Andrew Campbell was born in Mobile, AL, and attended the University of Houston. He received his BA in history and commissioned as an Infantry officer in 2009. He served three years in the 101st Airborne Division as a Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer in 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade and as an Aide-de-Camp on the general staff, deploying to eastern Afghanistan from 2010-11.
completed an MS in Organization Leadership at Columbus State University before commanding a Mechanized Infantry Company in 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division from 2014-16. During that time, he also deployed to Kuwait and Iraq as part of the Army’s campaign against the Islamic State.
In May 2018, he completed graduate studies in British history at Brown University in Providence, RI. His thesis “Beware the ‘Hive of Presbytery’: The Scottish Presbyterian as Folk Devil in Restoration Britain” has earned awards from Brown University and the North American Conference on British Studies.
Following completion of CGSC at Fort Leavenworth, he served as the Battalion Operations Officer and Executive Officer for 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. He deployed to EUCOM from 2022-23, leading the U.S. Task Force as part of NATO Multinational Battle Group – Slovakia and serving as the Senior National Representative for nine months. As the Battalion Executive Officer, he led the unit through modernization and reorganization in support of the Mobile Brigade force structure.
He currently serves as an assistant professor and teaches various courses in military and British history.
Master of Operational Studies - Army Command and General Staff College
M.A., History - Brown University
M.S., Organizational Leadership - Columbus State University
B.A., History - University of Houston
Research Interests
Stuart Britain, Media as propaganda in early modern Britain, Warfare in Early Modern Europe, Ethno-nationalism in modern Europe
Selected Publications
• Campbell, Andrew. “Adapting for Future Fight.” The Bugler, Spring (2023): https://infantryassn.org/the-bugler/. • Campbell, Andrew. “Beware the ‘Hive of Presbytery’: The Scottish Presbyterian as Folk Devil in Restoration Britain.” M.A. thesis. Brown University, 2018: https://doi.org/10.26300/2d2x-hh05.