Lt. Col. Raymond A. Millen, USA, is a regional analyst at the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Infantry, ranger, air assault, and airborne qualified, he has served as a platoon leader in Germany; a company commander with the 7th Infantry Division (Light) in Operation Just Cause, Panama; a battalion executive officer with the 101st Air Assault Division; and a staff officer in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Millen earned master's degrees from Georgetown University and the Catholic University of America, where he is currently pursuing his doctorate. He lives in south-central Pennsylvania.