Nicholas Talbot Email & Phone Number

Hattiesburg, Ms, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Visiting scholar in the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Collaborator in solving emerging and future National Security challenges, navigating revolutionary shifts in the global security environment, and exploring applications of cutting-edge technology across all domains. Advisor and teammate to graduate students and faculty from across the security studies landscape.

Hohenfels, Bavaria, Germany

Observes, coaches, and trains Europe and Africa aligned US and multinational brigade commanders during execution of simulated Large Scale Ground Combat Operations rotations in a joint, multinational, and multi-domain operating environment. Builds Joint and Multinational Partner capacity, strengthening human, procedural, and technical interoperability and the NATO alliance. Provides operational feedback via informal and formal in-stride and after-action reviews and executive rotational summaries that inform standard operating procedure refinement and subsequent home station training plans. Assists in developing and preserving the JMRC training environment to ensure tough, realistic training. Enhances the community through local municipal partnerships. Produces lessons learned and Army-wide trend analysis publications that influence doctrinal development, institutional programs of instruction, and Brigade-level training and operations. Responsible for the readiness, morale, and welfare of the brigade OC/T team. This tour included significant, multi-year training of Partner Nation forces as part of Operation Trident Ready.

Fort Riley, Kansas, United States

Servant leader of the 600-soldier 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment "Dragons"; a combined-arms battalion in the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. Responsible for the culture and operational success of our organization, visualizing long-term strategy, executive decision making, developing and safeguarding the holistic wellness of our soldiers and their families. This tour included a 9-month operational rotation to the Republic of Korea in support of United States Forces Korea and a 3-month Defense Support to Civil Authorities deployment supporting FEMA, NORTHCOM, Dallas, and Miami-Dade Counties at COVID-19 Community Vaccination Centers in Texas and Florida.

Fort Riley, Kansas

As the deputy chief operations officer, I was responsible for the syncronization and oversight of current operations, planning for future operations and training, and the long term readiness, training, and lethality of the 22,000 soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, the most rapidly deployable armored formation of the United States Army. Served as the director of operations in the absence of the G3 and served as the chief of operations for the forward deployed division command post in Hohenfels, Germany.

Seoul, Korea

Executive officer to the Chief Operations Officer of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea. Responsible for the daily operations of the joint and multi-national executive staff, management of operations timelines for 14 divisions, internal and external communication, travel, administration, and implementation of executive guidance.

Fort Cavazos

Responsible for administration, operations, logistics, and all other aspects of 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Provided guidance for a 120-person executive staff and managed an operations and logistics framework for 1400 vehicles, 4700 people, $2B of real assets, and a $110M annual operating (non personnel or facility cost) budget.

Fort Cavazos, Texas

Responsible for current operations, training, readiness, and future plans for 1ABCT, 1CD, one of the nine Armored Brigade Combat Teams in the United States Army. Planned, resourced, and supervised the execution of training for over 4,000 soldiers in the Brigade during our employment in the Republic of Korea. Specialty operations focus included subterranean operations and counter weapons of mass destruction missions.

Fort Cavazos, Texas

Served as the operations officer and subsequently the executive officer of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, a combined arms battalion with nearly 800 soldiers. Responsible for evaluating, creating, and integrating personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, and communications systems to increase the effectiveness of the battalion. This tour included an operational rotation to the Republic of Korea.

Fort Cavazos, Texas

Deputy Chief of Current Operations, and Chief of Night Operations for a forward-deployed division headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Directly responsible for 40 operations center staff and indirectly responsible for nearly 23,000 international military soldiers and civilian workers in Regional Command - South. Included additional training/certification in the fundamentals of cyber operations.

Leavenworth, Kansas, United States

Included additional programs in space operations, capability development, and space mission planning.

United States Military Academy

Assistant course director for the General Chemistry program at the United States Military Academy. Taught six sections and influenced the development of over 1000 cadets during my time at USMA. Also served as an Officer Representative for the USMA Parachute Team.

Troy, New York, United States

Master of Science student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Bystroff lab group focusing on protein design, modeling, and modification.

Schweinfurt, Germany

Responsible for all executive decisions, culture, and operational success for a 120-man reconnaissance troop in the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Operated independently in NE Afghanistan (Kunar and Nangarhar provinces) for nearly a year with responsibility for over 1,000 sq. km. of the mountainous border with Pakistan.

Bamberg Germany

Responsible for writing operational plans and managing real-time operations for the 173rd special troops battalion (airborne). Included nine months of operations in northeast Afghanistan.

Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States

Included the Cavalry Leader's Course and the Ranger Course.

Fort Monroe, Va

Executive assistant for the deputy commanding general of US Army Accessions Command (the higher headquarters of Cadet and Recruiting commands).

Fort Polk, La

Leader of an 18-man light (wheeled) reconnaissance platoon in 3d Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment. Included 16 months of operational employment in all corners of Iraq.

Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States

Included the Scout Leader's Course.

Ms, Biology

Activities and Societies: Army ROTC, Sand Lake EMSResearch interests included aspects of both computational and synthetic biology..

Bs, Molecular & Cell Biology

Activities and Societies: Beta Theta Pi, Army ROTCAlso served as a program director at the Academic Technology Center and built.