Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney, USMC (Ret.)

General Cheney is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP) and former Inspector General of the United States Marine Corps.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  General Cheney’s primary specialty was artillery, but he focused extensively on entry-level training, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia.

Other selected highlights of his military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps.

Following retirement from the Marines, he became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS), in Washington, D.C., and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas.

General Cheney is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College; the National War College; and the University of Southern California.  He was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, where he is a member.

He has been on the Board of Directors for ASP since 2006.

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