Doug Mastriano

Doug Mastriano is a combat veteran and the son of a career US Navy man. He is an Eagle Scout and worked as a paperboy, janitor, security guard, short-order cook, pizza delivery person and dishwasher. Doug was commissioned in the U.S. Army in 1986 and served on the Iron Curtain with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in West Germany. While serving along the East German and Czechoslovakian borders, he witnessed the end of the Cold War and thereafter deployed to Iraq for Operation Desert Storm (1991) to liberate Kuwait. Doug went on to serve in Washington, DC, the 3rd Infantry Division and US Army Europe. After 9/11, Mastriano was the lead planner for the operation to invade Iraq via Turkey. He served four years with NATO and deployed three times to Afghanistan. Mastriano was the director of NATO’s Joint Intelligence Center in Afghanistan, leading 80 people from 18 nations. He completed his career as a Professor of the U.S. Army War College (PAWC), Carlisle, PA. He earned a BA from Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He retired from the U.S. Army in November 2017 after 30 years of active duty as a Colonel. In 2018, he was a candidate for Pennsylvania’s 13th U.S. Congressional District. Doug is married to Rebecca (Stewart), whose ancestors settled this region of Pennsylvania in 1732. Rebecca was a chaplain with Marketplace Ministries at Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe. Their son Josiah is a graduate of Liberty University. Mastriano is an active member of his church and resides near Caledonia State Park, Pennsylvania. Mastriano was elected to serve as the Senator for Pennsylvania’s 33rd District in May 2019, which includes all of Adams County, most of Franklin County and parts of Cumberland and York Counties. 1986 Bachelor of Arts, History, Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania 1992 Masters Strategic Intelligence, Joint Intelligence College, Washington, DC 2001 Masters Airpower Theory, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL 2002 Masters Military Operational Art and Science, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL 2010 Masters Strategic Studies, US Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 2013 Ph.D. University of New Brunswick, Canada (Doctor of History)