LTC Andrew Farina

LTC Andrew Farina is an assistant professor and director of the management program in the Department of Behavioral Science & Leadership at the United States Military Academy.

He is originally from Franklin, New Hampshire, and is a USMA graduate, Class of 2001. Upon commissioning as a second lieutenant in the Infantry branch and completing the Infantry Officer Basic Course, LTC Farina was assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as a platoon leader in C Company, 1-504th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division. He deployed with C/1-504th PIR to Khost, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. 

Upon returning from Afghanistan, he completed the Ranger Orientation Program and was reassigned as a platoon leader in A Company, 2-75th Ranger Regiment. Following two deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, he took over as executive officer of A/2-75 RGR RGT, where he deployed again in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

After completing the Infantry Captains Career Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, LTC Farina was assigned to the 2nd Brigade (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division on Oahu, Hawaii, as the brigade’s future operations planner (S35). He commanded B Company (Borzoi), 1-27IN Regiment, 2-25ID through an NTC rotation and a 15-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The company conducted operations in and around Taji (JSS Sheikh Amir) and Eastern Baghdad, Iraq. 

Upon returning from Iraq, LTC Farina pursued assignment within the Special Operations community where he both commanded and was an operations officer for multiple elements across numerous deployments in support of the Global War on Terror. His most recent operational assignment was as a joint sensitive activities operations planner (J3X) at the Joint Special Operations Command. 

LTC Farina completed an executive Master of Business Administration program at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he focused on finance prior to 2015. He recently earned his Ph.D. from Tufts University, exploring ways to account for experience (risk) in lifespan goal-directed behavior.