Lt. Col. Peter Norris joined the National Security Affairs department in 2020. Commissioned as an Armor Officer, he has commanded at the troop and battalion-level, has multiple combat deployments to Iraq and an operational deployment to U.S. European Command. His previous assignments include service as an Army congressional fellow, as a legislative liaison to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) and with the Army Human Resources Command.