top blacks in the military
Freedom. While in command, Gaskin MAJOR GENERAL WILLIE J. WILLIAMS Pacific. From April to July 2004, he was
used its forces to help train and develop
Commanding General, Marine Corps Logistics
Command
temporarily assigned as senior advisor for
Iraqi police and military. Gaskin returned
BA–business administration, Stillman College
transportation to the Coalition Provi-
MA–business administration, National University,
to the States with II MEF (FWD) from Iraq
San Diego
sional Authority in Baghdad. He oversaw
MS–strategic resources management, National
in February 2008.
Defense University
restoration of Iraq’s major transportation
Maj. Gen. Williams shook hands systems, including two major ports.
MAJOR GENERAL ANTHONY L. JACKSON
with President Barack H. Obama, Jan.
Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West
20, on the 2009 Inauguration Parade’s
BA, San Jose State University
senior executive service–
MA–history, San Jose State reviewing stand following the swearing- defense
In June 1998, Maj. Gen. Jackson
in of the United States’ 44th president.
JAMES C. DALTON, SES
graduated from the United States Army
General Williams was the Marine Corps
Chief of Engineering and Construction
War College, Carlisle, PA. Upon gradu-
representative at the historic Inaugura-
US Army Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army
ation, he was assigned as the assistant
tion Day and marched as a member of
chief of staff, G-7, I Marine Expedition-
the Military Ceremonial Support Squad.
WILHELMENIA “CHRIS” HINTON-LEE, SES
ary Force. He served in that billet from
US Army Corps of Engineers
2007 Presidential Rank Awards
June 1998-June 2000. He then served MAJOR GENERAL CORNELL A. WILSON JR.
Meritorious Senior Professional
as the commanding officer, 1st Marine
Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces South
Deputy Commander, U. S. Marine Corps Forces
Regiment, 1st Marine Division. After that
Command
TRACEY L. PINSON, SES
BS–chemistry University of South Carolina
Director, Office of Small Business Programs,
assignment, he was assigned to the 3rd
Secretary of the Army
Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan where
Maj. Gen. Wilson is currently
he was the division’s chief of staff. During
serving as the commander of Marine ELLIOTT B. BRANCH, SES
Executive Director for Contracts
that assignment, he served concurrently
Corps Forces South in Miami, Fl., and
Naval Sea Systems Command
as the chief of staff, Joint Task Force-
the deputy commander of Marine Corps
555, in support of Operation Enduring
Forces Command in Norfolk, VA. His RONNIE J. BOOTH, SES
Special Assistant to the Auditor General of the
Freedom-Philippines. From August 2003
first assignment as a general officer was
Navy for Base Realignment and Closure
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Navy
until March 2005, he served as the as-
deputy commander for Marine Forces
(Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
sistant chief of staff (G-5), First Marine
Central Command. Following this tour,
Expeditionary Force and deployed in sup-
he was assigned as the commanding
ANDREA E. BROTHERTON, SES
Assistant General Counsel (Financial Management &
port of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. From
general, 4th Marine Logistics Group. In
Comptroller)
Department of the Navy
June 2005 to September 2007, he served
August 2002, he assumed command of
as the deputy commanding general, US
the Augmentation Command Element
LARRY E. DOUCHAND, PE, SES
Marine Forces, Central Command.
of the Second Marine Expedition-
Assistant Commander for Environmental Programs
ary Force. He also commanded the
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
combined joint task force consequence
MAJOR GENERAL JAMES L. WILLIAMS
management headquartered in Camp
STEFFANIE B. EASTER, SES
Commanding General, 4th Marine Division Assistant Commander for Acquisition
BS, Slippery Rock University, PA Doha, Kuwait, and supported Opera-
Naval Air Systems Command
MA–government and national security affairs,
Georgetown University tions Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
MS–hospital management/public health, Yale University
VICTOR S. GAVIN, SES
MA–international security studies, US Army War College
Technical Director, Program Executive Office,
Maj. Gen. Williams was assigned as
coast guard
Team Submarine
the commanding general, 4th Marine
LARRY E. HOLLINGSWORTH, SES
Division in April 2007. His previous posi-
REAR ADMIRAL MANSON K. BROWN, PE
Director, Avionics Department, Naval Air Systems
tion was as the assistant division com-
Commander, Fourteenth Coast Guard District
Command
BS–civil engineering, US Coast Guard Academy
mander, 2nd Marine Division that began
MS–civil engineering, University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana
JOAN T. HUGHES, SES
in November 2006. His previous assign-
MS–national resources strategy, Industrial College of
the Armed Forces Assistant Auditor General
ment was as deputy commanding general
Naval Audit Service
Rear Admiral Brown assumed
Department of the Navy
(Mobilization), Marine Corps Combat
command of the 14th Coast Guard
Development Command. He also served
District in May 2008. Previous tours
JOHN H. JAMES, JR., SES
during combat operations as the assistant
Executive Director, Logistics,
of duty include assistant engineering
Maintenance & Industrial Operations
division commander, 2d Marine Division Naval Sea Systems Command
officer in USCGC GLACIER—the first
from 2005-2006, at Camp Blue Diamond,
icebreaker to make its way through
Ar-Ramadi, Iraq, and earlier with I Marine
CLARENCE A. JOHNSON, SES
the frozen Bellinghausen Sea; project Principal Director and Director,
Expeditionary Force as the deputy com- Civilian Equal Employment Opportunity
engineer, deputy group commander at US Department of Defense
manding general in Fallujah, Iraq. He
Coast Guard Group May port, and as-
also serves on the Reserve Forces Policy
sistant chief, civil engineering division
Board, the principal policy adviser to the
at Maintenance & Logistics Command
Secretary of Defense on matters relating
continued on page 80
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