United States Strategic Command
Nicholas Oates is an experienced security analyst currently serving at the United States Strategic Command since January 2022. Prior to this role, Nicholas held similar positions as a security analyst at UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND from January 2016 to January 2022 and at the United States Department of Defense from September 2010 to December 2015. Nicholas has also worked as a liaison officer, team lead, technical analyst (deployed), and intern within the Department of Defense. Earlier experience includes serving as a research assistant at the UMD Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise from March 2010 to June 2011. Nicholas Oates holds a Master of Public Policy in International Security and Economic Policy from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Psychology, along with a Certificate in International Relations and Affairs from Cornell University.
United States Strategic Command
This is the Official U.S. Strategic Command LinkedIn page. Located at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Neb., U.S. Strategic Command is one of 11 unified commands in the Department of Defense. The commander of USSTRATCOM serves as the senior commander of unified military forces from all four branches of the military assigned to the command. The USSTRATCOM commander is the leader, steward and advocate of the nation's strategic capabilities. USSTRATCOM integrates and coordinates the necessary command and control capability to provide support with the most accurate and timely information for the President, the Secretary of Defense, other national leadership and combatant commanders. USSTRATCOM combines the synergy of the U.S. legacy nuclear command and control mission with responsibility for space operations; global strike; global missile defense; and global command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR). This dynamic command gives national leadership a unified resource for greater understanding of specific threats around the world and the means to respond to those threats rapidly. Mission USSTRATCOM deters strategic attack and employs forces, as directed, to guarantee the security of our nation and our allies. Vision One innovative USSTRATCOM warfighting team deterring conflict and delivering decisive capabilities from, in and through all domains wherever and whenever needed. Priorities Above all else, we will provide Strategic Deterrence If deterrence fails, we are prepared to deliver a Decisive Response We will do this with a resilient, equipped and trained Combat-Ready Force