Cuban Missile Crisis: About Carl A. Young

Carl A. Young, MA, CISSP

Highlights

I hold a Master of Arts in American History from George Mason University and am full-time member of the Army National Guard working at the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Virginia.

email: cyoungh@gmu.edu

Education

MA in American History at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

BA in History and Government at Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC

International Relations and European History at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Information Systems Management at Army Leader College for Information Technologies, Ft. Gordon, GA.

Strategic Studies at Command and General Staff Officer's College, Ft. Lee, VA

Army Force Management at Army Force Management School, Ft. Belvoir, VA

Signal Officer's Basic and Advanced Courses, Ft. Gordon, GA

Experience

I have served in the Army National Guard for fifteen years and presently serve at the rank of major in the Army Signal Corps. I am a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving in Kuwait and Iraq during the initial invasion from 2003 to 2004.

Prior to my time on active duty with the National Guard, I co-owned Carl Douglas & Associates, LLC with Douglas Williams where we specialized in industrial databases and customized reporting systems.

I have also been trained as a Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt, focusing on production efficiency management and quality control analysis. I am also an Army Information Systems Management Officer specializing in Information Technology, Knowledge Management, and Network Engineering and Security.