Colonel Bruce Pagel served 28 years as a Judge Advocate (lawyer) in the U.S. Army - active and reserve - retiring from active service in 2014. He deployed on multiple occasions to Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan in a variety of senior positions and ultimately served as the senior lawyer for U.S. Central Command. He also worked as a federal prosecutor in Virginia and Washington, DC where he prosecuted complex drug and money laundering cases and advised senior policy makers on a variety of issues. Colonel Pagel currently teaches national security policy as a professor of practice at Arizona State University (ASU) and works as a consultant on criminal justice, corporate due diligence and national security matters.