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Senior Master Sergeant James Clarey

Instructor of Political Science

Department of Political Science

SMSgt Clarey
Contact Information

(719) 333-2255

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Bio

James Clarey is an Air Force Senior Master Sergeant, teaching Political Science at the United States Air Force Academy. As an Instructor of Political Science he teaches classes on International Relations. He has a proven record as an Intelligence Analyst and supervisor with highly developed interpersonal skills and extensive experience in building global mission partnerships and strategic alliances with key stakeholders from across the interagency and foreign partners to enable intelligence operations in a global environment. Extensive experience representing senior-level leaders across the interagency in developing, managing, and executing multi-intelligence collection operations and strategies against National Defense Strategy priorities while providing detailed policy oversight over DoD’s sensitive intelligence-related activities and operations, ensuring legal executive under U.S. Interagency directives.  He is married with two boys under nine years old.

Education

Master of Science and Technology Intelligence, National Intelligence University (2015)

Bachelors of Arts in Intelligence Studies (2013)

Professional Experience

Senior Enlisted Advisor Joint Staff, Directorate for Intelligence (Washington, DC) 2019-2022

Senior Intelligence Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency, (Washington, DC) 2014-2019

Mission Support Analyst/Instructor, (Indian Springs, Nevada) 2009 – 2014

Signals Analyst, Ramstein AFB, Germany 2005 – 2009

Research and Scholarly Interests

Additive Manufacturing in aerospace

Libya Political Military Affairs

International Relations

National Security Policy