David G. Perkins

General Perkins in 2010

David G. Perkins (born c. 1958) is a United States Army General was commander of the 4th Infantry Division (United States) in Fort Carson, Colorado from 2009 to 2011 and was named in July 2011 to be Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Perkins was born in Keene, New Hampshire. He received a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1980 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in armor. He subsequently receiveda Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. In 2008 he became the Director for Strategic Effects, CJ-9, Multi-National Force-Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq. In this capacity, he coordinated and implemented political, economic, and communications activities on behalf of the MNF-I. MG Perkins also served as the spokesman for MNF-I.^[1]

In 2009 he became commander of Fort Carson and in 2011 he was given the Fort Leavenworth role (at the same time being nominated for lieutenant general).^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.carson.army.mil/units/4id/newdawn/leadership/commanders/cg.html
2. ^ http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/21/3028200/new-commander-named-for-fort-leavenworth.html

Military offices
Preceded by Robert L. Caslen	Commandant of the Command and General Staff College July 2011=	Succeeded by Incumbent

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Name	Perkins, John G.
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Date of birth	1958
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