Areas of Expertise: Non-Lethal Weapons, Naval Expeditionary Operations, Operational Planning and Military Art, Use of Force, U.S. Congressional Matters

Colonel Buran received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1982 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in May 1982 via the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program.

Upon completion of The Basic School, Quantico, Virginia and the Artillery Officer Basic Course, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1983, Colonel Buran reported to the 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California. While assigned to the Division he served as a Forward Observer and Adjutant with the 1st Battalion, 11th Marines and as Executive Officer, Headquarters Battery, 11th Marines.

During July 1985 Colonel Buran was ordered overseas to Marine Barracks, U.S. Naval Base, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines where he served as a Platoon Commander, Guard Officer and Naval Provisional Rifle Company Commander. Returning to the United States in November 1986, Colonel Buran was assigned to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California where he served as a Series Commander, Company Commander, and Battalion Operations Officer.

From March 1989 through November 1989 Colonel Buran attended the U.S. Army Field Artillery Advanced Course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In November 1989 he reported to the 10th Marine Regiment, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and served as Commanding Officer, Headquarters Battery, Commanding Officer, Battery |, and Assistant Operations Officer, 3d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment. During this tour Colonel Buran participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and forward deployed to the Mediterranean in support of Landing Force Sixth Fleet operations with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 24 Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable).

Following his tour at 2d Marine Division, Colonel Buran served as a

Congressional Liaison Officer to the U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC from August 1992 through July 1996.

1 Colonel Buran then attended the Marine Corps Command and Staff College and School of Advanced Warfighting, Quantico, Virginia. Upon graduation in July 1998 Colonel Buran was assigned to the G3/G5, EUCOM Regional Operations and Plans, Headquarters Marine Corps Forces Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia. During this tour he was assigned to Joint Task Force NOBLE ANVIL, Naples, Italy and Task Force Falcon, Kosovo from 11 March through 14 July 1999 in support of Operation ALLIED FORCE and Operation JOINT GUARDIAN.

Following his tour of duty at Headquarters Marine Corps Forces Atlantic, Colonel Buran attended the Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia. Upon graduation in September 2000 he was subsequently assigned as an Observer/Trainer with the Deployable Training Team, Joint Warfighting Center, United States Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia.

In May 2002 Colonel Buran was transferred to the 2d Marine Division where he served as Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion, 10th Marines. Upon relinquishing command in June 2004 Colonel Buran was selected as a Federal Executive Fellow and assigned to the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

Upon completion of the CMC Fellowship, Col Buran was transferred to Okinawa, Japan and assumed the duties as the Deputy G-3, Ill MEF from 7 July 2005 through 5 July 2006. Colonel Buran then served as the Chief of Staff, 3rd Marine Division from 6 July 2006 through 8 August 2007, and from 23 August 2007 through 6 May 2008 was assigned to Multi-National Corps — Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq as the Deputy CJ3.

Prior to his retirement on 1 September 2012, Colonel Buran served as the U.S. Marine Corps Senior Service Representative at the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA. From 1 September 2013 through 15 May 2014 Colonel Buran served as the Maritime Stability Operations advisor to the U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute at Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA.

Colonel Buran is presently employed by The Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory, State College, PA as a Non-Lethal Weapons Course Instructor and is the Executor Director, Cor Christi Trinitatis Institute, a non-profit 501(c)3 institute dedicated to the moral renewal of youth and family.

Colonel Buran is married to the former Ann E. Minogue of Alexandria, Virginia. They have three children: Elizabeth, Sydney, and Samuel.