Note on authors from previous edition

Editor’s note

Promotable LTC Marcus Jones, former 1st Armored Division chief of fires, and MAJ John Dvorak, division G-3 chief of exercises and simulations, were also co-authors of “1st Armored Division Leads Army in Re-examining Mission Command ‘Initiatives,’” listed as written by BG Joseph P. Harrington and Dr. William M. Rierson in the October-December 2014 edition of ARMOR.

Jones is currently a student at the U.S. Army War College. Prior to serving as 1st Armored Division’s chief of fires, he commanded 1-19 Field Artillery and served as chief of doctrine at the U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, OK; executive officer and S-3, 3-16 Field Artillery, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2008-2010; effects coordinator, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2005-2007; commander, B/6-27 Field Artillery; and commander, Service Battery, 1-17 Field Artillery. He holds a bachelor’s of arts degree in political science from the University of Arkansas.

Previous duty assignments for Dvorak, a Functional Area 57 simulations-operations officer, were instructor, Department of English and Philosophy, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY; mentor to the Afghan Border Police, Spin Buldak, Afghanistan; commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, U.S. Army Armor Center, Fort Knox, KY; commander, Troop E, 1-16 Cavalry, Fort Knox; scout-platoon leader, D/4 Cavalry, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003; and tank-platoon leader, A/1-34 Armor, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, KS. He holds a bachlor’s of science degree in economics from the U.S. Military Academy and a master’s of arts degree in English from Kansas State University.