Professor John Cary retired from the Army in 1998 after more than 25 years as a Middle East/North Africa foreign area officer, Army Strategist, Joint Planner and Joint Staff Officer. His principal assignments included service as an intelligence officer (Middle East, North Africa), team chief at the National Military Intelligence Center, director of Training for the Army FAO Program, as the U.S. Army Attache to Morocco, and as the chief of the Strategic Studies Division. At the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Cary has written and taught advanced courses focusing on the Middle East, Iraq, and Iran, and has been a guest speaker in advanced courses on Jihadism, Islam and Understanding Terrorism. He also teaches the a number of core curriculum courses, including Civil-Military Relations and International Security Environment. He is a native Kansan, married, with two children, both of whom are University of Kansas graduates, His son, Jeff, is currently a Foreign Service Officer in Pakistan, and his daughter, Jenny, is the training coordinator for the residency program, Integris Medical Center, Enid, Okla.

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John Cary, Assisant Professor

National Security Affairs,

Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth 

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