Top Black Offi cers in the U.S. Military
GEN. VINCENT BROOKS Commander, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea
Gen. Vincent Brooks is the commander of United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/ United States Forces Korea. During his more than 37 years as a commissioned offi cer, Gen. Brooks has been privileged to
command in the fi eld numerous times, including two companies in Germany; a battalion in Korea near the demilitarized zone; a brigade based in the U.S. but forward-deployed to Kosovo; two divisions, including one forward-deployed to Iraq; and two theater armies, one covering the Middle East and Central Asia and the other the Indo-Asia Pacifi c region. Gen. Brooks also served twice in the headquarters of the Department of the Army as a staff offi cer and principal adviser to the Army’s most senior leaders and once in the Joint Staff advising the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Secretary of Defense on strategy and policy. Gen. Brooks is one of eleven four-star Army generals on active duty, and he is only the eighth African American to attain the four-star level in the Army’s history. A son and brother of two Army generals, General Vincent Brooks is part of the fi rst (and currently only) African-American family to produce three generals in two generations of service. A 1980 graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, he was selected to the top-ranking position for a cadet and was the fi rst African American to be selected for this position in West Point’s history. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy, a Master of Military Art and Science from the School of Advanced Military Studies at the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the New England School of Law. He also served as a National Security Fellow at the Harvard University JFK School of Government.
LT. GEN. GWEN BINGHAM Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
Headquarters, Department of the Army
Lt. Gen. Gwen Bingham is a native of Troy, AL. She graduated from Army ROTC as a Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Alabama in August 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in general business management. She was commissioned
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a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. Lieutenant General Bingham has a master’s degree in administration from Central Michigan University and a master’s degree in national security strategy and resources
from the National Defense University. Lieutenant General Bingham has attended numerous training schools and is the recipient of military and civic awards and decorations. She has served in a myriad of staff and leadership positions throughout her career in both the United States and overseas. Lieutenant General Bingham deployed in 2010 in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom while serving as Special Assistant to the Commanding General, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait; Kabul, Afghanistan; and Kandahar, Afghanistan. Lieutenant General Bingham has been a trailblazer serving as the fi rst woman to hold numerous positions as a General Offi cer. They include the Army’s 51st Quartermaster General and Commandant of the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, VA; the Commanding General, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and Commanding General, Tank- automotive, and Armaments Life-cycle Management Command, Warren, MI. On June 30, 2016, she was confi rmed by the Senate for promotion to Lieutenant General and assignment in the Pentagon as the Army Assistant Chief of Staff , Installation Management.
LT. GEN. BRUCE CRAWFORD Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G-6
Headquarters Department of the Army, Chief Information Officer
Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford became the Army Chief Information Offi cer (CIO)/G-6 on August 1, 2017. As the CIO, LTG Crawford reports directly to the Secretary of the Army, setting strategic direction and objectives for the Army network, and supervises all Army C4 (command, control, communications, and computers) and Information Technology (IT) functions. He also oversees the Army’s $10 billion IT investments, manages enterprise IT
architecture, establishes and enforces IT policies, and directs delivery of operational C4IT capabilities to support warfi ghters and business users. As the G-6, he advises the Chief of Staff of the Army on the network, communications, signal operations, information
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