Lt. Col. Alex Bedard is the deputy future operations director for I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Commissioned as an infantry officer, he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, in 2006. He has two master’s degrees: one in kinesiology from the University of Virginia, and one in military operations from the School of Advanced Military Studies, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.