Colonel William B. Ostlund

Colonel William B. Ostlund is an active duty U.S. Army officer, ’98 MALD graduate, and currently serves as a military fellow at Fletcher. He has extensive overseas service and extensive combat experience in conventional and special operations units.

Fletcher Forum articles by Colonel William B. Ostlund:


Transformative Force: How Counterterrorism Lessons Built a More Efficient US Military

December 2, 2011 by Colonel William B. Ostlund

Counterterrorism forces in Iraq and Afghanistan facilitated modernization of the U.S. military’s approach to combat through improving interagency coordination.

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