CPT Daniel S. Hogestyn

CPT Daniel Hogestyn is an international affairs instructor in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy. Commissioned as an infantry officer in 2017, he first served in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as a rifle and scout platoon leader, deploying to Syria in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in 2019. He later served as an aide-de-camp at the U.S. Army Infantry School. Most recently he commanded a rifle company in the 82nd Airborne Division.

CPT Hogestyn holds a master's degree in public policy from the Jackson School of Global Affairs at Yale University. He graduated from West Point with a bachelor's degree in international relations and a minor in grand strategy. His research interests include conventional deterrence, Indo-Pacific security, and the battlefield effects of emerging technologies.

Dan is married to fellow faculty member CPT Christine Hogestyn and together they have three sons.