Col. Joshua Higgins is director of the U.S. Army Aviation Capability Development and Integration Directorate, U.S. Army Futures Command, Fort Rucker, Alabama. He has held numerous leadership and staff assignments, and has commanded at every level up to brigade. He has served three combat deployments. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, in 1995 and holds two master’s degrees, one from Kansas State University and one from the National War College.