Lieutenant Colonel Brian Stewart is the Director of the Strategy and Warfare Center, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Military and Strategic Studies, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Lieutenant Colonel Stewart received his commission from Air Force ROTC Det 165 at Georgia Tech in 2008. From there, he completed Undergraduate Space Training at Vandenberg AFB, California. Lieutenant Colonel Stewart was selected for the Space Operations career field during training and went on to be a satellite operations officer, instructor, and mission commander for protected satellite communications satellites at Schriever AFB, Colorado.

Following this assignment, Lieutenant Colonel Stewart joined the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) as a mission commander at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and deployed as the NRO Liaison to Afghanistan from 2014-2015.

After leaving the NRO, Lieutenant Colonel Stewart took charge of a newly formed battlespace awareness center at Buckley AFB, Colorado and brought the center online to support tactical users worldwide with real-time intelligence. During this assignment, Lieutenant Colonel Stewart was selected by the Department of Military and Strategic Studies at USAFA for the faculty pipeline PhD program and moved to Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia to complete his degree.

PhD, International Affairs, Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia – 2022

MS, International Security, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia – 2020

MS, Space Studies, American Military University, Charlestown, West Virginia – 2011

BBA, Management, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia – 2008

Nov 17 – Jul 19 Assistant Operations Officer, 460th Operations Support Squadron, Buckley AFB, Colorado.

Jun 16 – Nov 17 Flight Commander, Operations Support, 11th Space Warning Squadron, Buckley AFB, Colorado.

Feb 15 – Jun 16 Chief, Standardization and Evaluation, National Reconnaissance Office, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Oct 14 – Feb 15 National Reconnaissance Office Liaison to Afghanistan, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Jul 13 – Oct 14 Mission Commander, National Reconnaissance Office, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Jun 12 – Jun 13 Mission Commander, 4th Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colorado.

Sep 11 – May 12 Executive Officer, 50th Operations Group, Schriever AFB, Colorado.

Nov 10 – Sep 11 Advanced Satellite Mission Control System Instructor, 50th Operations Support Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colorado.

Oct 09 – Nov 10 Extremely High Frequency Satellite Operations Officer, 4th Space Operations Squadron,  Schriever AFB, Colorado.

Nov 08 – Oct 09 Student, Officer Space 100 and Mission Qualification, Vandenberg AFB, California.

Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Outstanding Graduate Student, 2022

460th Operations Support Squadron Field Grade Officer of the Year, 2018

460th Operations Group General Kehler Team of the Year Award, 2017

Squadron Officer School Outstanding Contributor, 2014

Golden Key Honor Society, 2011

50th Operations Group Instructor of the Quarter, 2011

Space 100 Academic Achievement Award, 2009

Air and Space Basic Course Exceptional Performer, 2009

Col Charles W. Getchell Scholarship, 2008

Beta Gamma Sigma, 2008

Space Security (Deterrence, Cooperation, Defense, and Emerging Tech)

Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Systems

International Relations