John Agoglia is Vice President for Government Services for IDS International. John leads and oversees the current programs and operations of IDS International.

John was a career officer in the US Army and retired on January 31, 2011. His recent experience has focused on all aspects of counterinsurgency, stability operations, and civil-military relations. He served as the Director of the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul Afghanistan and directed the U.S. Army’s Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute at the U.S. Army War College. John was also assigned to serve as US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) liaison officer to US Civil Ambassador in Iraq, Paul Bremer, in addition to being part of the planning group that initiated the campaign plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom and CENTCOM’s earlier plans for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

John is a 1980 graduate of the US Military Academy and holds a Master’s degree in military arts and sciences from the US Army School of Advance Military Studies.