Daniel N. Zisa

US Army War College Fellow, Carnegie Mellon Institute forStrategy & Technology

Bio

Current assignment: Commander, 509th Signal Battalion, 2d Theater Signal Brigade

Lieutenant Colonel Dan Zisa hails from Pulaski, Wisconsin and is a U.S. Army Signal Officer. He most recently served as the Battalion Commander for the 509th Strategic Signal Battalion, 2nd Theater Signal Brigade in Vicenza, Italy. Other prior assignments include: Signal Corps Career Manager at Human Resources Command (Fort Knox, KY); Brigade Signal Officer and Deputy G6 Communications Officer, 3rd Infantry Division (Fort Stewart, GA); Legislative Assistant for the Acting Secretary and Under Secretary of the Army, Headquarters, Department of the Army (Pentagon); Legislative Liaison for Army Network / Cyber-EW / Missile Defense / Space Programs, Headquarters, Department of the Army (Pentagon); DoD Congressional Fellow, Capitol Hill (Washington, DC); Joint Exercise and Training Planner, Defense Information Systems Agency (Fort Meade, MD); Executive Officer for Senior Coalition Communications Officer (CJ6), International Security Assistance Force (Kabul, AF); Company Commander, D Company, 53rd Signal Battalion, 1st Space Brigade (Camp Roberts, CA and Wahiawa, HI); Strategic Communications Officer, U.S. Army Signal Regiment (Fort Eisenhower, GA); Embedded Training Advisor for the Afghan National Army, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Various locations in Afghanistan); Battalion Logistics Officer, 44th Signal Battalion, 7th Signal Brigade (Mannheim, DEU); Platoon Leader, B Company, 44th Signal Battalion, 7th Signal Brigade (Mannheim, DEU); Battalion Plans Officer, Headquarters, 44th Signal Battalion, 7th Signal Brigade (Mannheim, DEU).

Lieutenant Colonel Zisa’s operational deployments include: Operation ENDURING FREEDOM 05-06, 07-08, 11-12, and Operation FREEDOM’S SENTINEL 17-18.

Civilian and Military Education: Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth, KS); MA in Legislative Affairs, The George Washington University (Washington, DC); Joint Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Staff Operations Course (Norfolk, VA); Army Space Cadre Basic Course (Colorado Springs, CO); Signal Officer Advance Course (Fort Eisenhower, GA); Signal Officer Basic Course (Fort Eisenhower, GA); BA in History and Political Science, Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).

Military Awards and Decorations: Bronze Star Medal; Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal (5 Oak Leaf Clusters); Joint Service Commendation Medal; Army Commendation Medal; Army Achievement Medal (5 Oak Leaf Clusters); National Defense Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; NATO Medal. Lieutenant Colonel Zisa is authorized to wear the Basic Army Space Badge and the Army Staff Badge.