CPT Cristian Iturriaga

Course Director - Introduction to Warfighting

Department of Military Instruction

cristian.iturriaga [at] westpoint.edu

CPT Cristian Iturriaga is a Chilean exchange instructor with the Department of Military Intelligence at the United States Military Academy (USMA)  in West Point, New York. He is also the course director for "Introduction to Warfighting." 

He was born in Santiago, Chile, and joined the Chilean Military Academy in 2010. CPT Iturriaga completed a semester exchange program as a cadet at USMA.

After commissioning, he completed the Chilean Mountain School, Platoon Leadership School, and Platoon Commanders Battle Course in the United Kingdom, among others. He served in different mountain units in Chile, taught at the infantry school, and served as a peacekeeper in the Althea Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

B.S., Social Studies - Universidad Diego Portales

B.S., Military Science - Escuela Militar de Chile