MAJ Courtland R. Adams Department Academic Counselor Geography & Earth Sciences courtland.adams [at] westpoint.edu About Education MAJ Courtland Adams serves as a senior instructor in the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences at the United States Military Academy. He is an infantry officer with experience in airborne and light units. He served in operational assignments in Italy and Hawaii and has conducted several overseas training exercises and multinational partnership deployments in Europe and the Pacific. His graduate research focused on the environmental geopolitics of climate change and violent conflict. He is married to his wonderful wife, Jessie. M.Env., Climate Change - University of Melbourne, AustraliaB.S., Environmental Science (with honors) - U.S. Military Academy