arr-20240318


Maryland	001-34766	26-1908763
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


3001 Ocean Drive, Suite 201
Vero Beach,	Florida	32963
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading symbols

Name of Exchange on which registered

Preferred Stock, 7.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable

ARR-PRC

New York Stock Exchange

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

ARR

New York Stock Exchange

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Item 5.02.			Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

To the extent required by Item 5.02 of Form 8-K, the information contained in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

On March 18, 2024, ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (“ARMOUR” or the “Company”) appointed Sergey Losyev, the Company's Deputy Chief Investment Officer, and Desmond Macauley, the Company's Director of Investment Strategies, as Co-Chief Investment Officers, effective March 18, 2024. Mr. Macauley will also serve as ARMOUR's Head of Risk Management. Mr. Losyev and Mr. Macauley succeed Mark Gruber, who stepped down as Chief Investment Officer effective March 18, 2024.

A copy of the press release, dated March 18, 2024, announcing the Chief Investment Officer transition is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.


Exhibit No.			Description
99.1			Press Release dated March 18 , 2024
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


			ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC.

			By:			/s/ Scott J. Ulm
			Name:			Scott J. Ulm
			Title:			Chief Executive Officer


Item 8.01.			Other Events.


Item 9.01.			Financial Statements and Exhibits.