Lt. Col. Mark Ross joined the Joint Military Operations Department as a Military Professor in 2023 following battalion command. Mark began his Army career with a commission in the Field Artillery but later branch transferred to Infantry. He has multiple combat tours between Iraq and Afghanistan with operational assignments at the 2nd Infantry Division, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). Lt. Col. Ross served in numerous key developmental positions at both the battalion and brigade levels. He received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.A. from Webster University.