Top Black Offi cers in the U.S. Military
BRIG. GEN. RENWICK L. PAYNE The Adjutant General, District of Columbia, Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Renwick Payne is the Adjutant General of the District of Columbia Army National Guard. Gen. Payne was assigned to the National Guard Bureau in October 1993 as a New York National Guardsman. He has served as Military Assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of the Army; Executive Offi cer to the Director, Army National Guard; G3/ Operations Offi cer
Army National Guard; Chief of Staff , Army National Guard; and War on Terror Operational Assistant to the Director of the Army National Guard. Most recently, Gen. Payne served as Director, Joint Staff , New York National Guard. He enlisted in 1974 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery in 1979. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Governors State University. He is affi liated with the National Guard Association of the United States, the Militia Association of New York, the Association of the United States Army, and the 369th Historical Society.
BRIG. GEN. NATHANIEL S. REDDICKS California National Guard, Joint Forces Training Base
Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Reddicks assumed command of the California National Guard (CNG), Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB), Los Alamitos Army Airfi eld, the only military airfi eld in the greater Los Angeles area, on April 1, 2016.
The base employs 850 civilian and military personnel, supports 3,000 reserve-component military members, and is the headquarters for the 40th Infantry Division, the CNG’s largest Army command. The base is also home to the CNG’s Sunburst Youth ChalleNGe Academy and STARBASE math and engineering academy, among other organizations. In addition to his responsibilities as JFTB commander, Reddicks serves as the Assistant Adjutant General–Air for the California National Guard, where he oversees four wings and a combat communications group, totaling nearly 5,000 military and civilian personnel at 10 locations. Reddicks enlisted in the CNG’s Channel Islands-based 146th Airlift Wing in 1978 and commissioned as an offi cer in 1980. Among other positions, Reddicks has served as the commander of the 146th Airlift Wing Mission Support Group and the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing Mission Support Group.
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BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL C. THOMPSON Assistant Adjutant General–Army, Oklahoma National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael Thompson assists the adjutant general with the preparation of Oklahoma Army National Guard units for homeland defense and mobilization. He advises the adjutant general on all matters concerning the Oklahoma Army National Guard citizen soldiers and their families. He has oversight of training, administration, logistics, and
personnel actions. He directs the Army National Guard staff and provides guidance to the staff and subordinate commanders. Gen. Thompson also facilitates command staff decisions pertaining to force development. Thompson was commissioned in 1986 through the Oklahoma Military Department, Offi cer Candidate School, Oklahoma City, OK. Gen. Thompson has commanded at the company, battalion, and brigade levels.
BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM J. WALKER Acting Director, District of Columbia Army National Guard
Brig. Gen. William Walker is the commander, Land Component Command, District of Columbia Army National Guard. He ensures the District of Columbia Joint Task Force responds eff ectively to District of Columbia and federal missions in support of homeland defense, national security, and disasters. He is responsible for leadership, training, logistics, and operational employment of units assigned or attached
to the District of Columbia Army National Guard. Gen. Walker has served in various assignments, including Deputy Commander–Army; Joint Task Force 57th Presidential Inauguration, District of Columbia National Guard; and Commander, Joint Task Force, U.S. Army South, Jamaica. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Gen. Walker served in the Army Operations Center in support of Operation Noble Eagle. Also in 2011, he simultaneously served as Chief, Theater Observation Detachment–Afghanistan, Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL); Senior CALL Liaison to the Commander, International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan; and Senior Military Strategist, American Embassy Kabul, Offi ce of Transition in Support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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