Top Black Offi cers in the U.S. Military
LT. GEN. VINCENT STEWART Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart became the 20th Director of the DIA and Commander, JFCC for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, on January 23, 2015. He formerly served as Commander, Marine Forces Cyber.
Prior to that, he served as Director of Intelligence, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1981 from Western Illinois University, where he majored in history. After his commission, some of his principal command tours included tank platoon leader with Company A, 1st Tank; executive offi cer, 1st Tank Battalion; and company commander with Company E, Marine Support Battalion, Japan. He also served as Commanding Offi cer, 1st Intelligence Battalion, and Commanding Offi cer, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division. Staff assignments include project offi cer; assistant signals intelligence offi cer; intelligence offi cer and chief; and command, control, communications and intelligence, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force as well as senior intelligence planner, Offi ce of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; assistant chief of staff , Intelligence, Marine Corps Forces Command; and, more recently, assistant chief of staff , Intelligence, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (2008–2009). He holds master’s degrees in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College and in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University.
MAJ. GEN. CRAIG CRENSHAW Commanding General, Marine Corps Logistics Base
Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw became the commanding general at Marine Corps Logistics Base on June 1, 2015. He began his career as a logistics offi cer with 3rd Force Service Support Group in Okinawa, Japan. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1984 through the NROTC Scholarship Program. Since then, he has served as platoon commander, maintenance management offi cer, and assistant logistics offi cer. While assigned to 1st Marine Regiment, he deployed in support of Operations
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Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1992 he was assigned to the Program Executive Offi ce for Cruise Missiles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. He has also served as Marine Corps integrated logistics support
manager and deputy director, Joint Logistics Program, Joint Logistics Directorate. Much later, in 2012, he relinquished command of 3rd Marine Logistics, which he had commanded since June 2010, to serve at the offi ce of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. The general earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Southern University, Baton Rouge; a master’s degree in procurement and acquisitions management from Webster University; and another master’s degree in national resource strategy from National Defense University.
BRIG. GEN. BRIAN W. CAVANAUGH Deputy Commander, U.S. Marine Corp Forces, Pacific
Brig. Gen. Brian Cavanaugh assumed responsibilities as the Deputy Commander, U.S. Marine Corp. Forces, Pacifi c, in 2016. In 2006 Brig. Gen. Cavanaugh assumed command of the Ugly Angels and deployed the squadron to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During
this deployment, his squadron was recognized as the Squadron of the Year, and three Marines under his command were recognized as the Marine Corps Aviator of the Year, Crew Chief of the Year, and Ordnanceman of the Year. From 2013–2015 Brig. Gen. Cavanaugh served as the MAG-36 Commander stationed in Okinawa, Japan, as the 3d MEB ACE, MAG-36 deployed in direct support of Operation Damayan for typhoon relief in the Philippines. In 2015 elements from the MAG deployed in direct support of Operation Sahayogi Haat for earthquake relief in Nepal. Under his command, MAG-36 conducted a myriad of bilateral exercises throughout the U.S. Pacifi c Command area of operations. He earned his commission in the Marine Corps in 1990 and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1992.
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