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His first book, <em>The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training after Vietnam<\/em> (Kentucky, 2015), was published in the spring of 2015 and landed on the 2016 Chief-of-Staff of the Air Force&#8217;s Reading List and the 2017 Royal Air Force&#8217;s Chief of the Air Staff Reading List.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Captain&#8221; Laslie was Honorably Discharged from the United States Air Force in 2007. Brian enjoys reading, baseball, college football, and all things Disney. A lifelong fan of the Atlanta Braves, he also counts the K-State Wildcats and the Denver Broncos as his favorite teams.\u00a0 He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife and two daughters. More of his work can be found on the website <a href=\"https:\/\/balloonstodrones.com\/\">Balloons to Drones<\/a>, where he is a co-editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ph.D<\/strong>. History (Kansas State University)<br><strong>M.A.<\/strong>\u00a0History (Auburn University Montgomery)<br><strong>B.A.<\/strong>\u00a0History (The Citadel)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Brian Laslie, &#8217;01 Adjunct Professor Dr. Brian D. 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