Mick Ryan is a retired major general in the Australian Army. A graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the U.S. Marine Corps University Command and Staff College and School of Advanced Warfighting, he is a passionate advocate of professional education and lifelong learning, and has often partnered with creative thinkers and storytellers at Queensland Universities. He has commanded at platoon, squadron, regiment, task force, and brigade level. His book, War Transformed, was published in February 2022 by US Naval Institute Books.
