Thomas Crosbie has a PhD in sociology and is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Joint Operations. His research focuses on military operations, including MDO / JADO, as well as: military politics / civil-military relations; military competency development / Professional Military Education (PME); media-military relations; and related topics concerning the military profession. His work has been published in journals including Armed Forces and Society, Comparative Sociology, Media, War & Conflict, the Journal of Sociology, Parameters, Poetics, Politics and Sociology Compass.