5 Questions: Lieutenant Colonel Marc ‘Dewey’ Boberg

Lieutenant Colonel Marc “Dewey” Boberg is in his third year as Professor of Military Science in BYU’s Army ROTC program. He has a bachelor’s degree in leadership from the United States Military Academy at West Point, as well as a master’s degree in international management from Troy State University.

 

You’re an active duty Army officer. How did you end up at BYU?

 

During the course of my career, I’ve had several academic opportunities. I’ve taught at Army schools; I taught for two years in Venezuela as a guest instructor at a Venezuelan Army school. Just before this assignment, I spent two years as a faculty member at West Point teaching Spanish in the department of foreign languages. I competed to be selected for one of these professor of military science jobs somewhere in the nation. So I volunteered and said, ‘Hey, I’d like to do that.’ The Army then has a board where  those of higher ranking select from the candidates who’s going to go where. They informed me that they wanted me to go to Brigham Young University. … It’s a short-term thing; I’m expect to be here for four years.