Lt. Col. David Gladish is commander of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 7th Intermediate Level Education Detachment, 7th Mission Support Command, Grafenwoehr, Germany. Previously, he was the training and exercise officer in charge, U.S. Army Reserve Element, U.S. Special Operations Command. He has led master’s-level field grade professional development education for U.S. and multinational senior military leaders across Europe and the Middle East and Africa regions. He deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.