Top Black Offi cers in the U.S. Military
Defense, the Offi ce of Management and Budget, and Congress. He is also responsible for enterprise-wide logistics technology vision, strategy, advocacy, and policy. He oversees logistics transformation, agile planning and technology insertion, development and implementation of innovative logistics concepts, and capabilities to deliver logistics eff ects to the order of battle across the full spectrum of operations to enable air, space, cyber, and joint forces.
MAJ. GEN. JAMES C. JOHNSON Director of the Integrated Resilience Office
Maj. Gen. James Johnson is the director of the Integrated Resilience Offi ce under the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, VA. The Integrated Resilience Offi ce is the Air Force offi ce of primary responsibility to provide strategic solutions for maximal resilience and the most eff ective prevention and response to Airmen
violence, including suicide, sexual assault, domestic violence, child maltreatment, and workplace violence. General Johnson entered the Air Force through the University of Puget Sound ROTC program in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He served in operational positions supporting U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Air Mobility Command, and Air Education and Training Command. He completed numerous leadership assignments at the squadron, wing, major command, Headquarters Air Force, as well as joint command levels at U.S. Transportation Command, Central Command, Special Operations Command, and Africa Command. Prior to his current position, General Johnson served as the director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Offi ce, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, VA.
MAJ. GEN. CURTIS WILLIAMS Deputy Director for Political-Military Affairs Africa for Strategic Plans and Policy, the Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
Maj. Gen. Curtis Williams currently serves as the Deputy Director for Political-Military Aff airs Africa for Strategic Plans and Policy, the Joint Staff , the Pentagon, Arlington, VA. He provides strategic direction, policy guidance, and planning focus to develop and
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execute the national military strategy. Through the Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, he enables the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide military advice to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council. The general enlisted under the delayed enlistment program at 17 and spent over seven years on active duty. He left active duty in 1984 and entered the ROTC program at Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX. Upon graduation, he was commissioned in 1986 and reentered active duty as a logistics plans offi cer, where he subsequently held numerous squadron- and wing-level plans offi cer positions. General Williams transferred to the Air Force Reserve in 1992. He is an Air Reserve Technician and has held leadership and command positions at the squadron, wing, numbered Air Force, major command, and joint staff levels. Prior to his current position, General Williams served as the Director of Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, GA.
BRIG. GEN. TRENT EDWARDS Director of Programming, Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters Air Force Space Command
Brig. Gen. Trent Edwards is the command’s Chief Financial Offi cer and is responsible for a $10 billion operations and maintenance and investment budget that provides agile, integrated, and resilient space and cyberspace capabilities for the joint force and the nation. His 120-person team provides resource planning, programming, and budget execution; develops the Program
Objective Memorandum; and provides fi nancial planning, accounting, and audit services for more than 35,000 space and cyberspace personnel. He is also responsible for overseeing the planning, programming, and budget execution for the command’s Special Access Program and security activities. General Edwards entered the Air Force in 1990 after graduating from North Carolina A&T State University. He has commanded two comptroller squadrons, a mission support group, an air base wing, and a training wing. He served in key Air Force and Secretary of Defense staff positions, such as aide-de-camp to the Commander Air Education and Training Command and Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller.
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