Ridenour has worked in the
Defense Intelligence Agency and in
The Pentagon. He is a life member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars organization. He served in the
United States Marine Corps from 1980 to 2000. He earned a bachelor's degree from
Purdue University in 1980, a graduate degree from the
University of Oklahoma in 2000, and a graduate degree from the
Marine Corps War College in 2017. He is a
Lutheran. == References ==