Robert Work
Board of Advisors Office of the President
Biography
Robert Work was the thirty-second Deputy Secretary of Defense, serving alongside three Secretaries of Defense from May 2014 to July 2017. A graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School, and the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, he retired in 2001 as a Colonel in the United States Marine Corps after 27 years on active duty. Previously, he had positions at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and the Center for a New American Security. He is currently the president and owner of TeamWork, LLC and serves on the boards of Raytheon Technologies, Spark Cognition Government Services, Govini, System High and the U.S. Naval Institute.
Contact Information
Areas of Expertise
- A2/AD
- Aerospace
- Afghanistan
- Africa
- Air Defense
- Air Warfare
- Amphibious Warfare
- Arctic
- Artillery
- Asia-Pacific
- Asymmetrical Warfare
- China
- Civil War
- Civil-Military Relations
- COIN
- Cold War
- Command and Control
- Conflict Resolution
- Counterdrug Operations
- Counterterrorism
- Cyber Warfare
- Desert Storm
- Deterrence
- Diplomacy
- Economics
- Electronic Warfare
- Ethics
- Europe
- Foreign Policy
- Gender Studies
- Geopolitics
- GITMO
- Ground Warfare
- GWOT
- HA/DR
- Homeland Security
- Human Rights
- Immigration
- India
- Indian Ocean
- Information Operations
- Intel
- International Law
- International Relations
- Iran
- Iraq
- Irregular Warfare
- Islamic Studies
- Japan
- Joint Operations
- JPME
- Korean War
- Koreas
- Latin America
- Leadership
- Littoral Warfare
- Maritime History
- Maritime Strategy
- Middle East
- Military Planning
- Military Technology
- Military Theory
- Mine Warfare
- National Security
- NATO
- Nuclear
- Oceanography
- Operational Warfare
- Pakistan
- Peace Operations
- Philippines
- Piracy
- Policy
- Revolutionary War
- Rules of Engagement
- Russia
- Search and Rescue
- Security Cooperation
- South China Sea
- Southeast Asia
- Space
- Special Operations
- Submarine Warfare
- Surface Warfare
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Terrorism
- UAVs/Drones
- UNCLOS
- United Nations
- Vietnam
- Vietnam War
- War of 1812
- Wargaming
- Weapon Systems
- WMD
- Women, Peace, and Security
- WWI
- WWII
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