Robert Paul Ashley Jr. is a retired

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in the

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who served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2017 to 2020. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army G-2. He received a commission through ROTC as a 1984 graduate of

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. He retired from active duty on October 1, 2020. He currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Arcanum, a global strategic intelligence company. He is the son of a

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veteran of the

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who later lived in

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and worked a sewing machine mechanic. Ashley is a commissioner on the Afghanistan War Commission.

Education

* Bachelor of Science degree in

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. * Master of Science degree in strategic intelligence management, National Intelligence University,

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. * Master of Science degree in strategic studies, US Army War College,

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Military career

Operational deployments

Intelligence Analyst Intelligence analysis is the application of individual and collective cognitive methods to weigh data and test hypotheses within a secret socio-cultural context. The descriptions are drawn from what may only be available in the form of delibera ...

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, Izmir, Turkey * Secretary to the Joint Military Commission, Stabilization Force, Operation Joint Forge,

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* Commander, Office of Military Support, Washington, D.C., Operation Enduring Freedom and

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* Commander, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade(Airborne), XVIII Airborne Corps

* Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence,

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and Director of Intelligence, United States Forces-Afghanistan

Dates of rank

Awards and decorations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashley, Robert P., Jr. Living people United States Army soldiers United States Army generals Appalachian State University alumni United States Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) United States Army personnel of the Iraq War People of the Defense Intelligence Agency Directors of the Defense Intelligence Agency Directors of intelligence agencies Military intelligence Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America