Jul 31, 2025
Voices
- Kellye Donovan, commander (CDR), U.S. Navy
- Travon L. Graves, chief warrant officer 3 (CW3), U.S. Army
- Rob McHenry, deputy director, DARPA
- Robert Rowland, strategic resources development chief, Adaptive Capability Office-Transition
- Host: Tom Shortridge, Public Affairs
The Service Chiefs Fellows connect their operational insights with potential DARPA breakthroughs
We explore DARPA’s Service Chiefs Fellowship Program (SCFP), a 12-week immersive experience that brings together participants from various backgrounds across the Department of Defense (DOD) and other U.S. agencies.
Its dual core purposes are to educate future leaders from military services and other agencies, helping them infuse some of the DARPA magic into their home base, and to inform DARPA program managers and performers, many of whom lack military or government backgrounds, about the mission and the needs of current warfighters.
This blending of ideas fosters new connections and can even lead participants to return to the agency, as exemplified by Rob McHenry, DARPA's current deputy director and the agency’s first Service Chiefs Fellow.
As part of DARPA’s broader strategy to engage the U.S. military and other U.S. government partners, the SCFP helps ensure vital ideas take root and flourish where they are most needed.
Interested in more info about this program? Check out the following videos featuring CDR Donovan and CW3 Graves for their additional insights about their experience as a Service Chiefs Fellow.
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