Center for a New American Security

Michael L. Burgoyne is a Major in the United States Army and co-author of The Defense of Jisr al-Doreaa, a tactical primer on counterinsurgency modeled after the military classic, The Defense of Duffer's Drift. He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 where he served in al-Anbar province, Iraq. In 2005 he was deployed for a second time, where he commanded C Troop, Third Squadron, Seventh U.S. Cavalry and conducted hundreds of missions across Iraq from Al Qiam to Southeast Baghdad, including the execution of the Iraqi Constitutional Referendum and the first Iraqi Parliamentary Election. He has also served as an instructor at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA.