BRIGADIER GENERAL ARNOLD N. GORDON-BRAY Director, G-3/5/7 Headquarters, Installation Management Command


Brigadier General Gordon-Bray, a 1978 alumnus of the University of Central Missouri and former member of the UCM Mules basketball team, was the keynote speaker for the annual Freedom Scholarship Dinner on Janu- ary 19, 2010. The dinner raises funds for Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Scholarships, presented annually to


high school students from Johnson County, Missouri, and the metropolitan Kansas City area, as well as students enrolled at UCM. Brig. Gen. Gordon-Bray was commissioned into the Infantry after graduation from UCM, and he was recognized as a distinguished military student in UCM’s ROTC program. He received a bachelor’s degree from UCM and master’s degrees in international strategic studies from the Air War College and the Naval War College. Prior to his current assignment, he completed his second tour in Iraq, as the principal advisor to the Iraqi Ground Force Commander from 2006 to 2007.


MAJOR GENERAL VINCENT K. BROOKS Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division-South, OPERATION NEW DAWN, Iraq


Major General Brooks is a 1980 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. At West Point, he became the first African American in the school’s history to be named cadet brigade commander, a position in which he led more than 4,000 cadets during his senior year. Brooks graduated


first in his class in 1980 with a B.S. degree. He later earned a master’s degree in military art and science from the School of Advanced Military Studies at the Army Command and General Staff College and he studied as a national security fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He was the youngest nominee to go before the U.S. Senate in 2002 for confirmation as a general. Brooks’ outstanding perfor- mance as the Army’s most senior spokesman during the second Iraq war earned him international recognition and respect. Mil- lions of people around the world observed his televised press conferences on a daily basis. To many, his presence represent- ed the strides African Americans have made toward leadership roles in the United States armed services. During his 30 years as a commissioned officer, he has served in command and staff positions in the United States, Germany, Korea, Kosovo and the Middle East.


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BRIGADIER GENERAL JESSE R. CROSS Quartermaster General, Commanding General, U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and School


Brigadier General Cross holds a Bachelor of Business Administra- tion degree in marketing from West Texas State University and a Master of Science degree in logistics man- agement from the Florida Institute of Technology. He was commissioned a second lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, through ROTC in 1979. He is a graduate of the Quartermaster


Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. He was promoted to the position of brigadier general in December 2005— and became the 50th Quartermaster general, with responsibility for the training, doctrine and professional development of Quarter- master soldiers. The Quartermaster general also serves as the commanding general, Army Quartermaster Center and School, Fort Lee, Virginia and the traditional Quartermaster Regiment.


MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL T. HARRISON, SR. Commanding General, U. S. Army Japan/Commanding General I Corps (Forward)


Major General Harrison entered the Army in May 1980. Since then, he has served in a variety of Joint Staff and Army staff positions to include assignment as a staff officer in the Counter-Nar- cotics Division, J-3, the Joint Staff. He assumed his current duties on October 12, 2010. Previous assignments include serving as deputy commanding


general for the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) at Fort Drum, New York, as commander and staff officer with Air Assault, Light Infantry, and Training units to include duties as deputy commanding general for the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. Harrison is a graduate of Howard University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He also holds two Master of Science degrees.


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