Robert T. Hastings, Jr.

Robert T. Hastings, Jr. is an American public relations professional who has served as an executive in several aerospace and defense corporations and as a political appointee in the administration of President George W. Bush, where he was the senior public affairs official and principal spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense in 2008–2009.

Hastings was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs in March 2008 and subsequently nominated by President Bush to be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.[1]

Department of Defense Public Affairs

Hastings served as principal staff advisor and assistant to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England for strategic communication, public information, internal information, and community relations as well as information training and audiovisual support to DoD activities, leading a worldwide public affairs community of nearly 4000 military and civilian personnel.

During his tenure with The Pentagon, Hastings was a driving force in the development of the Department’s Strategic Communications concept of operations.[2] Working with the Service Public Affairs Chiefs and Combatant Command Public Affairs Directors, he fostered cohesion and partnership among the diverse elements of the Defense public affairs community. He also established the Defense Media Activity, a significant reorganization of DoD Public Affairs which consolidated more than 2000 military and civilian Public Affairs personnel into a single command responsible for the military’s worldwide internal information activities.

Corporate Public Relations Career

Robert Hastings has worked as the senior corporate communications officer at several US aerospace and defense companies to include BAE Systems North America, Northrop Grumman Information Systems and Bell Helicopter.

References

  1. ↑ Republican National Convention Blog: Photograph and Biography of Hastings
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