Chris Lawson is the speechwriter for the Secretary of the U.S. Army, the Honorable John McHugh, and was previously the chief civilian speechwriter for Gen. Lawson is a former national security journalist for Gannett and has served as managing editor for the Army Times, Navy Times, and Men's Health magazine. He served as a Marine Corps Combat Correspondent from 1985 to 1991, earning the title of the Corps' Journalist of the Year in 1989. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and family.