LTC Rory McGovern

LTC Rory McGovern is an associate professor in the Department of History & War Studies at the United States Military Academy, where he also serves as chief for the American and military history division.

He commissioned from Boston College in 2005. As a field artillery officer, he held assignments in the 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Infantry Division at every level from company fire support team up to division headquarters, including two deployments to Baghdad, Iraq. He subsequently served as an instructor and assistant professor in the then-USMA Department of History, and then as deputy G-5 for the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command in Kaiserslautern, Germany, before returning to the department.

LTC McGovern holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Boston College, a master's degree from the U.S. Army War College, and a master's and doctorate in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a specialist in American military history, and his published work focuses on processes of change and reform in the U.S. Army from the Civil War through World War I.