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Davis Jr. National Military Award. MG Sargent earned the Army Surgeon General’s prestigious 9A Profi ciency Designator for being qualifi ed as an Aeromedical Evacuation Offi cer. He is a Distinguished Military Graduate and received his commission and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Florida State University.
MAJ. GEN. JAMES SIMPSON Commanding General, U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Maj. Gen. James Simpson is the commanding general, U.S. Army Contracting Command. He assumed command on August 19, 2015. ACC enables Army readiness by providing global contracting support to warfi ghters engaged in military operations, weapon system acquisition, life cycle management, and sustainment and
acquisition of goods and services vital to the soldier’s mission and well-being. The command has over 6,100 military and civilian personnel disbursed to over 100 locations worldwide. In 2016, ACC executed more than 169,000 contract actions valued at nearly $57 billion. He’s served in numerous command and staff positions, including Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement and Director of Contracting; Commander, Central Command Joint Theater Support Contracting Command, Afghanistan; Deputy Chief of Contracting Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC; Senior Contracting Offi cial–Iraq, Joint Theater Support Contracting Command; and various air defense assignments in the United States and overseas. General Simpson earned a Bachelor of Science in political science from Lander University in 1985. He holds three master degrees: a Master of Science in public administration from Central Michigan University, a Master of Science in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington.
MAJ. GEN. LESLIE C. SMITH Deputy to the Inspector General, Office of the Secretary of the Army
Maj. Gen. Leslie Smith is the deputy to the inspector general in the Offi ce of the Secretary of the Army. MG Smith’s previous assignment was the 4th Commander of the United States Army 20th Support Command (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high- yield explosives). His early assignments include the 1-230th Field Artillery Battalion of the 48th Infantry Brigade, Chemical Staff offi cer in the 3-52nd Air Defense Artillery Battalion, Division and DIVARTY
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staff offi cer and company commander in the 82nd Airborne Division, Chemical Branch PERSCOM, S-3 and XO in the 23rd Chemical Battalion, and the Joint Staff , J-5. In 2001 he assumed command of the 83d Chemical Battalion,
where elements of the battalion deployed in support of Operations New Dawn, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom. Following command, he served on the Army Staff in the G-8 as the deputy division chief and chief of NBC Branch for the Full Dimensional Protection Division. In 2005 he assumed command of the 3d Chemical Brigade at Fort Leonard Wood and later served as the G-3, 20th Support Command (CBRNE), and the 25th Chief of Chemical and Commandant of the United States Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School. Maj. Gen. Smith was a chemical corps offi cer and then a fi eld artillery offi cer, with awards that included the expert parachutists’ badge, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star with an oak leaf cluster, and the Army Commendation Medal with an oak leaf cluster. MG Smith received his commission from Georgia Southern University. In 1985 he was selected as a distinguished military graduate from GSU.
MAJ. GEN. CEDRIC WINS Commanding General U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins serves as Commanding General of the Research, Development, and Engineering Command. RDECOM provides innovative research, development, and engineering to produce capabilities for decisive overmatch to the Army , the joint warfi ghter, and our nation. Wins graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and was commissioned in the Field Artillery in July 1985. He is a graduate of the Field Artillery Offi cer Basic and Advanced Courses, Command and
General Staff College, and the National War College. He holds a master’s degree in management from the Florida Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the National War College. Before his assignment as RDECOM commander, Wins served as Director, Force Development, in the Offi ce of the Deputy Chief of Staff , G-8. During his 30 years of service, Wins has held leadership and staff assignments in the 7th Infantry Division (Light), Fort Ord, CA; the 2nd
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