California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore is a lieutenant colonel (intelligence officer) in the U.S. Army (retired) Reserve.  Before being elected in 2004, Chuck was vice president for research for an aerospace company.  Chuck was a Reagan White House appointee in the Pentagon where he served as a Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs from 1986 to 1988.  Chuck and his wife Diane have been married since 1988 and they have two daughters.