Jeff ApplegetCOL. Jeff Appleget, USA (RET.), raised in Vermont, graduated from West Point in 1979. Jeff served as an artillery officer and an operations research analyst, providing analytic support for combat operations and acquisition programs. Upon his retiremet from the Army in 2009, Jeff joined the Naval Postgraduate School's Operations Research Department faculty, where he teaches wargaming and combat modeling. He lives in Monterey, CA. Read More Read Less