| Nicholas Moran | |
| Birth Place: | California, United States |
| Branch: | United States Army |
| Serviceyears: | 2000–present |
| Rank: | Lieutenant colonel |
| Nickname: | "The Chieftain" |
| Commands: | 1st Armored Division Main Command Post – Operational Detachment |
| Awards: | Bronze Star Medal Meritorious Service Medal Valorous Unit Award Meritorious Unit Commendation |
| Alma Mater: | University College Dublin |
Nicholas Theodore Moran (born 1975) is an American author, historian, and U.S. Army officer.
Moran is Irish on his father's side and Greek on his mother's.[1] He was born in California and attended University College Dublin from 1992 to 1996.[2]
Moran joined the Irish Army Reserve in September 1997 and the US Army National Guard in November 2000.[3] He was deployed in Iraq between 2004 and 2005 as a tank platoon leader (for which he received a Valorous Unit Award), and Afghanistan between 2009 and 2010 (for which he received a Meritorious Unit Commendation).[4] He also received a Bronze Star Medal and Meritorious Service Medal.[5]
Since August 2011, Moran has been the Director of Militaria Relations for Wargaming America,[6] described by him as a "liaison between the company and the wonderful world of the military."[4]
Since September 2011, Moran has run the YouTube channel The Chieftain, which focuses on "long-form, in-depth videos, with a priority on getting inside vehicles to gain the 'human factors' evaluation of things from the end user's perspective as well as other materials sourced from archives."[7]
Moran has advocated for the support of Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War since February 2022.[8]
Moran has previously been commander of the 1st Armored Division Main Command Post – Operational Detachment (he is currently serving as a staff officer[9]) and an armor officer on M1 Abrams tanks and M3 Bradleys.[10]
Moran holds US citizenship. He was previously a dual citizen of Ireland and the US,[1] but renounced foreign citizenship in 2002 when he was commissioned as a United States Army officer.[11]