Colonel Carty’s assignment highlights include commanding a Special Forces Company based in Tikrit, Iraq and a Special Operations Task Force overseeing operations in Kandahar, Afghanistan. As a Colonel, he commanded a Special Operations Command (Forward) in the Middle East, training partner nation forces. In his final assignment, Colonel Carty served as the Deputy Commandant of the US Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. There, he oversaw the training of the US Army’s largest branch, from initial entry training of new soldiers to leaders at the senior level of the organization, as well as all special skills training such as Airborne, Ranger, Sniper and reconnaissance training. During this period, Colonel Carty was actively involved in overseeing the integration of women for the first time ever into the Infantry Branch at the new soldier and junior leader level, as well as the opening of Ranger School and other Infantry training to women. Highlights of Colonel Carty’s military training include: The Infantry Officer’s Basic and Advanced Courses, Air Assault School, Airborne and Jumpmaster School, Ranger School, The Special Forces Qualification Course, NATO Winter Warfare Course, British Jungle Warfare Instructor Course, and the Naval Command and General Staff Course.

Bill’s civilian education includes a Master of Science in International Management from Troy
University, Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and a Security Studies Fellowship at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Bill is currently Managing Member of WJC Consulting, LLC. He speaks regularly on the topics of leadership, counterinsurgency, and terrorism. He also speaks French and Thai.
Colonel Carty’s military awards and decorations include: the Defense Superior Service Medal, three Legions of Merit, three Bronze Star Medals, The Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Afghan Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Support and Expeditionary Medals and, the NATO Medal. He has earned the Combat and Expert Infantryman Badges, the Master Parachutist Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Special Forces Tab, the Ranger Tab, the Army Staff Badge, as well as Royal Thai Airborne Wings, and the Canadian Parachutist’s Badge. Colonel Carty also holds the Valorous Unit Award, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, and the Army Superior Unit Award. He is a member of the Special Forces Association, the Special Operations Association, and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Society as well as the Academy of Management and the Political Science Association. 

Colonel Carty has been married to this wife, Cheryl since 1997. They have a daughter and a son. He is an avid hunter and fisherman, fan of Boston professional sports teams, and SEC football. Retired Army Colonel Bill Carty is a full-time faculty member at Middle Georgia State University’s School of Business where he teaches in the Management Department. He is in the process of completing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Florida. Bill previously served as a Colonel in the US Army where he held leadership positions at every rank as an officer in the Army from lieutenant to colonel including: Infantry Rifle and Reconnaissance Platoon Leader, Special Forces Team Leader, Special Forces Company Commander and Battalion Commander, and a Special Operations Command (Forward) in the Middle East. He further served as the Chief of Staff of the Combined-Joint Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan, and as the Chief of the US Army Staff’s Special Operations Division in the Pentagon.