James Feldkamp Male • United States of America

Beginning his career in the U.S. Navy, Commander James Feldkamp, USN (Retired), has a distinguished record that spans military roles, federal law enforcement, political endeavors, and academic contributions. Initially a Counter-Measures Officer and Navigator on the Navy's carrier-based EA-6B aircraft, he served critical missions from the USS Midway during the 1991 Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.


Transitioning to the Naval Reserves, he took on a fresh challenge as an FBI Special Agent based in Norfolk, Virginia. He helped establish the Joint Counter Terrorism Task Force and was among a select group of pilots performing aerial surveillance in cases involving criminal activities and terrorism.


Venturing into politics, he was the Republican nominee for the 4th Congressional District in Oregon during the 2004 and 2006 election cycles. Called back to naval service in 2007, he played a foundational role in the precursor to the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO), coordinating the dissemination of non-classified data to improve maritime security internationally.


In the realm of academia, he is a current Subject Matter Expert at Georgetown University, where he is developing a course titled "Terrorism and Unconventional Threats." Prior to this, he served as an adjunct professor at both George Mason and George Washington Universities, focusing on terrorism-related courses. Feldkamp has also made academic contributions by authoring and editing a textbook that delves into the "Theory and Politics of Terrorism."