MAJ Brian Sears graduated from the United States Military Academy with a degree in History. He commissioned as a Field Artillery officer and was assigned to the 1-38 Field Artillery Regiment, 210 Field Artillery Brigade, 2^nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea, where he served as a platoon leader and a general’s aide-de-camp. He deployed to Afghanistan as a general’s military assistant, and upon redeploying, served as a liaison officer to the Republic of Korea Army. Brian attended the Field Artillery Captains Career Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was then assigned to the 4-27 Field Artillery Battalion, 2^nd Brigade, 1^st Armored Division, where he served as the 1-1 Cavalry Squadron’s Fire Support Officer, and later the Brigade Fire Control Officer. Brian then commanded the 1^st Armored Division’s Headquarters Support Company. He then deployed to Afghanistan and served as Bagram Airfield’s J3 (Operations Officer). He began graduate school at Baylor University in 2020, graduating in 2022. Brian now serves as an instructor in the American History division of the Department of History. He is grateful to be married to May, and they have three daughters: Abigail, Annalee, and Lillian, and a son: Thomas..