Maj. J.D. Pritchett is a task force S3 at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La. As the battalion operations officer and battalion executive officer of the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, he deployed on an advise-and-assist mission to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and a master’s from the University of Arkansas.