LTC Daniel Falcao de Souza

LTC Daniel Falcão is a Brazilian exchange officer and instructor in the Department of English & World Languages at the United States Military Academy. 

He graduated from the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (AMAN) in 2002 and received a B.A. in military sciences. He also holds a M.A. in military sciences. 

His military training courses include Joint Operations, Command and General Staff, Peacekeeping Operations, Captains Career Course, Armor Master Gunner, Jungle Warfare, Airborne, and Master Jump and Free Fall in Brazil. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Maneuver Captains Career Course, as well as the Peruvian Peacekeeping Operations Course. He served as a platoon leader and executive officer in a Mechanized Cavalry Regiment and served as commander for an Airborne Cavalry Troop. 

As an educator, LTC Falcão served as an instructor at AMAN, as well as the Brazilian Armor Training Center and the Brazilian Army Captains Career School. Apart from training abroad, he also served as a military observer for a United Nations mission in the Central African Republic. Most recently before arriving to teach Portuguese at USMA, LTC Falcão served as a staff officer in Brazil's Amazon Military Command Headquarters.