Top Black Offi cers in the U.S. Military
MAJ. GEN. RONALD KIRKLIN Deputy Chief of Staff, G4 U.S. Army Forces Command
On May 25, 2017, the U. S. Senate confi rmed Brig. Gen. Ronald Kirklin as Major General. Kirklin serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff , G-4, United States Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, NC. He has also served in a
variety of command and staff positions. Some of the highlights include Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff , G-3/5/7, United States Army, Pentagon, Washington, DC; 53rd Quartermaster General and Commandant of the U.S. Army Quartermaster School; Chief, Logistics Operations Division, J-4, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, FL; Commander, 4th Sustainment Brigade, Fort Hood, TX, and Operation New Dawn, Iraq; Commander, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, TX, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq. He is a Distinguished Military Graduate from Mississippi Valley State University in 1987. He holds a master’s degree from Kansas State University and a master’s degree from the United States Army War College.
MAJ. GEN. TIMOTHY MCKEITHEN Deputy Director of the Army National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Maj. Gen. Timothy McKeithen has been serving as deputy director of the Army National Guard, National Guard Bureau, since September 4, 2015. As deputy director, he guides the formulation, development, and implementation of all programs and policies aff ecting the Army National Guard, which has more than 343,000 citizen soldiers in
the 50 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia, and oversees a budget in excess of $19 billion. Prior to his current assignment in Washington, DC, General McKeithen was Assistant Chief of Staff for logistics for United States Army Central, Third Army, C-4 Combined Joint Task Force Land Components Command, and CJ4 Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve for Southwest Asia. General McKeithen earned his bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Alabama in 1985 and his fi rst master’s degree from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1994. In 2004 he earned a Master of Science degree in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, DC.
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MAJ. GEN. A.C. ROPER Commanding General (Troop Program Unit), 76th Army Operational Response Command
Maj. Gen. A.C. Roper has been assigned as Commanding General (Troop Program Unit), 76th Army Operational Response Command, Salt Lake City. Gen. Roper commanded the 80th Training Command in Richmond, VA. Previously, he commanded the 415th Chemical Brigade in Greenville, SC, and was deployed during the Gulf War and during Operation Enduring
Freedom, where he served as a spokesman for combat operations in southern Afghanistan. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. He is the recipient of numerous community awards. In his civilian capacity, he is the Chief of the Birmingham Police Department. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Troy University, a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Alabama, and a master’s in strategic studies from the Army War College. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the FBI National Executive Institute.
MAJ. GEN. PATRICK SARGENT Deputy Commanding General for Operations, U.S. Army Medical Command, JBSA, Texas
Maj. Gen. Patrick Sargent is Deputy Commanding General (Operations), U.S. Army Medical Command, and Chief, U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, Joint Base San Antonio, TX. He assumed his position on July 12, 2016. His most recent assignment was as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Regional Health Command – Pacifi c, and he served as the CEO of the Hawaii Enhanced Multi- Service Market and
Command Surgeon for U.S. Army Pacifi c in Hawaii. Previously, MG Sargent was the deputy chief of staff , G-3/5/7, for the U.S. Army Medical Command and the commander of Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, where he led eff orts to implement Soldier and Patient-Centered Medical Homes. MG Sargent is board certifi ed in healthcare administration and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit and Order of Saint Michael. He is the recipient of the Tuskegee Airman Inc. prestigious Gen. Benjamin O.
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