Episode #26 - COL (ret.) Francis Burns, U.S. Army Officer | Author | Combat Veteran

Col. Burns has held a variety of leadership positions throughout his career, ranging from leading at the platoon level to an Army garrison. He has served both stateside and overseas, twice at the Pentagon, and has served for over thirty months on two combat tours in Iraq. He recently completed a City-County Management Senior Fellowship with the city of Austin. He currently serves as a Department of the Army Civilian at The Installation Management Command Headquarters, located on Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Col. Burns also served as Principal, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School in Selma, TX, where he led and ran the 501 c (3) non-profit school, and he is a certified Emotional Intelligence (EQ-i2.0) Practitioner.

Col. Burns holds Masters Degrees in Strategic Studies from the College of Naval Warfare and in Teaching from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, with Minors in both Latin and Philosophy, and is a member of Eta Sigma Phi (National Honorary Society of Classical Studies).