MAJ James Berry Instructor James.berry@westpoint.edu Biography MAJ James Berry graduated from the Officer Candidate School in 2012 and was commissioned as a Quartermaster assigned to the 3rd Sustainment Brigade in Fort Stewart, Georgia. He served as a Fuel Platoon Leader before deploying to Kuwait and Iraq from 2014-2015 as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. James completed Logistics Captains Career Course in 2017 and then commanded the Forward Support Company for 1-3rd Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, in Katterbach, Germany. He served as the BDE S4 for 12th CAB from 2018-2020, planning and coordinating support for aviation operations throughout Europe. James completed graduate school at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2022, earning a MA in US military history. He is married to Christina, and they have three energetic sons: Jackson, Daniel, and John. Ongoing Research Projects Projected Dissertation: Modern Army Logistics: The Transformation of American Society and US Army Sustainment from 1898 to 1918. Publications & Presentations “Rethinking Hard War: The U.S. Army and Civilians in the Gulf South, 1862-1865,” Gulf South History & Humanities Conference, Natchez, MS, October 2021. “The ‘Tooth-to-Tail’ Ratio and Modern Army Logistics,” Reflections on War & Society, Dale Center Blog, The University of Southern Mississippi, November 2021. https://dalecentersouthernmiss.wordpress.com/2021/11/03/the-tooth-to-tail-ratio-and-modern-army-logistics/ “The Taste of Victory: U.S. Army Rations from 1898 to 1918,” Society of Military History Conference, San Diego, CA, 2023. “From Skepticism to Support: How the Progressive Era Changed Americans Minds about the US Army in the Early 20th Century,” Society of Military History Conference, Arlington, VA, 2024.