- John M. Custer III
Major General John M. Custer III is a
United States Army officer. He is Commanding General,United States Army Intelligence Center andFort Huachuca .Biography
Major General John M. Custer is a native ofPennsylvania and a graduate of theUniversity of Delaware . In 1978 he was commissioned aSecond Lieutenant in theMilitary Intelligence Corps . General Custer has commanded at every level to include Company, Battalion and Brigade, and served as the primary Intelligence Staff Officer (S2/G2/J2) at Battalion, Brigade, Division, Corps and Joint Command levels. His previous assignments include Joint Chiefs of Staff (J5, Nuclear Forces Analysis) as a Space Architecture Planner, and duty as an Intelligence Officer and Nuclear Weapons Targeting Officer aboard the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Airborne Command Post (Silk Purse Control Group) Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. He commanded a surveillance company on the Demilitarized Zone, Republic of Korea, a signals intelligence battalion at the National Security Agency (NSA), Fort Meade, Maryland, and the 201st Military Intelligence Brigade, First US Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington. General Custer has served as a Company Grade Assignments Officer at Military Intelligence Branch, US Army Military Personnel Center, Alexandria VA and as Assistant Commandant, United States Army Intelligence Center and School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. For the past four years he has been assigned as the Director of Intelligence (J2) Headquarters, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.Awards
Major General Custer’s awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters; Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters; Humanitarian Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Ranger Tab and Airborne Badge. His military education includes the Post-Graduate Intelligence Program at the Joint Military Intelligence College and a Master of Science Degree in Information Operations from the National Defense University. He is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute’s Russian curriculum, the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, KS and the National War College, Fort McNair, Washington, D. C.
Major General Custer is married to the former Audrey Schoenfeld of San Diego, California, and they have a daughter, Rachel Claire. [ [https://icon.army.mil/ Army Intelligence Center Online network] ]
The current Aide de Camp to the Commanding General is CPT Opyd.
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