James R. Locher, III, Visiting Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (1974)

United States Military Academy (1968)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – HIGHLIGHTS

 Lecturer, Department of Defense military colleges; Harvard University; Tufts University;

Department of State programs for foreign leaders

Secretary of Defense's Task Force on Defense Reform

Senior Consultant, Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces

Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict

Professional Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee

 Operations Research Analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program

Analysis and Evaluation

Executive Secretary, White House Working Group on Maritime Policy

HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS

Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service

PUBLICATIONS

Victory on the Potomac: The Five-Year War to Unify the Pentagon (a book about the

Goldwater-Nichols Act) (in progress)