Major General Mark Quander

From Five Questions for a General by Modern War Institute at West Point

December 12, 2025 · 28 min

About this episode

Cadet Justin Rodriguez interviews Major General Mark Quander about leadership and military experiences.

Welcome back to Five Questions for a General, a production of the Modern War Institute at West Point. This series features specially selected cadet hosts who are given an incredible professional development opportunity—to sit down with senior military officers and ask carefully crafted questions about everything from leadership to their unique experiences while serving, to their expectations about the future of war. In this episode, Cadet Justin Rodriguez sits down with Major General Mark Quander to discuss topics ranging from disaster relief to team building to accomplishing what seems impossible.General Quander graduated from West Point and commissioned as an engineer. After service in units such as the 82nd Airborne Division, the 101st Airborne Division, and the 10th Mountain Division and combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, he returned to West Point as the 79th commandant of the United States Military Academy. He now serves as the Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations, US Army Corps of Engineers.

People in this episode

Guest: Major General Mark Quander

Topics covered

disaster relief
team building
leadership
military operations

Keywords

West Point
US Army Corps of Engineers
combat
professional development

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iraq, Afghanistan