Christopher D. Booth

Christopher D. Booth

Co-Director, Maritime

Christopher D. Booth is the Director of Special Missions for Reveal Technology. He has over 25 years experience in national security and international relations, starting on activity duty as an Army armor and cavalry officer, and later serving as a senior CIA Case Officer with multiple field and headquarters leadership roles, including assignments in war-zone and austere environments. He has served throughout Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central, North, and South Asia. He also practiced law for five years as a litigator.

He is a Distinguished graduate of Command & Staff College – Marine Corps University, where he was a Fellow in the General Robert H. Barrow Fellowship for Strategic Competition from MCU and the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation & Creativity, and a scholar in the Gray Scholars Program – Advanced Studies on Social & Political Conflict. He graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School and the College of William and Mary with a double major in History and Government. He has published in a diverse variety of venues including: The Atlantic Council, the Army University Press, Marine Corps University Press, The National Interest, U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings, and War on the Rocks. He chaired a panel at the 2026 Naval War College’s Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) Symposium, and was a speaker at the 2026 Sarajevo Security Conference.

Christopher D. Booth

Christopher D. Booth

Co-Director, Maritime

Christopher D. Booth is the Director of Special Missions for Reveal Technology. He has over 25 years experience in national security and international relations, starting on activity duty as an Army armor and cavalry officer, and later serving as a senior CIA Case Officer with multiple field and headquarters leadership roles, including assignments in war-zone and austere environments. He has served throughout Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central, North, and South Asia. He also practiced law for five years as a litigator.

He is a Distinguished graduate of Command & Staff College – Marine Corps University, where he was a Fellow in the General Robert H. Barrow Fellowship for Strategic Competition from MCU and the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation & Creativity, and a scholar in the Gray Scholars Program – Advanced Studies on Social & Political Conflict. He graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School and the College of William and Mary with a double major in History and Government. He has published in a diverse variety of venues including: The Atlantic Council, the Army University Press, Marine Corps University Press, The National Interest, U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings, and War on the Rocks. He chaired a panel at the 2026 Naval War College’s Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) Symposium, and was a speaker at the 2026 Sarajevo Security Conference.

Christopher D. Booth

Christopher D. Booth

Co-Director, Maritime

Christopher D. Booth is the Director of Special Missions for Reveal Technology. He has over 25 years experience in national security and international relations, starting on activity duty as an Army armor and cavalry officer, and later serving as a senior CIA Case Officer with multiple field and headquarters leadership roles, including assignments in war-zone and austere environments. He has served throughout Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central, North, and South Asia. He also practiced law for five years as a litigator.

He is a Distinguished graduate of Command & Staff College – Marine Corps University, where he was a Fellow in the General Robert H. Barrow Fellowship for Strategic Competition from MCU and the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation & Creativity, and a scholar in the Gray Scholars Program – Advanced Studies on Social & Political Conflict. He graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School and the College of William and Mary with a double major in History and Government. He has published in a diverse variety of venues including: The Atlantic Council, the Army University Press, Marine Corps University Press, The National Interest, U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings, and War on the Rocks. He chaired a panel at the 2026 Naval War College’s Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) Symposium, and was a speaker at the 2026 Sarajevo Security Conference.

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