COL Gerald Dezsofi has been an Information Operations Professional for over a decade and a senior plankholder in the IO community, serving as a National Guardsman for more than 37 years. Highlights of his IO positions include the 156th Information Operations Battalion Commander, Field Support IO Team Lead for a mobilization, STO Planner, Theater Information Operation Group (TIOG) S2 and XO culminating in the 56TH TIOG Commander. His IO contributions spanned a myriad of mobilizations in INDOPACOM and CENTCOM, support to multiple INDOPACOM exercises, and input into IO doctrine and force structure. COL Dezsofi’s MEMO for consideration is attached above and below are links to documents (too large to attach) that further describe his impacts.