Lieutenant Colonel Rick Chersicla is an Army Strategist and current non-resident research fellow at the Institute for Future Conflict (IFC) at the United States Air Force Academy.

 Lieutenant Colonel Chersicla served two tours in Afghanistan as an Infantry Officer prior to becoming an Army Strategist (FA59). His operational planning experience includes homeland defense, defense support of civil authorities, and special operations portfolios.

He graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and, and Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) with a Master of Arts in Security Studies. LTC Chersicla also holds a Master of Arts in Military Operations from the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), where he was an honor graduate.

 Previously, he served as a non-resident fellow with the Irregular Warfare Initiative (IWI) and is a member of the Military Writers Guild. His writing has been featured on a variety of platforms, ranging from Military Review to The National Interest.