Warsaw Initiative Funds Defense Institution Building Program Manager and NPS Senior Lecturer

Mr. John F. Feeley, Jr. retired from active duty on 1 November 2000 after more than 27 years of service in the U.S. Army. Prior to retirement he served as Director of Strategic Plans at the U.S. Mission NATO in Brussels, Belgium.

Mr. Feeley is a native of Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1973 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Armor. He received a Master of Arts degree in Far Eastern history from the University of California at Berkeley in 1983, and studied at Nan Kai University, Tienjin, People’s Republic of China. Mr. Feeley’s military education includes the Armor Officer Basic Course, The Armor Advance Course, the Armed Forces Staff College and the Army War College. He taught World, Chinese and Japanese History at both the University of California at Berkeley and at the United States Military Academy.

He has held a variety of command and staff positions during 4 tours in Europe, one combat tour in the Persian Gulf and three tours in the United States.

During his 12 years in Europe, he served as a platoon leader, company commander, battalion intelligence officer and battalion commander. His joint assignments include one tour with U.S.CENTCOM, two tours at NATO as a Strategic Plans officer and head of the Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission and one tour with the National Security Council (NSC) in Washington D.C.

From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Feeley served as both an Observer/Controller and the Regimental Operations officer for the Opposing Force at the U.S. National Training Center in the Mojave Desert, Ft. Irwin, California.

During the first Persian Gulf War (1990-1991), he served in a joint assignment as executive assistant to General Schwarzkopf, the Commander of U.S. CENTCOM.

In Washington D.C. (1995-1998), Mr. Feeley served on the NSC at the White House as the Director of European Affairs and was responsible for advising the President on all National security policy regarding the development and implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords.