Dr. Leffler’s Biography
Dr. David R. Leffler received his Ph.D. in Consciousness-Based Military Defense from Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The one hundred seventy-seven page doctoral dissertation is available on-line by clicking here. His other academic degrees include: a B.A. in Education and an M.A. in the Science of Creative Intelligence from Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa and an M.M. in Education from New Mexico State University at Las Cruces.
David was a member of the U.S. Air Force for eight years. He was assigned to Tactical Air Command (TAC), United States Armed Forces in Europe (USAFE), Air Training Command (ATC) and Strategic Air Command (SAC). His military decorations include: the United States Air Force Commendation Medal, the United States Air Force Achievement Medal, the United States National Defense Service Medal, and the United States Air Force Good Conduct Medal, with one oak leaf cluster.
Dr. Leffler is a former Associate of the Proteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College and is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute. He is the Executive Director, and a founding member of, the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) at the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy.
Dr. Leffler has given presentations on Consciousness-Based defense at the Russian Air Force Academy, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and defense-related institutions in the U.S.A. Dr. Leffler presented a paper about Invincible Defense Technology at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, and at the International Sociological Association Research Committee 01 Seoul National University & Korea Military Academy International Conference on Armed Forces & Conflict Resolution in a Globalized World. David spoke at the “5th Annual Countering IEDs – Assessing the IED Threat and its Evolution on the Battlefield and in the Homeland” conference in the Washington, DC. The title of his briefing was “Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) as a Means to Prevent the Implementation of IEDs.” He has also presented at the Institute for Defense and Business.