Scott Pence

Scott Pence is a military fellow representing the U.S. Army in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Scott served on the Joint Staff as the Book Briefer to the Secretary of Defense, responsible for conveying global force management decisions. Before that, he was the Garrison Commander of Fort Liberty in North Carolina, where he reached consensus on renaming Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty. Scott has deployed three times to Afghanistan and once to Iraq, and he has lived in South Korea, Italy, Germany, Kansas, and Georgia. As the first Armor officer to serve with the 75th Ranger Regiment, Scott served as a company commander and the liaison officer to Kabul Station, Afghanistan. Scott earned an MBA from Webster University, an MA in military operational art and science from the School for Advanced Military Sciences, an MA in strategic studies from the Marshall Program at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, and a BA in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan. Scott lives in Burke, Virginia with his wife and two daughters.