Dr. Brian D. Laslie is Deputy Command Historian, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). A historian of air power and space studies, Dr. Laslie received his Bachelor’s degree in history from The Citadel: The Military College of South Carolina in 2001, his Master’s from Auburn University Montgomery in 2006 and his Doctorate in history from Kansas State University in 2013. His dissertation focused on the realistic training and technology revolution that took place in the USAF after Vietnam and the impact of training exercises on Desert Storm and Allied Force. His first book The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training after Vietnam (University Press of Kentucky) was published in June of 2015 and was selected for the 2016 Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s professional reading list and the Royal Air Force’s Chief of the Air Staff’s reading list in 2017. His second book, Architect of Air Power: General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth the US Air Force was released in September 2017. His most recent publication was the chapter “Born of Insubordination: Culture, Professionalism, and Identity in the Air Arm,” in Redefining the Modern Military: The Intersection of Profession and Ethics in October 2018 with other members of The Strategy Bridge. Dr. Laslie was Honorably Discharged from the United States Air Force in 2007 as a Captain. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife and two daughters.