Top Black Offi cers in the U.S. Military
Barracks, HI; Director, Force 2025 and Beyond, U.S. Army Capabilities and Integration Center (ARCIC); Training and Doctrine and Command (TRADOC); and Operations Offi cer (G3) for III Corps, Fort Hood, TX. In that capacity, he deployed and served as the Deputy Director, Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) Development, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Joint Command in Kabul, Afghanistan. Throughout his career, he has served in a variety of command and staff assignments that include Commander, 120th Infantry Brigade, First Army; Commander, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division; Operations Offi cer (S3), 2d Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment; and later as the Brigade Operations Offi cer (S3), 2d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. Additionally, he served as the aide-de-camp to the III Corps Commanding General, Fort Hood, TX; and Chief, Commander’s Planning Group (CPG) and interim Executive Offi cer to the Commanding General, TRADOC. Major General Brito has twice served at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA: fi rst as a Company/Team and Battle Staff Observer/Controller and later as a Senior Battalion and Brigade Combat Team Trainer.
BRIG. GEN. (P) PATRICK BURDEN Deputy Program Executive Officer Ammunition and Senior Commander, Picatinny Arsenal
On May 25, 2017, the U.S. Senate confi rmed Brig. Gen. Patrick Burden’s appointment as Major General. Maj. Gen. Burden is the deputy program executive offi cer ammunition and senior commander of Picatinny Arsenal. He was commissioned into the Field Artillery from Alabama A&M University in 1987 and deployed to Saudi
Arabia in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in January 1991 with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment. BG Burden entered the Army Acquisition Corps in 1994 and served in various positions, including project offi cer, assistant project manager, assistant product manager, product manager, deputy for systems acquisition, and program analyst as well as program manager across two diff erent program executive offi ces. Additionally, he served as a program analyst for the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics, and technology. He most recently served as the project manager for the General Fund Enterprise Business System. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in computer science from Alabama A&M University and a Master of Science in management information systems from Florida Institute of Technology.
MAJ. GEN. MICHAEL CALHOUN The Adjutant General of Florida
Maj. Gen. Michael Calhoun is assigned as Adjutant General, Florida. He is the senior military adviser to the governor and is responsible for the management, readiness, and mobilization of the U.S. Army and U.S.
Air Force elements of the Florida National Guard. He previously served as the Assistant Adjutant General– Army with additional duties as the Director of the Joint Staff (DJS), Joint Task Force Commander, and Dual Status Commander designee. Gen. Calhoun was commissioned in July 1989 through a direct commission. He has served in a variety of leadership positions, including commanding the 83rd Troop Command; 50th Area Support Group, 211th Regiment, Regional Training Institute; 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Special Troops Battalion; and the 856th Quartermaster Battalion. While deployed, he also served as Director of Host Nations Support in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Gen. Calhoun has also commanded at the Battalion and Group levels in support of hurricane support and other civil support operations. He also is the recipient of the 2008 Department of Defense African American History Month award.
MAJ. GEN. PHILLIP CHURN Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Reserve Matters
Maj. Gen. Phillip Churn advises the Chairman and Joint Staff on matters aff ecting Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Reserve Forces. A native of Washington, DC, he graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD, in 1983, and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery. Major General Churn commanded
and held numerous leadership assignments at the battery, battalion, brigade, joint task force, and theater command levels throughout his thirty-fi ve- year career. Prior to assuming his current position, Major General Churn commanded the 200th Military Police Command, the largest military police formation in the DoD, supporting U.S. Army Forces Command, the Army Service Component Commanders, and Combatant Commanders. His operational deployments include Commanding General, 333d Military Police Brigade/Brigade Task
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