State), and in national strategic studies from the United States Army War Col- lege. Brig. Gen. Henry took up his new assignment as chief of staff, Defense In- formation Systems Agency in July 2012.
BRIG. GEN. HENRY HUNTLEY Deputy Commanding General U.S. Army Recruiting Command
Brig. Gen. Henry Huntley was com- missioned a second lieutenant of Infantry in August 1983. Since then he has served in a variety of operational and staff assignments in the United States and Germa- ny, with two tours at the Pentagon. Before coming to
the recruiting command, he served two years as director of congressional affairs for the Army Materiel Command. He has held a number of public affairs assign- ments including Media on the Battlefield Observer, National Training Center and Fort Irwin Deputy Chief of Media Rela- tions and Operation. His professional military education includes the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Cadet Command Instructor Course, Defense Information School, Command and General Staff College, Joint Pub- lic Affairs Advanced Course and Joint Professional Military Education Phase II, Pentagon Staff Officer Course and the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Bar- racks. He earned a bachelor's degree from Kentucky State University, a master's degree in public administration from the Central Michigan University and another in strategic studies from the Army War College.
BRIG. GEN. LEODIS JENNINGS Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff G 8
Headquarters, Department of the Army Brig. Gen. Leodis Jennings has served in numerous senior level posi- tions at the Army National Guard Readiness Center, the Department of the Army and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Prior to his return to the Army National Guard Readi-
ness Center in 2006, he served as chief of Force Assessment, Force Structure, Resources and Assessment Directorate
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of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where he developed analysis in implementing the national security strategy. He earned his commission in 1983, having completed the ROTC Program at North Carolina A&T State University, where he gradu- ated with a bachelor's degree in materi- als engineering. Prior to receiving his commission, he had enlisted in 1975 and served as an armor crewman, a gunner and a tank commander.
BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM JOHNSON Assistant Adjutant General — Army, Arkansas National Guard
In 2008, Brig. Gen. William Johnson became the first African-American general in the 203- year history of the Arkansas National Guard. Johnson's military experi- ence includes serving as an
executive officer, a company com- mander, an aide-
de-camp, battalion commander, a human resource officer and his current position as a senior military chief administra- tive officer. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Philander Smith College and a master's degree in strategic studies from the Army War College. He served as an enlisted soldier in the Arkansas National Guard for five years prior to attending the guard’s Officer Candidate School, where he was commissioned. He has served in Arkansas for more than 30 years.
BRIG. GEN. KAFFIA JONES Deputy Commander, 335th Signal Command
Brig. Gen. Kaffia Jones served as the director of Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) for the 335th Signal Command at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, from June 2007 to April 2009 before becoming deputy chief of staff, Information
Technology for all Third Army com- munications. She led active and reserve soldiers in providing information man- agement services for soldiers and coali- tion partners in southwest Asia, including command, control and communications for voice, data and email. Jones enlisted in 1976. She was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the California Army
National Guard in 1980, after receiving her bachelor's degree in liberal studies. She transitioned into the Army Reserve, where she has served in staff level posi- tions with the 91st Division. As a first lieutenant, she was commander of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 362nd Infantry Regiment in San Jose, Calif., the same unit where she attended basic training as a private. She retired from the civil service in 2004 after 25 years in various positions with the California Department of Corrections. She also owns a land development company which buys builds affordable properties for the people of Beaufort, S.C. She earned a master’s degree and doctor of philosophy degree in psychology from Saybrook University.
BRIG. GEN. ELTON LEWIS Assistant Adjutant General — Army, Virgin Islands National Guard
Elton Lewis was promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the Virgin Islands National Guard in January 2011. The previ- ous December, Colonel Lewis received a Fed- eral Recognition Special Order from the National Guard Bureau as-
signing him his new rank. Lewis served as assistant adjutant general from May of 2005. From August 2007, as a federal technician employee, he also worked as director of the Joint Forces Headquarters. These are the latest in numerous ranks, positions and assignments held by Elton Lewis since he joined the National Guard in 1976 as an enlisted soldier in the 661st Military Police Company, and then was commissioned as an MP in 1985.
BRIG. GEN. RONALD LEWIS Deputy Commanding General (Support), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Brig. Gen. Ronald Lewis was as- signed to Fort Campbell, Ky., in Novem- ber 2012. Prior to his current assign- ment, he served as senior military assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Office of the Deputy Sec- retary of Defense, Washington, D.C.
Lewis also served as military assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics,
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