Ray Carpenter retired as a Major General after serving in the Army, Navy and Army National Guard. He is a Vietnam Veteran with over 44 years of service. He served as the Acting Director of the Army National Guard from May 2009 until his retirement in December 2011. From 2015 to 2016, he served as the Executive Director for the National Commission on the Future of the Army, which was established by the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act. From 2017 to 2018, he served on a Homeland Defense Study Group for the Defense Science Board, which made recommendations to the Secretary of Defense to improve DoD’s Homeland Defense posture. He currently serves as a Senior Fellow for the Association of the United States Army, a position he has held since 2013.