Air Force Col. Daniel Rauch joined the JMO faculty in 2018. He is an ROTC graduate from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona. He has served as a flight test engineer, senior air advisor to the Iraqi Air Force, fighter squadron commander, operations planner, cyber strategic effects chief and operations group commander. He is a graduate of the Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, the Air Force Institute of Technology, the School of Advanced Military Studies and the Air War College. Col. Rauch has accumulated over 700 combat hours in Operations Inherent Resolve, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and Southern Watch.