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DR. BRIAN A. MAHER
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Dr. Brian A. Maher, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is President, Joint Special Operations University, Hurlburt Field, Fla. JSOU is the educational component of U.S. Special Operations Command. Dr. Maher is responsible for the joint development of special operations forces personnel for strategic and operational leadership. He is also responsible for the coordination of joint special operations and irregular warfare education for SOF units and schools, in professional military education, and for numerous interagency and multinational academic programs. In addition, he directs research and publication on select national security issues that are critical to special operations.
Dr. Maher, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., was commissioned in 1970 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. While on active duty, he served as an air operations staff officer in the newly formed USSOCOM at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., participating in command-level planning for Operation Just Cause. Later, he commanded the Joint Special Operations Command's Air Component at Fort Bragg, N.C., where he participated in Operation Uphold Democracy conducting SOF air operations from aboard the USS America (CV-66). His academic assignments included faculty duty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Commandant of the USAF Special Operations School. Throughout his academic career he maintained operational credentials by serving during Operation Joint Forge as Joint Special Operations Task Force Two Commander, San Vito, Italy; twice deploying as Director, Special Operations Liaison Element to Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia during operations Desert Thunder and Desert Fox; and more recently serving as Chief of Staff to a key special operations Joint Task Force in Operation Enduring Freedom at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
Dr. Maher retired after 30 years active duty in July 2000 at the rank of colonel. He was a command pilot with more than 5,100 flying hours. His career in federal service began the same year at the Joint Special Operations University where he served as the Vice President. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in June 2007.
EDUCATION
1970 Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1979 Master's degree in business administration, Oklahoma City University
1979 Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson, Air Force Base, Ohio
2005 Doctorate of Education, University of West Florida
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
2000 - June 2007, Vice President, Joint Special Operations University, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
June 2007 - present, President, Joint Special Operations University, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
(Current as of October 2009)
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