LTC John Zdeb Assistant Professor Department Executive Officer History john.zdeb [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications LTC John Zdeb is originally from Schaumburg, Illinois and enlisted in the Army in 1997. After serving as an infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division he attended the United States Military Academy Preparatory School and commissioned from West Point as an Armor officer in 2004. His operational service includes assignments in the 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Infantry Division, and NATO Special Operations Component Command – Afghanistan, and his service includes multiple deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, Eastern Europe, and Kuwait. He currently serves as the Executive Officer for the Department of History and teaches elective courses in military history. MMAS, Art of War Scholar, 2015-2016, CGSCMA, History, 2011-2013, University of KansasBS, History, 2000-2004, USMA Research Interests Post-Vietnam US Army ReformsHistory of Military TheoryCivil War Military History Current Research Recovering the Initiative: How Westmoreland, DePuy, and Starry Drove Institutional Reform in the Post-Vietnam Army: Ongoing revisions with co-author R.Z. Alessi-Friedland for potential publication as a Leavenworth Papers Selected Publications Restoring the Shield: Westmoreland and the Recovery of Military Professionalism, MMAS Thesis at Command and General Staff College, 2016Co-author of Flames of War: Decision-Making in the Shenandoah, eBook for HI301: History of the Military Art, West Point, 2014“Task Organizing a Heavy Brigade Combat Team to Achieve Full Spectrum Dominance in Any Environment”, Jan/Feb 2011 of Armor Magazine