LTC Eldridge Singleton

About

Lieutenant Colonel Eldridge “Raj” Singleton, representing the U.S. Army, is a National Security Affairs Fellow for academic year 2020-21 at the Hoover Institution researching strategies to safeguard U.S. interests in the Pacific Islands.

Lieutenant Colonel Singleton studied at the United States Military Academy, San Diego State University (SDSU), and Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. In recent years, he lectured at SDSU and the University of Michigan. 

Lieutenant Colonel Singleton is a Foreign Area Officer (FAO) who served at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command as Chief of FAO Assignments Branch; in U.S. embassies as the Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché to Belize, Interim Senior Defense Attaché to Jamaica, Army Attaché to Bolivia, and Security Cooperation Officer in Haiti; and in multiple combat roles in Iraq as a Special Forces and Infantry Officer. 

Upon completion of his fellowship, Lieutenant Colonel Singleton will serve in DoD international relations positions focused on interagency and multinational collaboration.