James Villanueva

Major James Villanueva is a U.S. Army infantry officer assigned as a division command and control observer-coach/trainer with the Mission Command Training Program. Prior to his current assignment, he served as the G-35 for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).  He holds a PhD in history from Ohio State. James was also an assistant professor in the U.S. Military Academy Department of History and is the author of Awaiting MacArthur’s Return: World War II Guerrilla Resistance against the Japanese in the Philippines.  He has an upcoming book assessing U.S. Army Regimental Combat Teams in the Pacific during World War II.