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security, force structure, and equipping. A native of Columbia, SC, LTG Crawford was commissioned through South Carolina State University’s Reserve Offi cer Training Corps program on May 28, 1986, after graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. He also holds a Master of Science in administration from Central Michigan University and a Master of Science in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. During his 31 years of service, LTG Crawford has served in a variety of leadership positions at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. In his previous assignment, he served as a Special Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff , Pentagon, Washington, DC. Prior to that, he served as the 14th Commander, U.S. Army Communications- Electronics Command and Aberdeen Proving Ground Senior Mission Commander, Aberdeen, MD. Prior to that, he served in the posts of J6, Director of C4/ Cyber and Chief Information Offi cer, U.S. European Command; Commanding General, 5th Signal Command (Theater); and G-6, U.S. Army Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. His command assignments include the 516th Signal Brigade, Fort Shafter, HI; 82nd Signal Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; and B Company, 51st Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, NC.
LT. GEN. MICHAEL GARRETT Commanding General, U.S. Army Central,
Coalition Forces Land Component Command
Lt. Gen. Michael Garrett is Commanding General of U.S. Army Central located at Shaw Air Force Base, SC. He received his commission in 1984 in the Infantry upon graduating from Xavier University
with a bachelor’s in criminal justice. LTG Garrett’s assignments include chief of staff of U.S. Central Command, commanding general of U.S. Army Alaska, joint and operational tours. Highlights include commanding 3rd Battalion 325th Infantry (Airborne), 82nd Airborne Division. He deployed to Afghanistan as chief of current operations, Combined Task Force 180, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He then commanded 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division (Light), which deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Following brigade command, LTG Garrett served as deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Recruiting Command. Following his tour with Recruiting Command, he returned to Fort Bragg, where he served as the chief of staff , XVIII Airborne Corps. As the XVIII Airborne Corps chief of staff , he deployed
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to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn, where he served as the deputy chief of staff for United States Forces–Iraq. LTG Garrett’s education includes completion of the Infantry Offi cer Basic and Advanced courses, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and a prestigious Senior Service College Fellowship.
LT. GEN. CHARLES HOOPER Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Department of Defense
Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper is the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and assumed the position in July 2017. Prior to his current assignment, he was the senior U.S. defense representative and defense attaché in the U.S. Embassy, Cairo, Egypt. He was director of strategy, plans, and programs, J5, United States Africa Command at Kelly Barracks, Germany; deputy
director for strategic planning and policy, J-5, United States Pacifi c Command, Camp Smith, HI; and U.S. Defense Attaché, United States Embassy, Beijing, China. Other assignments include foreign area offi cer chairman at the Naval Postgraduate School; chief, Army International Aff airs Division, Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate, Offi ce of the Deputy Chief of Staff , G-3/5/7, Army Staff ; and senior country director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia, Offi ce of the Secretary of Defense. Lieutenant General Hooper was awarded the Don K. Price Award for Academic Excellence and Public Service at Harvard University and was selected to give the graduate student address at the 1989 Harvard University commencement exercise. Decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Legion of Merit. Lieutenant General Hooper is also fl uent in Mandarin. He earned a Bachelor of Science at the U.S. Military Academy, a Master of Public Administration at Harvard University, and a Master of Science–Strategic Studies from U.S. Army War College.
LT. GEN. AUNDRE PIGGEE Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 (Army Logistics)
Lt. Gen. Aundre Piggee serves at the Pentagon as the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and oversees logistics policies, programs, and plans for the Army. He manages a $6 billion annual portfolio used to fund the Army’s
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