Colonel
Daniel M. Smith graduated from the United States Military Academy
at West Point in 1966. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry,
Colonel Smith's initial assignment was as an infantry and heavy
weapons platoon leader with the 3rd Armor Division in Germany.
Following language training, he then served as an intelligence
advisor in Vietnam before returning to the U.S. to do graduate
work at Cornell University and teach philosophy and English
at West Point.
Subsequent intelligence
and public affairs assignments took him to Fort Hood, Texas;
the Army Materiel Research and Development Command, where he
was the speech writer for the Commanding General; the Defense
Intelligence Agency; and Headquarters, Department of the Army.
Six of his years with the Defense Intelligence Agency were spent
in London working in the British Ministry of Defense and then
as Military Attache in the U.S. Embassy. Colonel Smith retired
from the Army in 1992 after 26 years service. From April 1993
to September 2002 he was an analyst at the non-partisan Center
for Defense Information in Washington, DC, becoming Associate
Director in 1995 and Chief of Research in 1999.
Colonel
Smith is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College,
the Armed Forces Staff College, and the Army War College. He
was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit,
Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Defense Meritorious Service Medal,
Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, and
the Vietnam Service Medal(4)1.
Colonel
Smith joined the Friends Committee on National Legislation in
September 2002 as Senior Fellow on Military Affairs.
See Dan Smith's articles listed by topic
See Dan Smith's articles listed by date
1(4)
refers to the number of military campaigns that occurred while
Dan was in-country.
Reviewed: 8/24/05
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