MAJ Justin Crews

MAJ Justin Crews is an Arabic instructor (Beginning Modern Standard Arabic) in the Department of English & World Languages at the United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York.

He graduated from USMA with a B.S. in economics and was commissioned as a quartermaster officer in 2014. He served in the 1-73 CAV and 407th BSB in the 2nd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division. MAJ Crews then transitioned to Civil Affairs (CA) and served in the 96th CA BN. He deployed as team commander of Civil Military Support Element - Jordan, where he served as an advisor to the Ambassador, USAID, and joint special operations task force in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. He then deployed as a civil military operations cell chief to Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia to advise a Navy SEAL Team task force on operations in the Arabian Peninsula.

MAJ Crews completed an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago. He lives with his spouse, Samantha Gorewich, and two cats named Winky and Tonks.