DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICER-IN-RESIDENCE

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
MPA, Harvard University
MA, Georgetown University
BS, United States Military Academy, West Point

PROFESSIONAL AND CAREER INFORMATION:

Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State (May 1993-Present)
July 2008-present - State Department Faculty Advisor, U.S. Air Force Academy. 
August 2006-June 2008 -  Public Affairs Counselor, U.S. Embassy Sarajevo. 
August 2005-June 2006  - U.S. Department of State Senior Fellow, The Fletcher School of Lawand Diplomacy, Tufts University.
August 2002-June 2005 - Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 
August 2000-July 2002 - Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Minsk, Belarus. 
June 1996-July 1999 - Assistant Press Attache, U.S. Embassy Madrid, Spain. 
June 1994-May 1996 - Assistant Press Attache, U.S. Embassy Santiago, Chile.

U.S. Army Reserve Officer (June 1993-Present)
March 2007 - present.  Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), Deputy Division
Chief Europe/Eurasia, International Affairs, Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate,
Army G3, Pentagon.
December 2002-February 2007 - Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army Japan. 
October 1994-November 2002 - Major, USAR, Latin American Analyst, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Pentagon.
June 1993-October 1994 - Captain, USAR, Collection Manager, Special Operations Forces, U.S. Southern Command.

U.S. Army Officer (May 1983-May 1993)
July 1987-July 1992 - U.S. Army Captain, National Security Agency (NSA), Ft. Meade, Md.
Commander, C Co. 743rd Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion (Bn); Assistant Senior Operations Officer, National Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Operations  Center; Military Assistant to Director of NSA.
December 1983-December 1986 - U.S. Army Lieutenant, Wildflecken, Germany.  Plans Officer, 108th MI Bn; Executive Officer, Headquarters Company, 108th MI Bn; Platoon Leader, A Company, 108th MI Bn.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Media and Public Opinion
International Relations
U.S. Foreign Policy

EMAIL: david.reinert@usafa.edu
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