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Charles Edward Taylor Jr (b. May 16, 1957) is an official spokesman for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), as part of the United States Department of Defense, provides financial and technical assistance, transfer of defense matériel, training and services to allies, and promotes military-to-military contacts.

Prior to working at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Taylor served as Public Affairs Officers with the United States Army Security Assistance Command at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. His career in the security assistance community began with an assignment at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies where he was noted for developing an agressive media outreach program designed to educate domestic and foriegn audiences to the inner workings of the GCMC.

While on active duty Taylor organized musical productions at the Presidio of San Francisco, California; Anchorage Alaska; Toyko, Japan; Berlin, Germany; Wiesbaden, Germany; and Heidelberg, Germany. His musical productions included performers like jazz Guitarist Paul Jackson Jr.; Saxophonists Gerald Albright and Kirk Whalum, Pianist Bobby Lyle, and singer Howard Hewett.

Education Ph D student of Pyschology with NorthCenteral University; Masters in Public Administration from University of Oklahoma; Masters in Education from National Louis University and a Bachelors Degree in Business from Park College.

Areas of Specialization Taylor retired from the military as a Sergeant First Class after spending more the 15 years as a public affairs professional. His expertise covers a wide range of communications concepts such as Social Media, Video and Television Production, Speech Writing, Photojournalism, Desktop publishing (the first in the United States Army to produce a publication using desktop publishing). Taylor was the first African American public affairs professional assigned with operation Able Sentry in Skopia, Macedonia.