms. Kaitlyn – Visual Information Specialist
Greiner, LTC (P) Robert – Deputy, SRAD
Grimes, Mr. Ryan – Administrative Officer
Gurantz, Dr. Ron – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Hamilton, Dr. Robert E. – Research Professor
Hartunian, COL Eric – Acting SRAD Director
Holley, Melissa – Administrative Support Assistant
Janning, Ms. Lori K. – Managing Editor/Parameters

K – O

Kardos, Mr. Tom – Deputy Director
Lacquement, Dr. Richard A., Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Leach, Mr. Richard K. – Digital Media Manager
Lynch, Michael E. – Research Associate Professor of The Institutional Army
Mason, Dr. M. Chris – Associate Professor of National Security
Milas, LTC Paul – Director of African Affairs

P – Z

Pfaff, Dr. C. Anthony – Research Professor for Strategy, the Military Profession, and Ethics
Scudieri, James D.– Senior Research Historian
Shatzer, COL George – Chairman, SRAD
Taylor, Mrs. Kristen – Visual Information Specialist/Content Manager