Matt Yocum is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. He is the CEO of Hangar 19, LLC, a consulting firm where he speaks, teaches, and writes on international affairs, strategy and policy development, and strategic communications.

His past military assignments included serving as the Air Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan and as the Director of the Commander’s Action Group for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). He also served as the Director of Strategic Plans, Policy, and Futures at the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).

Matt is also the CEO of Hangar 19 Studios, LLC. As an award-winning author, Matt’s writing in Hangar 19 Studios covers the literary map, from technical engineering articles to science fiction and thriller novels to short stories.  Most notably, Matt has written several stories for Marvel Comics, the publisher of such characters as Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Captain America. He also has several independent comic books. 

Matt lived in Kentucky until he was 17, at which time he entered the Air Force, becoming a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Matt was commissioned as a second lieutenant and received a B.S. in engineering science from the Academy in June 1993. In December 1994, Matt received a Master of Science in aeronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology.  

When not writing, Matt often spends time reading, exercising, working at his local church, and spending time with his wife and twin sons, where they live among the pines in North Carolina.