Director, Field Intelligence Operations Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Charles “Chuck” Durant began his professional career in national intelligence in 1980 when he joined the U.S. Army as a German language signals intelligence voice interceptor and he served military tours at U.S. Army Field Station Berlin in West Berlin; Fort Huachuca, AZ; Fort Meade, MD; and Fort Carson, CO.
After the fall of the Berlin wall, Chuck transitioned to U.S. Army Counterintelligence in 1993 and served tours at the BENELUX (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) Military Intelligence Detachment, the 10th Special Forces Group at Fort Carson, CO, and the U.S. Army Foreign Counterintelligence Activity (USAFCA) at Fort Meade as well as a deployment to Hungary in support of the international peace keeping mission in the former Yugoslavia.
Chuck retired from the Army in 2000 and returned to USAFCA as a Counterintelligence Agent. After 9/11, he went to work for the National Security Agency until he returned to USAFCA as the Chief of Investigations. He then served as U.S. Army representative to the DoD Counterintelligence Field Activity before assuming a position with the White House Military Office where he provided counterintelligence and security support to the President and White House staff on overseas visits.
In 2009, Chuck joined the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. In 2011, he became the DOE Deputy Director of Counterintelligence until his retirement from federal service as a member of the Senior Executive Service.
After his retirement from federal service in April 2019, Chuck worked as the Berkshire Hathaway Energy Director of National Security and Resiliency Policy in Washington DC.
In October of 2020, Chuck joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory Field Intelligence Element (FIE) Director and conducts frequent external engagement with sponsors across the U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC).
Chuck has over 43 years of intelligence community experience and in 2019 was recognized for his service by the DOE Secretary of Energy with a Meritorious Service Award, the National Nuclear Security Administrator’s gold medallion, and a Lifetime Counterintelligence Achievement Award by the Director of National Intelligence’s (DNI) National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC).
