U.S. ARMY
MAJOR GENERAL MARCIA M. ANDERSON Deputy Chief of Staff (IMA) Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve, Washington, D.C.
Marcia An-
derson is a citizen- soldier. She is the first-ever African- American female officer to obtain the rank of major gen- eral. Major General Anderson received
GENERAL LLOYD J. AUSTIN III Commander, United States Forces - Iraq
General Lloyd J. Austin III, who hails from Thomasville, Georgia, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry in June 1975 from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. General Austin is confirmed to be the next Vice Chief of Staff of the Army. Assumption of this position will position him as the second- highest uniformed officer in the Army. General Austin has served in a myriad of command and staff assignments throughout his thirty-five-year career. In September 2010, he became the Commanding General of US Forces Iraq. This assignment marks his third tour of duty in Iraq. As assistant division commander for maneuver, General Austin earned a Silver Star for valor while leading the division's march to Baghdad in 2003. Five years later, he was the second highest ranking officer in Iraq, taking command of Multinational Corps-Iraq and directing 152,000 Joint and Coalition forces. General Austin graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy in 1975, and earned a Master of Science degree in Education Administration from Auburn University. He also earned an M.B.A. from Webster University and is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced courses, the Army Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College.
her second star on September 29, 2010. She has commanded at all levels: company, battalion, brigade and division. General Anderson’s own military career started by accident. As a student at Creighton Univer- sity, she signed up for ROTC after being told the “military science” course would fill her science requirement. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and was commissioned in 1979. General Anderson also holds a J.D. from the Rutgers University School of Law and a master’s in strategic studies from the Army War College. As a citizen-soldier, she is employed by the United States Courts, where she serves as clerk of the Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Wisconsin.
MAJOR GENERAL RODNEY O. ANDERSON Deputy Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps
Rodney Ander- son is the deputy commanding general for XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Gen- eral Anderson has
commanded at the battery, battalion, and brigade levels. He has also held numer- ous senior staff positions: Deputy Chief, War Plans Division, Strategy, Plans and Policy Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Washington, D.C.; Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.; and Deputy Commanding General (Support), 82d Airborne Division/Deputy Commanding General (Support), Combined Joint Task Force-76, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan. General Anderson’s most recent duty was as the Director of Force Management, Office of the Deputy Chief
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of Staff, G-3/5/7, Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Wofford College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College.
MAJOR GENERAL BYRON S. BAGBY Director of Operations, Allied Joint Force Command
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Major Gener- al Byron S. Bagby graduated from the Army ROTC pro- gram in 1978 as a Lieutenant with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. In his thirty-two year career in the military, Major General Bagby has served in various command and staff positions. While on active duty in 1987 at Fort Bragg, he earned a Master’s degree in Education from the University of North Carolina.
Currently, he supervises over two hundred people from twenty-six nations in matters relating to NATO—an alliance of countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949—and the Security and Assis- tance Force in Afghanistan. In 2010, he served as Chief of Staff at U.S. Army Eu- rope and the Deputy Commander of U.S. Army NATO. Other career highlights include managing one of the largest U.S. security assistance offices in the world, based in Cairo, Egypt—with programs costing $1.3 billion a year; directing a de- fense institution that educates over 2,500 students annually, and serving at the U.S. Military Academy from 1987 to 1990.
MAJOR GENERAL FRANK BATTS Commander, 29th Infantry Division
Major General Frank E. Batts is Commander, 29th Infantry Divi- sion. He assumed command of the division on 5 Janu- ary 2010. General Batts was commis- sioned through the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
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