INSCT Staff
LTC John A. (Jake) Conway
Military Fellow, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism
INSCT Military Fellow LTC Jake Conway most recently
served as the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence
(G2) for the 10th Mountain Division (LI), Fort Drum,
NY from June 2007 to August 2009. From May 2008 to
May 2009 LTC Conway deployed to Iraq in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom VI serving as the Multi
National Division-Center G2 (later reflagged as the
Multi National Division- South). Prior to this, LTC
Conway served as S2 for 1st Brigade Combat Team,
10th Mountain Division, from February 2005 to
September 2006. From August 2005 to August 2006, LTC
Conway deployed to Iraq in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom IV where he served as a Task Force S2
in Baghdad.
Prior assignments have included serving as the Battalion Operations Officer (S3) and Executive Officer (XO) for the 314th Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion, 470th MI Brigade, San Antonio, Texas from 2002-2004. LTC Conway was assigned to the US Army Intelligence Center at Ft Huachuca, Arizona from 1998-2001, where he served as Aide-De-Camp and XO to the Commanding General and Secretary of the General Staff. LTC Conway was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (LI), Fort Drum, NY from 1993-1997, where he served as Deputy G2 Plans Officer, S2 for the 3-14th Infantry Battalion, and MI Company Commander. During this period, LTC Conway deployed to Haiti in support of Operation Uphold/Maintain Democracy where he served as a Task Force S2. While stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska, from 1989-1993, he served as an Airborne Fire Support Officer, Fire Direction Officer, Executive Officer, Support Platoon Leader, and Battalion Plans and Operations Officer. LTC Conway was commissioned in 1989 after graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the ROTC Program at Penn State University.
His civilian education includes a bachelor’s degree in pre-law from Penn State University and a master’s degree in management from Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. Military schools completed by LTC Conway include the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Military Intelligence Officer Advance Course, Signals Intelligence Officer Course, the Post-Graduate Intelligence Program, Command and General Staff Officer’s Course, Information Operations Course, G2 Course, and DA and MI Pre Command Courses.
