He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University in 2001, and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering as well. A 1985 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Dr. Haymond served 25 years on active duty in various space and missile assignments, and retired as a colonel in 2010 as the vice commander of the Space Development and Test Wing. While in the Air Force, Colonel Haymond taught economics at the United States Air Force Academy, served on Capitol Hill as a legislative liaison to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, and was an Air Force Fellow at The Brookings Institution. His economic specialties include monetary, Austrian, and public choice economics. He has a beautiful wife, Jennifer, three amazing kids, Amanda, Matthew, and Megan, and a very bad spoiled dog named Meeko.