and as the military assistant to the chair- man, Defense Business Board, Office of the Secretary of Defense. Other key assignments include commander, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); senior aviation task force trainer, Operations Group, Army National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif.; and commander, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 4th Aviation Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq. Lewis also served in Operation Provide Comfort, Turkey/Iraq, 1990 to 1991. He earned a bachelor of science at the U.S. Military Academy; and a master of arts degree at the Naval War College.
BRIG. GEN. GREGORY MASON Assistant Adjutant General—Army, Missouri National Guard
Brig. Gen. Gregory Mason began his military career on active duty in 1974 as an enlisted military police of- ficer. He received his commission as a second lieuten- ant through the Kansas Army National Guard Officer Candidate School in 1987.
As assistant adjutant general, Mason as- sists the adjutant general in the formula- tion, development and implementation of all programs and policies in the Missouri Army National Guard. Prior to his cur- rent assignment, Mason served as the chief of staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Missouri National Guard; Counter Drug Coordinator, J3, Joint Force Headquar- ters, Missouri National Guard; S-2, 35th Engineer Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo; and Battalion Commander, 635th Military Intelligence Battalion, Kansas City, Mo. Mason served as the senior intelligence officer for the 35th Engineer Brigade during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The brigade conducted combat engineer operations throughout the central Iraq area of operations, including Baghdad. He earned a bachelor of science degree from Missouri Western State University, and a master of strategic studies degree from the Army War College
BRIG. GEN. MARK MCALISTER Director, Operations and Support, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management & Comptroller)
Brig. Gen. Mark McAlister took up assignment as director, Operations and
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Support, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management & Comptroller) in September 2012. He is a 1981 graduate of Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton Univer- sity) with a bach- elor's degree in ac- counting. He also holds an master of business admin- istration degree
from Indiana University and a master's degree in national resource strategy from the National Defense University. Prior to taking command of the Soldier Support Institute in 2009, he was assigned to the Pentagon as executive officer to the as- sistant secretary of the army for financial management and the comptroller and chief of planning, programming, and budgeting and execution system. He has served as commander of the 18th Soldier Support Group (Airborne), chief of the Defense Integrated Military Human Re- source System program and commander of the 8th Finance Battalion.
BRIG. GEN. TIMOTHY MCKEITHEN Director, G34 (Force Protection) Pentagon, Washington D.C.
Brig. Gen. Timothy McKeithen as- sumed duties as the director, G34 (Force Protection), on July 1, 2011. He is responsible for integrating and synchronizing all components of the Army Protection Program to ensure unity of effort among Headquar-
ters Department of the Army Principal Officials, Army Commands and other Army organization in order to develop, prioritize, resource, manage, execute and assess the full spectrum of Army protec- tion related programs and functions. Prior to his current assignment, McKeithen served as chief of staff, Army National Guard, Arlington, Va., comprised of more than 1,600 personnel and respon- sible for staff operations in support of the director, Army National Guard, deputy director and the 54 states, territories and Washington, D.C. He received his com- mission from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, where he was named a distinguished military graduate in 1985. He was deployed in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm/Shield as commander,
549th Quartermaster Company, 11th Bat- talion, Fort Story, Va., and Commander, 228th Forward Support Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard. He later served as the reset division chief, Headquarters United States Army Material Command, and deputy to the Assistants to the Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff for National Guard and Reserve Matters.
BRIG. GEN. OWEN MONCONDUIT Commander, 225th Engineer Brigade Louisiana National Guard
Brig. Gen. Owen Monconduit is the first African-American guardsman to be promoted general in the Louisiana National Guard. During his career, he has commanded the Monroe-based 528th Engineer Battalion, which he led during a tour in Afghani-
stan. He also commanded troops called to active duty in 2005 to response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In 2009 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in Iraq and he had command of the 225th Engineer Brigade. Based at Camp Beauregard near Pineville, the brigade's headquarters and headquarters company deployed to Iraq with 100 Louisiana Guardsmen. Monconduit is responsible for the training, mobilization and deployment of engineer elements in support of federal and State missions. He also serves in the Military Department, State of Louisiana, as deputy director for contracting and purchasing. Monconduit began his military career by enlisting into the Louisiana National Guard in October 1980. He completed the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Louisiana State University receiving his commis- sion in 1983. He also completed a combat tour as commander of the 528th Engineer Battalion in 2005 and had the honor of taking command of the 225th Engineer Brigade in 2007. Under his command, the 225th Engineer Brigade Headquarters completed a successful combat tour in November 2009. At Louisiana State Uni- versity, he graduated with a bachelor of engineering technology degree in 1984. He also earned a master's in organiza- tional management in 1998 and another in strategic studies at the U.S. Army War College in 2007.
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