U.S. Army Colonel presents: 'SOF, Cyber, and the Gray-Zone Fight'

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Col. Patrick M. Duggan will present "Special Operation Forces, Cyber, and the Gray-Zone Fight" from 1 to 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in 116 Katz Building on Penn State's University Park campus.Duggan has published several papers on cyber-enabled Special Operations and is the winner of the 2015 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Defense and Military Strategy Writing Award. Col. Duggan was selected for command of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall-McNair in summer 2016 and is currently the Special Operations Forces Fellow to the Strategic Land-power Task Force in the National Capitol Region.After completing Special Forces training, Duggan was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne). From 2000-02, he served as Detachment Commander for ODA 561 and participated in the invasion of Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) 2001-02. From 2002-03, he served as the Battalion’s Headquarters and Support Company Commander and participated in the invasion of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).After completing the Army Command General Staff College, Duggan served in several staff positions in Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF)-Arabian Peninsula during OIF, from 2007-2008. He thenn served as Commander B Co.1st Battalion, 5th 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Commander Advanced Operating Base 5120 (Central-Southern Iraq) OIF during the height of the "Iraq-Surge" and final Jaysh Al Mahdi uprising of March 2008. From 2008-09, he served as the Battalion’s Staff Officer orchestrating Special Forces operational and combat deployments.Duggan’s awards and decorations include the Presidential Unit Citation, Joint Meritorious Unit Award (2 Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Superior Unit Award, Bronze Star (2 OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (3 Oak Leaf Cluster), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Combat and Expert Infantryman’s Badges, Special Forces and Ranger tabs, Master Parachutist, Military Free Fall, Pathfinder, and Air Assault Badges and numerous foreign parachutist badges and awards.