Brent Oglesby

LCDR Brent Oglesby is a United States Naval Foreign Area Officer who is currently assigned to the Comprehensive Research and Analysis Section of the NATO Strategic Direction – South HUB (NSD-S HUB) as an African Security Affairs Analyst.

Prior to this he served as the Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation at the United States Embassy (USEMB) in Côte d’Ivoire, where he managed U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) training and engagement portfolio with the Ivoirian military. Additional previous assignments include USEMB Cairo, and deployments to Djibouti, Ghana, and Liberia. 

LCDR Oglesby has a master’s degree in National Security Affairs from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and is proficient in French and Portuguese.