Charles Landrum
Charles Landrum is a defense consultant supporting the US Navy from which he retired after a 20 year career. A 1983 graduate of the US Naval Academy he spent the bulk of his naval career at sea serving on six ships of the Atlantic Fleet. He also served on two staffs – NATO’s Standing Naval Force Atlantic and the Middle East Force the progenitor of Fifth Fleet. He also accumulated time and experience on ships of Canada, Great Britain, Italy and the Netherlands. Since retirement his work has embarked him on three CVNs, an LHA, and an LHD.
An avid military history buff, he concentrates his modeling efforts on the ships and aircraft of the US Navy and former Soviet Union. He also enjoys modeling ships of the American Civil War which served on the James River. He is active in the US branch of the International Plastic Modeling Society (IPMS), in the IPMS Tidewater Chapter, and was the Chairman of the 2008 US National Convention and assisted with two others. He joined the Hampton Roads Ship Model Society around 2000. He and his wife reside in Norfolk, VA; his two sons being grown and pursuing their own careers.