Major Rosol has served as an Armor and Cavalry Officer and is currently serving as an Army Strategist (FA59). He has served at tactical positions from a Tank Platoon Leader to Cavalry Squadron staff officer and Airborne Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop Commander. He has deployed to Iraq three times, with both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 1st Cavalry Division. A 2001 graduate of the United States Military Academy, he holds an MA in Political Science (ABD) from the University of Chicago. Major Rosol is currently working on a PhD dissertation examining strategic change at the theater level by conventional militaries facing unconventional opponents and is a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations.