Mr. Golembesky is a simulations and wargame designer with the Strategy and Warfare Center (SWC). He is currently serving as the operations manager and lead designer of the new USAFA Multi-Domain Laboratory (MDL). Prior to joining SWC, he worked as a civilian contractor for 5-years with the USAFA Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Program/Squadron as an RQ-11/20 evaluator and lead designer/operator of the Joint All-Domain Environment (JADE) simulation laboratory.

Mr. Golembesky is a prior service U.S. Marine (E-6/SSgt.) with 8-years of active duty, to include five deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). He is a combat veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars where he served as a field artillery Forward Observer (Fire Support Man – MOS 0861) and Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC – MOS 8002) with Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC), 2d Marine Raider Battalion, MSOC G, Team 2.

Mr. Golembesky has more than 13-years of experience with designing and operating military-grade simulation systems and is active in the modernization of traditional wargaming for use in academic learning with a focus on joint multi-domain operations. He is also a New York Times Bestselling author for his 2014 memoir, Level Zero Heroes.

Bachelor of Science, Project Management, Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, Colorado (2020)

New York Times Best Seller: Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan (2014)

Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with Combat Valor device)  for service with U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Afghanistan (2010)

Combat Action Ribbon (Operation Enduring Freedom)

Combat Action Ribbon (Operation Iraqi Freedom)