Dr. Michael E. Lynch is Research Associate Professor of the Institutional Army at the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College. His research specialties include the Arctic; Futures; Medical and Sustainment Operations and he is currently studying and Security Cooperation as part of the US Army War College Ukraine Study Team. He holds a PhD in History from Temple University; a MA (History) from Virginia Commonwealth University; and BA (English) from East Tennessee State University. Dr. Lynch is also a retired U.S. Army logistics officer. His book, Edward M. Almond and the US Army: From the 92nd Infantry Division to X Corps (Kentucky, 2019), was awarded the 2019 Distinguished Writing Award for Biography from the Army Historical Foundation.