CPT Drew W. Buffalino

CPT Drew Buffalino is an American politics instructor in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY. His research interests include the use of special operations in great power competition and artificial intelligence applications for military decision-making. 

An infantry officer by trade, he commissioned through Officer Candidate School in 2015. His previous assignments include the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Ranger Battalion, and 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

In 2019 and 2020, CPT Buffalino deployed to Afghanistan with the 1st Ranger Battalion in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel. In 2022, he deployed to Romania with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in support of Operation European Assure, Deter, and Reinforce, where he served in Bucharest as the liaison officer to Romanian Land Forces Command, U.S. Embassy Bucharest, and NATO Multinational Division Southeast (MND-SE).

He holds a Master of Global Policy Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.S. in homeland security from Monmouth University.

He is married to his loving wife Danielle.