Chas Henry is managing editor of ConnectingVets.com — a digital resource for military veterans — and executive producer and host of nationally-broadcast CBS News Radio Eye on Veterans reports.

A combat-decorated veteran of the 1991 Gulf War, Chas served in the U. S. Marine Corps – rising in rank from private to captain. Graduated with honors from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television – where his coursework focused on documentary filmmaking – he went on to study transnational security issues and financial markets at the University of Oxford, and earned a master’s degree in security studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

In the Washington, D. C. area, Chas has worked as a television reporter with NewsChannel 8 and ABC7 – as an anchor with all-news radio stations WTOP and WNEW — and as a presenter of national newscasts on the Westwood One radio network. Journalistic assignments have over the years taken him to more than 30 nations on five continents. He has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan and Qatar; and was selected for national security related fellowships by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Radio-Television News Directors Foundation, and the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism.

Chas’ reporting has been recognized with a regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association – and selected for numerous tributes by the Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists. In 2017, he was elected to the board directing the group Military Reporters and Editors; in 2015 he was inducted into the Marine Corps Marathon Hall of Fame — for his work over 20 years broadcasting from the event; and in 2002 he was presented “Best News Reporter” honors in Washington, D. C.’s Achievement in Radio Awards.

From 2008-2012, Chas directed corporate communications for non-profit think tanks – first the U. S. Naval Institute, then the Institute for Defense Analyses.

Chas and his wife live in suburban Washington, D. C.