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LTC Charles Rowan was commissioned as an armor officer from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2005. LTC Rowan first served in a variety of leadership and staff positions with the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia, including a deployment to Operation Iraq Freedom 07-09 as a tank company executive officer in Baghdad, Iraq.
LTC Rowan was next assigned to the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, Texas. He served as a battalion staff officer and then as an infantry company commander while deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom 09-10 in Kirkuk, Iraq. LTC Rowan was selected to be an instructor and later Assistant Professor in the
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at West Point. LTC Rowan then transferred to Functional Area 57, Simulation Operations. He was assigned as the
Division Simulation Operations Officer for the 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Red Cloud, Republic of Korea. He then served as the Chief of Knowledge Management for the 25th Infantry Division and US Army Hawaii at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. LTC Rowan currently serves as an Assistant Professor and Interim Director of the Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation (MOVES) Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
LTC Rowan holds a Ph.D. in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation and a Master of Science degree in Human Systems Integration, both from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Psychology from the United States Military Academy.
LTC Rowan’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army
Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the National Defense Service Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal with two Campaign Stars, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Korea Defense Service Medal, the
Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the Combat Action Badge, the Air Assault Badge, and the Order of St. George Bronze Medallion.
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