Lieutenant Colonel Eugene (Geno) Bose joined the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in June 2005 as a Military Professor.  He has earned the following military-occupational specialties: infantry officer, adjutant, joint specialty officer, and East-Asia regional affairs officer.  Lieutenant Colonel Bose most recently served as Head, Deliberate/Theater Plans Division; Operations, Plans, and Policy Directorate; U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Lieutenant Colonel Bose has extensive Asia-Pacific regional experience, particularly in East Asia.  Highlights in this regard include a three-year tour of duty in Yokosuka, Japan involving bilateral security/anti-terrorism issues and a two-year assignment to Seoul, Republic of Korea as a strategic and operational planner.  Additionally, Lieutenant Colonel Bose has participated in numerous deployments and training exercises throughout the region to include: mainland Japan, Okinawa, Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, and Australia.

Lieutenant Colonel Bose holds a Master of Arts degree in Military Studies from the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.  His current research interests are Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction; East-Asia security issues; and the European influences on the Japanese Army during the Meiji period.  Moreover, he is the Course Coordinator for the Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCM) Course and a seminar leader in the Center’s six-week long Advanced Security Cooperation (ASC) Course.

Lieutenant Colonel Bose’s military education includes: the Infantry Officers Course, U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, U.S. Marine Corps Strategic Studies Group, Joint Forces Staff College, and Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Executive Course 04-2.  Moreover, he is one of a handful of Marines to have ever graduated as class honor graduate from Recruit Training, Officers Candidate School, and The Basic School.

Lieutenant Colonel Bose's personal decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3), the Joint Service Achievement Medal (4), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. 

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Last updated: 07/31/2008