JD Dolan graduated with honors from Dickinson College in 2007 where he was designated a Distinguished Military Graduate. He was awarded a four-year Army ROTC Scholarship, with the goal of ultimately serving as an Infantry Officer. While in college, he graduated from the US Army Airborne School and was the Distinguished Honor Graduate of his Regiment at the Officer Basic Leader Course at Ft. Lewis, WA and later attended US Army Ranger School, where he was the Distinguished Honor Graduate of his class and received the General William O. Darby Award. After a deployment to Iraq as a Rifle Platoon Leader with the 10th Mountain Division, 4-31 Ifantry "Polar Bears", JD joined the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. JD deployed three times to Afghanistan with the Rangers, the last two as a Rifle Platoon Leader and Strike Force Commander. JD is currently serving as the assistant professor of military science at St. John's University in New York City.