About Dana R. Dillon

Dana R. Dillon served twenty years in the Army as an Infantry and Foreign Area officer. Dana led an infantry platoon, commanded a company, and served on battalion, brigade, and division staffs. After eight very rewarding years, Dana transferred into the Foreign Area Officer program where he studied international relations and worked with foreign militaries. 

When Dana retired from the Army, he went to work as a national security and international policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation a Washington DC Think Tank where he published over 100 articles and a book The China Challenge: Standing Strong Against the Military, Economic and Political Threats that Imperil America. Additionally, he appeared many times on national news programs on CNN, MSNBC, FOX, NPR, VOA, and local TV and radio shows. After 9/11 he went back to work for the Army at the Pentagon where he currently serves as an intelligence analyst. 

In his profession, Dana studied the background and roots of many wars and revolutions noting the similarities in origins and goals across wide cultural gaps - knowledge he found very relevant when studying the American Revolution. Dana has many fond memories of the Infantry and is deeply sympathetic with his historical predecessors.