LTC Paul N. Belmont III

LTC Paul N. Belmont III  is an assistant professor in the Department of History & War Studies (HWS) at the United States Military Academy (USMA), teaching courses in American and military history since 2018. He received his B.A. from the Virginia Military Institute in May 2000. He received his M.A. in American history from James Madison University in 2010. 

He is a graduate of the Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course, the Quartermaster Basic Course, the Leaders Maintenance Course, the Quartermaster Advanced Course, and the Command and General Staff College. He served as a platoon leader, company executive officer, maintenance and supply and services officer with 240th QM, 71st CSSB, and 7th CSG, deployed to the Invasion of Iraq in 2003. He also served with the 10th Mountain Division as a Forward Support Company commander in 2-10 Aviation from 2005-07 with a deployment to Afghanistan and the Division Commander’s Aide from 2007-08.  

He joined HWS after grad school in 2010-13, producing two publications and earning promotion to assistant professor. He then returned to the 10th MTN DIV from 2013-15, serving with the 3rd and 1st BCTs with a third combat deployment to Afghanistan. LTC Belmont next served with the Defense Coordinating Element to FEMA Region III from 2015-18, where he supported Defense Support to Civil Authorities ISO of several National Special Security Events: the 2015 Papal Visit to Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, three State of the Union Addresses, the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, and the 58th presidential inauguration. 

LTC Belmont also deployed in support of several major disasters: 2016 Flooding in West Virginia, Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, and supported National Level Operations ISO Hurricane Maria.