MAJ Jonathan Curran Senior Instructor History jonathan.curran [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications MAJ Jonathan "Jon" Curran graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2012 with a degree in History. He commissioned into the Infantry and was assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley. At Fort Riley, he served as a Rifle Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer, deploying once in support of Operation Enduring Freedom — Horn of Africa and once in support of Operation Spartan Shield. MAJ Curran attended the Maneuver Captains’ Career Course in 2016 and proceeded 3rd Brigade, 82d Airborne at Fort Bragg (known as Fort Liberty since 2023). After serving at the Brigade and Battalion levels, he assumed command of an airborne heavy weapons Company and deployed in support of Operations Freedom’s Sentinel and Resolute Support. MAJ Curran graduated from George Washington University in 2022 with a Master of Arts in History and currently serves in the Military Division of the Department of History. He is married to Natalie with one daughter, Cecilia, and one son, Thomas. M.A. in History - George Washington UniversityB.S. in History - U.S. Military Academy Research Interests Cold War, Counterinsurgency, Military Theory and Evolution, Innovation and Transformation in the United States Army, Small Wars, US Grand Strategy, 369th Infantry Regiment “Harlem Hellfighters” Current Research 369th Infantry Regiment “Harlem Hellfighters” for publication by the West Point Digital History Center, Malayan Emergency, Intersection of LLM AI with the Thayer and Socratic Methods Selected Publications Darren Johnson, Jonathan Curran, John Stapleton, and Jeffrey Goldberg, eds. West Point Guide to the Campaigns of World War II: Normandy. West Point, NY: Rowan Technology Solutions, 2024. Curran, Jonathan T. “Instinctive Temporary Unity: Examining Public Opinion During the Whiskey Rebellion,” Journal of the American Revolution: 2022 Annual Volume, May 2022.