Joshua A. Lyons is a graduate of Indiana University Class of 06,’ where he was commissioned as a U.S. Army air defense officer. He holds a master’s degree in military operational arts and science from the U.S. Air Force Air Command Staff College. He serves as the active defense chief at the Army air missile defense command level within the Combined Air Operations Center.  Additionally, he served a three-year tour as an operational advisor with the U.S. Army asymmetric warfare group as a troop commander and the group S-3. His other works include “Defining Cross-Domain Maneuver for the 21st Century,” “The U.S. Army Travel Awareness Handbook,” and multiple articles within the Small Arms Review and the Asymmetric Warfare Journal.