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Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley Jr., U.S. Army (retired), served in the U.S. Army for over 36 years and was the 21st Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2017 to 2020. Previously, he served as the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, where he was a senior advisor to the Secretary of the Army and Army Chief of Staff for all aspects of intelligence, counterintelligence, and security. A career military intelligence officer, he commanded at the company, battalion, squadron, and brigade levels with six tours in Iraq and Afghanistan: as a squadron commander, brigade commander, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (J-2). Other key assignments include Director of Intelligence, U.S. Joint Special Operations Command; Director of Intelligence, U.S. Central Command; Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, International Security Assistance Force and Director of Intelligence, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan; and Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. He has a BA in Political Science from Appalachian State University, a master’s in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University, and a master’s in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.