Trent Mills

Col. Trent Mills joined DARPA as a special assistant to the director and U.S. Army operational liaison in 2022. He last served as the senior strategist for the director of the Army Staff where he synchronized decisions for the secretary and the chief of staff of the Army.

Mills was commissioned into the Army as a Transportation Officer with assignments in Germany, Hungary, and Virginia. He taught English composition and literature at the US Military Academy at West Point and then returned to the field as an Army Strategist. His operational experiences include planning and problem framing challenges at U.S. Army Central (Atlanta and Kuwait), Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (Djibouti), and the UK Army Headquarters supporting British Army future concepts, research, and experimentation.

Mills holds a doctorate in English from Georgia State University, a master’s degree in national security and strategy from the Naval War College, a master’s degree in English from Washington State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Gonzaga University.