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Colonel Dennis Sullivan serves as the Senior Army Advisor to the President, Naval War College and as a Military Professor in the National Security Affairs Department. Prior to joining the Naval War College faculty, he served as a member of the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group. He has served in a variety of Army Infantry assignments. His assignment highlights include a Security Force Assistance Brigade Commander in Afghanistan and the 10th Mountain Division G3 and the Regional Command-South CJ-3 for ISAF Joint Command in Kandahar Afghanistan.

Dr. Tomlinson is an Associate Professor in the National Security Affairs (NSA) department of the Naval War College at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He received his BA from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He holds Masters Degrees from Golden Gate University, San Francisco in Public Administration, and California State University, Northridge in Modern Middle Eastern History and a PhD in Modern Middle Eastern History and National Security Policy from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California. His area of study is Shi`a representation in Lebanon.