He has a bachelor of science degree from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategic Studies from the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington District of Columbia
Lanza was commissioned into the Field Artillery in 1980 after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the School for Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He has also served as a National Security Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lanza has commanded Soldiers at all levels including the 7th Infantry Division.
5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq. And the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
His operational deployment experience includes Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia. Operation Joint Guard, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.
And Operation New Dawn, Iraq.
His senior staff assignments include the Aide-De-Camp to the Commander in Chief, United States Army Europe/Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Peace Stabilization Force. Concepts Team Chief for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, G3, Pentagon. Chief, Joint Capabilities Division, J8, the Joint Staff, Pentagon. Deputy Commanding General for V Corps, United States. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany. G3, Chief of Operations, United States. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany. J9, Director for Strategic Effects, Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I), Iraq. Spokesman, United States Force-Iraq (USF-I), Iraq. And the Army"s Chief of Public Affairs for the Secretary of the Army, Washington District of Columbia
