Talley Appointed as a Strategic Planner for the Joint Chiefs of Staff

In July 2003 Jeffrey W. Talley, assistant professor of civil engineering and geological sciences and lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, returned from extended service in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In January 2004 he was appointed a strategic planner for the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s War on Terrorism Directorate.

One of a handful of reserve officers who have been appointed to the Joint staff, his job is to prepare Action Packages, white papers suggesting terrorism policies, for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Secretary of Defense, and the President.

Talley, who earned the Bronze Star during his time in Iraq, coordinated 4,000 engineers and soldiers. Typical design-and-build assignments for his troops included roads, airfields, base camps, buildings, bridges, enemy prisoner-of-war camps, and water and wastewater treatment plants. He also directed environmental baseline surveys of areas impacted by the war.

A full-time faculty member, Talley conducts his work for the Joint Chiefs during semester breaks and summer reserve service.

He joined the Notre Dame faculty in 2001 after earning a doctorate in civil and environmental engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Talley specializes in the environmentally friendly remediation of contaminated groundwater, soils, and sediments.

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