Faculty

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Major Matthew R. Hover joined the faculty of the International Law Department in June 2011 after graduating from the College of Naval Command and Staff.  Before coming to the War College, he served as the Regiment Judge Advocate for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne).  This assignment included deployments as the legal advisor for Joint Special Operations Task Forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Major Hover received a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University in 1996 and a commission in the infantry.  After serving four years as an infantry officer, he attended law school at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law under the Army's Funded Legal Education Program.  He received a Juris Doctorate degree in 2003, and then entered the Judge Advocate General's Corps.  Major Hover also received a Masters of Law Degree in Military Law from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in 2008, and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 2011.  He is admitted to practice law by the State Bar of Ohio.

Other assignments include: Chief of Administrative & Operational Law, 4th Infantry Division (2007); Chief of Operational Law, Multi National Division-Baghdad, Operation Iraqi Freedom (2006); Trial Counsel and Operational Law Attorney, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (2005); Chief of Legal Assistance, 4th Infantry Division (2004); and Rifle Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Leader, and Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii (1997-2000).