Peter Dyrud
Combat Rescue Officer & Pathfinder, US Air Force
- Role
- Pathfinder at United States Air Force
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Peter Dyrud
Honored to be surrounded by world changers. Driven to escape convention. Hopeful of healing divides. Combat Rescue Officer (CRO) – graduated commander, instructor/evaluator, special operator, freefall parachutist, combat diver, aircrew. Inspired by Pararescue’s jack-of-all-trades ethos and motto, “that others may live.” Pathfinder – thrives in roles requiring creative thinking/pioneering, believes empathy is key to strategy. Aims to help others reach their potential and aspires to boundary-spanning service with strategic impact. Practical proficiencies – leadership theory & practice, Personnel Recovery (PR) operations & plans, physical fitness, technological innovation (unmanned systems, AI, additive manufacturing), character development, strategy formation Academic proficiencies – international relations (deterrence, counterterrorism, great power politics), statistical causal inference & machine learning, network theory & analysis, multidisciplinary social science, quantitative physics
Experience
Pathfinder
Nov 2023 — Present
Education
USAF Air War College
Master of Arts - MA
2023 — 2024
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
MPP
2006 — 2008
United States Air Force Academy
BS
2002 — 2006
Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
AM
2015 — 2017
Harvard University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
2014 — 2021
Skills
- Leadership
- Intelligence
- Defense
- Causal Inference
- Program Management
- Dod
- Acsm Health Fitness
- Military Experience
- Counterterrorism
- Command & Control
- Government
- Special Operations
- Public Speaking
- Military
- Government Contracting
- Homeland Security
- Security Clearance
- Data Science
- Command
- Strategic Communications
- Military Operations
- Top Secret
- Public Economics
- Personnel Recovery
- Operational Planning
- Air Force
- U.s.-China Relations
- Network Science
- International Relations
- Organizational Leadership
- National Security
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