Charles P. "Chuck" Armentrout is an adjunct senior international/defense researcher at RAND. His previous Department of Defense experience includes over 25 years of active duty and five years of civilian service in a wide variety of Department of the Air Force positions of responsibility. This includes positions in the White House, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of the Air Force Headquarters, Major Command headquarters, the Air Force Personnel Center, and base-level assignments around the world. Prior experience includes operational command and leadership, enterprise leadership, workforce and senior leader development, strategy development, talent management policy, joint management, research oversight, institutional capacity building with allies and partners, and oversight of community support and sustainment. Mr. Armentrout also previously served with RAND as an adjunct policy researcher and Senior Staff Officer from 2013 to 2019; and as a RAND Senior Air Force Fellow from 2003-2004.
PhD in public policy (candidate), George Mason University; MA in nat security and strat studies, Naval War College; MA in management, Webster University; BS in chemical engineering, Mississippi State University
