Lt. Col. Kevin Ryan Among Military Officers Honored as Latest Graduates at Baltic Defence College

By Alumni Office

Lt. Col. Kevin Ryan ’06 graduated from the Baltic Defence College on June 19 and was recognized with the Commandant’s Award for the Higher Command Studies Course. Congrats!

Lt. Col. Kevin Ryan '06

“I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve as the first U.S .Army War College Fellow at the Baltic Defense College and honored to be recognized as the top graduate of HCSC. My time in Tartu has instilled in me a profound appreciation that NATO and its partners are not merely a collection of nations—they are individuals united by a shared purpose in fiercely defending every inch of the alliance,” said Lt. Col. Ryan.

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