Kent Park

Kent Park is a Captain in the U.S. Army and a second year Master in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Upon graduation, he will return to the United States Military Academy at West Point to teach American Politics at the Social Science Department.

Kent's most recent assignment was as a Commander of a Stryker equipped Infantry Company with the 1-24 Infantry Battalion, 1/25 Stryker Brigade Combat Team stationed at FT. Wainwright, AK. Previous to that assignment, he was Commander of Charlie Company, 2-1 Infantry Battalion, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom IV (2005-2006) in Mosul and Baghdad.

Research interest include: Civil-Military Affairs, Professional Military Ethics, North Korea, ROK-US Alliance, and National Service.