MAJ Daniel Moriarty

MAJ Danny Moriarty is a senior instructor in the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences at the United States Military Academy (USMA), where he is also the executive officer in the Center for the Study of Civil-Military Operations.

Originally from Massachusetts, he commissioned from USMA and served in the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Cavazos, Texas, and deployed to Afghanistan in 2016. In 2017, he was selected for Special Operations Forces civil affairs, graduating from the Civil Affairs Qualification Course in 2018. MAJ Moriarty then served in the 83rd Civil Affairs Battalion at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, deploying to the Persian Gulf in 2019 as a team chief. He is a special operations civil affairs officer with previous experience as a cavalry officer.

MAJ Moriarty earned a master's degree in geography from the University of Texas at Austin, focusing on Ugandan social movements’ use of digital media platforms.