Senior Lecturer, Department of Defense Analysis, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

Hy Rothstein is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Defense Analysis at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, served in the U.S. Army as a Special Forces officer for more than 26 years. He served as the Director of Plans and Exercises, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), for more than three years and helped develop and operate the first special operations battle lab prior to his retirement in 1999. He has earned degrees from the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the Fletcher School at Tufts University.