Retired Army PAO on mission to save Ukraine pets - Chris Hyde

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NATO communicator. Pianist. Served in a combat zone. Prior enlisted Army officer.
The impressive biography is why Chris Hyde and I are kindred spirits. Did you know that now he’s joined a nonprofit that saves Ukraine pets left behind in war?
I knew we had to talk! Join us as we dive deep
uncovering why everyone needs to care about the pet crisis in Ukraine, which is not only about welfare but about preventing the spread of disease throughout Europe.
This tragedy of epic proportions is crippling a nation already enduring so much suffering. We need to talk about it!
Chris Hyde enlisted in the U.S. Army in December 1995 and served just over two years as a personnel actions clerk assigned to the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, NC, before his selection to attend the U.S. Army's Officer Candidate School (OCS) in early 1998.
He was commissioned as an Adjutant General second lieutenant in June 1998. Over the next several years, he served in many different capacities as an AG officer: AG detachment executive officer, postal platoon leader, MEPS operations officer, and AG detachment commander.
COL Hyde was selected to serve as a Public Affairs Officer (PAO) in 2007. COL Hyde served in key public affairs billets at all echelons for 18 years – internationally, on operation, and in garrison. Operationally, he deployed to Diyala, Iraq, in September 2008 with the 1/25th Stryker Brigade Combat Team as the SBCT's PAO and served as a PA planner for the ISAF Joint Command (CJ-35) throughout 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
His other public affairs assignments include Media Relations Officer for NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) in the UK, Training with Industry (TWI) Fellow with Siemens Corporation (NJ), Division Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Army’s 2nd Infantry Division, ROK/US Combined Division in the Republic of Korea, Chief PAO for the U.S. Army’s I Corps (Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington), and completed his Army Public Affairs career serving as Chief of Public Affairs and Deputy Director of Strategic Communications at NATO’s Allied Command Operations / Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, or SHAPE, in Mons, Belgium. He retired from military service in March 2024.
He is married to Sonya Hyde and has one daughter, Maggie, and one son, Ronaldo.

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