Dakota Wood, Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, visited the Institute of World Politics to talk about the 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength, an annual analysis of the military's readiness and defense capabilities.
Dakota L. Wood, who served America for two decades in the U.S. Marine Corps, is the Senior Research Fellow for Defense Programs at The Heritage Foundation. In his service as a Marine, Dakota participated in the planning and execution of operations around the world to include Operation Enduring Freedom following the attacks of 9/11 and Operation Iraqi Freedom to depose Saddam Hussein. Mr. Wood culminated his career conducting studies on military, technology, economic and political matters for senior officials at the highest levels of the Marine Corps and the Defense Department. Following retirement in 2005, Mr. Wood helped to organize and operationalize the National Biosurveillance Integration System, a Department of Homeland Security effort. He has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and as the Strategist for the U.S. Marine Corps' Special Operations Command.
