MAJOR GENERAL ABRAHAM J. TURNER Chief of Staff, U.S. Strategic Command


Major General Turner directs activi- ties of the command’s staff by developing and implementing policies and procedures in support of its missions. He oversees the command’s corporate process, and serves as director of the commander’s staff. He earned his commissioning into the Army as an infantry officer through the ROTC at South Carolina State University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree in music. While attending the Army War College, he earned a master’s degree in public administration from Shippensburg University. Prior to his current assignment, he was the deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, Army Training and Doctrine Command. His previous assignments include serving as commanding general, Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, assistant chief of staff, C-3, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, Kuwait; assistant division com- mander, Fort Bragg, and chief, House Legislative Liaison Division, Office of the Chief, Legislative Liaison, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. General Turner’s combat experiences include deployments in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.


LIEUTENANT GENERAL


DENNIS L. VIA Director, Command, Control, Communications & Computer (C4) Systems Directorate (J6),


The Joint Staff


Lieutenant General Via is the principal advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on all command, control, communications, and computer (C4) systems mat- ters within the U.S. Department of Defense. He was a luncheon speaker at MILCOM 2010. Now in its 29th year, the military communications conference is one of the largest government/industry networking and information-sharing events. More than 5,000 people from 30 countries attended the annual gathering, draw- ing professionals from government, scientific, academic and engineering communities. Lt. Gen. Via graduated in 1980, and began his career with


the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps. His principal assignments include commanding general, Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command, where he led an organization of over 10,000 military and civilian personnel responsible for coordinating, integrating, and synchronizing the life-cycle management of the com- mand, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnais- sance systems for all of the Army’s battlefield areas.


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GENERAL WILLIAM E. WARD Commander, United States Africa Command


General Ward is the most senior


black four-star general serving in the U.S. military. He is the first commander of the U.S. Africa Command—one of six geographic commands within the U.S. Department of Defense. He assumed this position in 2007. Previously, he served as deputy commander, U.S. European Command. His military service includes overseas tours in Korea, Egypt, Somalia, Bosnia, Israel, two tours in Germany, and a variety of assignments in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Gen. Ward was commissioned into the Infantry in 1971. On January 30, 2010, CNN conducted an interview with him, discussing his experiences. “I look at it as a chance to demonstrate that you can achieve those things if you set your mind to them, if you apply yourself in produc- tive ways, if you’re prepared to accept opportunity that comes your way and move on,” Gen. Ward said.


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