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a Licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia and a gradu- ate of the U.S. Army War College.


LIEUTENANT GENERAL VINCENT K. BROOKS Commanding General, Third Army/U.S. Army Central


Coalition Forces Land Component Command


Lieutenant


General Vincent K. Brooks


graduated with a Bachelor of Sci- ence degree from the U.S. Military Academy in 1980, and later earned a Mas- ter’s degree in Military Art and Science from the School of Advanced Military Studies at the Army Command and Gen- eral Staff College. During his thirty-one years as a Commissioned Officer, he has served in Command and Staff positions in the United States, Germany, Korea, Kosovo as well as the Middle East. In June 2011, Lieutenant General Brooks took command of the Third Army and Army Forces Central based in South Carolina, with portions deployed to Ku- wait, Qatar, Afghanistan and Iraq. As the commanding general of the Army service component of the Central Command, Lt. Gen. Brooks exercises administra- tive control over U.S. Army forces in the Central Command, conducts operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and engages with eighteen countries throughout North Africa, Southwest Asia and Central Asia.


BRIGADIER GENERAL ARNOLD N. GORDON-BRAY Deputy Director of Operations, United States Africa Command


Brigadier


General Arnold Gordon-Bray graduated from the University of Central Mis- souri in 1978 as a distinguished military student in the univer- sity’s ROTC program. He commissioned into the Infantry after graduation and went on to earn two Master of Science


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degrees in International Strategic Studies from the Air War College and the Naval War College. He has served as Deputy Commanding General, United States Army, Cadet Command; and completed a second tour in Iraq as a principal advisor to the Iraqi Ground Force. Most recently, Brig. Gen. Gordon-Bray served as Instal- lation Management Command’s Deputy Director of G-3/5/7 (Operations, Plans, and Training).


MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH CARTER The Adjutant General, Massachusetts National Guard


Major Gen- eral Joseph Cart- er entered the Massachusetts Army National Guard in January 1974 and rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant, prior to his commission


as a Second Lieutenant at the Mas- sachusetts Military Academy in July 1979. Currently, Maj. Gen. Carter over- sees the administration and operation of the Massachusetts National Guard to ensure troops are trained, equipped and mission-ready to support national security objectives. He also ensures that troops are trained to protect life and property, and preserve peace, order and public safety as directed in times of natural disaster and civil emergency. The General holds a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management from Lesley University, a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Administration from Atlanta University and a Master of Science in Strategic Studies from the Army War College.


BRIGADIER GENERAL PHILIP CHURN Deputy Commanding General


200th Military Police Command Brigadier


General Philip Churn graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s College in 1983 with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. He currently has


a career in global supply chain manage- ment and military leadership with Agility Logistics, a leading provider of inte- grated logistics with more than 22,000 employees in over 550 offices and 100 countries. He has most recently served as a commander of the 3rd Brigade (Profes- sional Development), 104th Division (Leadership Training). The 3rd Brigade is charged with supporting and training the next generation of officers in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) for the U.S. Army, National Guard and the Army Reserve. Brigadier General Churn’s has also served as a Director of the Afghani- stan Detention and Corrections Advisory Team. He assumed his current duties as the Deputy Commanding General of the 200th Military Police Command in May 2011. Churn holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the Army War College.


BRIGADIER GENERAL JESSE R. CROSS


Brigadier


General Jesse R. Cross was com- missioned as a Second Lieuten- ant, Quartermaster Corps through ROTC in 1979. He holds a Bach- elor of Business


Administration degree in Marketing from West Texas State University and a Mas- ter’s degree in Logistics Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He is also a graduate of the Quartermas- ter Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. Cross was promoted to the position of Brigadier General in December 2005. At age fifty he became the 50th Quartermaster Gen- eral, with the wide responsibility of the training and professional development of Quartermaster soldiers. He relinquished that command on November 22, 2010. He also commanded the Combined Arms Support Command / Sustainment Center of Excellence from June 11, 2010 to September 9, 2010.


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