Remi spent 30 years on active duty in U.S. Army command and staff positions around the world, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Eastern Europe, and as faculty at West Point. While serving as the leader of a U.S. advising organization in Iraq, he led U.S. service members to advise and coach senior foreign government officials and generals to improve mission performance. He directed the U.S. Army’s Culture Center, an organization that helped the U.S. military to build cross-cultural competence to deploy worldwide. While in Poland, he led a red team and strategy development group, which created a grand strategy for the Eastern European region.
In his final active-duty assignment at West Point, as a senior leader and faculty member, Remi led an academic program and directed several committees and working groups devoted to leadership development. He demonstrated his forte in sparking rich audience participation among leaders, faculty and cadets in seminars about cross-cultural leadership, enhancing organizational culture, cross-generational communications, enhancing self-awareness and leader effectiveness, and other topics related to building leaders of character. Remi earned the Scholastic Achievement Award from the West Point Chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, recognizing his ability to do quality research, and create new knowledge and insights for leaders. Upon his retirement, the United States Military Academy appointed Remi as Professor Emeritus.