Brig. Paul Tennant, British Army, is the British military attache to the United States. Previously, he spent a year studying at the Royal College of Defence Studies, London. Before that, he was chief of the Joint Fires and Influence Branch, Headquarters, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, NATO. He also served on exchange to the U.S. Army as special assistant to then-Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno. He is an Army aviator and served on multiple deployments in Northern Ireland and Afghanistan.