Lucas Crouch
Lucas Crouch joined the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in July 2023 as a Military Professor in the College of Security Studies after embedding with the Japan Air Self Defense Force 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron as a C-130H Exchange Pilot and Officer under the Military Personnel Exchange Program Indo-Pacific, Secretary of the Air Force-International Affairs. This was a selectively manned, bilingual position responsible for integration with the Japan Self-Defense Force, providing guidance and expertise in the tactical employment of the C-130H. He is an Indo-Pacific-focused Foreign Area Officer, fluent in Japanese. Prior to his exchange assignment and becoming a [...]