David Sprague

David is an active duty Infantry Officer in the US Army assigned to study at Stanford University as a General Wayne A. Downing Scholar with the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. David graduated West Point with a Bachelor of Science degree in systems engineering and has spent the past decade serving in conventional and special operations organizations deploying frequently to Afghanistan. David is eager to study cyber policy to gain understanding of the evolution of social media use and its effects on global security, specifically its use by state and non-state actors to precipitate or deter conflict. David intends to apply this education in future positions within the special operations community or conventional Army upon completion of his degree. David is moving to Stanford from the Seattle area with his wife and two children. David pretends to be able to surf and will attempt to reunite with the sport during the course of his studies at Stanford.