Thomas hammes biography

ColonelThomas X. Hammes is a retired U.S. Marine officer and counter-insurgency warfare specialist.^[1]

Education

He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy, a master's degree from Oxford University, and is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College and the Canadian National Defense College.^[2] He received his Ph.D.

in modern history from Oxford University.^[3]

Military career

Hammes served for 30 years in the United States Marine Corps.^[2]

Civilian career

Hammes is senior research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University.^[3][4]

Research, writings, and commentaries

Hammes' first paper on fourth-generation warfare appeared in the Marine Corps Gazette in 1994; he developed a book-length treatment while a senior Marine fellow in the Institute for National Security Studies at the National Defense University.