Top Black Offi cers in the U.S. Military
degree in sociology, a master’s degree in international relations from Troy State University, and a master’s degree in strategic studies from the United States Army War College. He is an active member of the Military Police Regimental Association (MPRA) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).
BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM J. WALKER Acting Commanding General, District of Columbia National Guard
Brig. Gen. William Walker is the acting commanding general, District of Columbia National Guard. He reports to the Secretary of the Army and is responsible for the strategic leadership, readiness, and employment of District of Columbia Army and Air National Guard units in support of both federal and state active duty missions. Prior senior leadership assignments include commander
of the D.C. Army National Guard’s Land Component Command and commander of the D.C. Army National Guard’s Mobilization Augmentation Command. As the D.C. Army Guard, Land Component Commander, Brig. Gen. Walker served as commander of the Joint Task Force-District of Columbia, which deployed 7,922 National Guard personnel to support security eff orts during the 58th Presidential Inauguration.
BRIG. GEN. FLETCHER WASHINGTON Deputy Commanding General for Operations, 80th Training Command
Brig. Gen. Fletcher Washington is the Deputy Commanding General, 80th Training Command. He served four years enlisted as a combat engineer before graduating cum laude from Norfolk State University in 1992 as a Distinguished Military Graduate in transportation. He also graduated from Florida Tech in 2000 and National Defense University with a second master’s in 2010. He has served as Platoon Leader and Detachment
Commander in Mannheim, Frankfurt, and Hanau, Germany; Battalion Operations and Company Commander at Fort Story, VA; Combat Developer at Fort Lee, VA; Deputy Operations Chief in Kuwait; Brigade Operations at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, and Baghdad, Iraq; Force Management Division Chief in Arlington, VA; Battalion Commander at Fort Shafter, HI; Congressional Operations Division Chief
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and Force Management Chief of Staff in the Pentagon; Brigade Commander in El Paso, TX; Garrison Commander in Kandahar, Afghanistan; and Mission Support Element Commander at Fort Sam Houston, TX.
BRIG. GEN. DONNA WILLIAMS Deputy Commanding General–Support, 412th Theater Engineer Command, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Brig. Gen. Donna Williams is Deputy Commanding General–Support at 412th Theater Engineer Command, Vicksburg, MI. She received her Army ROTC Commission from Jackson State University. Her past assignments include Garrison Commander, Fort Hunter Liggett, CA; Force Management Division Chief, United States Army Reserve Command at Fort Bragg; Operations
Offi cer, Executive Offi cer, and Commander, 926th Engineer Battalion, Birmingham, AL; Logistics Civil Augmentation Program Support Offi cer, Operation Iraqi Freedom; Engineer Organizational Integrator and Branch Chief, Army Reserve Command, Atlanta, GA; Commander, Company A and Company B of the 411th Engineer Battalion, Maui, HI; and Operations Offi cer of the 493rd Engineer Group, Dallas, TX. BG Williams holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Jackson State University, Master of Business Administration in information technology and military management from Touro University, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the Army War College.
BRIG. GEN. JONATHAN WOODSON Deputy Commander, 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support), FT. Gillem, GA
BG Jonathan Woodson is deputy commander, 3rd Medical Command. The deployable medical mission command headquarters provides support and technical supervision for more than 6,000 soldiers in 21 states and Puerto Rico to provide soldiers and units to the Army Reserve Command for mobilization. From 2010–2016, Woodson served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Aff airs) and principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense.
Woodson is a Professor of Surgery and Health Law and Policy at Boston University School of Medicine and School of Public Health. He is board certifi ed in vascular surgery, general surgery, and critical care.
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