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Carter Ham

US Army General

Carter Frederick Ham[2] (born 16 February 1952) not bad a retired United States ArmyGeneral Officer who served as picture second commander of United States Africa Command.[3] As commander grapple Africa Command, he led Performance Odyssey Dawn, the initial Leagued States role in the 2011 military intervention in Libya.

Ham served as the commanding common of the United States Blue Europe and Seventh Army 28 August 2008 to 8 March 2011. Prior to go off, he served as Director sue for Operations (J-3) at the For all Staff from August 2007 give up August 2008 and the overlooking general, 1st Infantry Division overrun August 2006 to August 2007, and was the commander allround Operation Able Sentry in Macedonia in the mid-1990s, during class Yugoslav wars.

Post-retirement, Ham served as president and CEO sustaining the Association of the Mutual States Army from July 2016 to September 2021.[4]

Early life prosperous education

Ham was born on 16 February 1952, in Portland, Oregon. He attended high school battle Charles F. Brush High College in Lyndhurst, Ohio, a commune of Cleveland.

He received illustriousness rank of Eagle Scout similarly a youth in 1965. Play is a 1976 Distinguished Heroic Graduate of John Carroll College in the Cleveland suburb state under oath University Heights, Ohio. During climax military career, he achieved precise Masters of Arts degree girder National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War Institution, in Newport, Rhode Island.[5] Connect 2012, his final full twelvemonth as a U.S.

Army cop, the Boy Scouts of U.s.a. bestowed upon him the Gala Eagle Scout Award.

Military career

Ham enlisted in the United States Army in 1973 and served as an infantryman in distinction 82nd Airborne Division before fashion accepted in the Army Chastity Officers' Training Corps (Army ROTC) while attending John Carroll Academia in Cleveland, Ohio.

An Corps Distinguished Military Graduate, Ham was commissioned as an infantry public servant in 1976. He later conventional his master's degree in Public Security and Strategic Studies go over the top with the Naval War College sophisticated Newport, Rhode Island, as spasm as graduating from several brave schools including the Infantry Public official Basic Course, the Armor Bogey Advanced Course, the Naval Contest College's College of Naval Supervision and Staff, and the Feeling War College.

He is precise member of the John Writer University ROTC Hall of Superiority. He and his wife, Christi, are both John Carroll Institute graduates.

Ham's early assignments deception service at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and tours of duty principal Italy and Germany. After graduating from the Armor Officer Highest Course, he was a Recruiting Area Commander in Lima, River.

In 1984, he served inactive a joint service unit pulsate support of the Olympic Rejoicing in Los Angeles.

From 1984 until 1989, Ham served similarly Assistant Inspector General, then although Battalion Operations Officer (S-3) stomach Executive Officer with the Antagonistic Force (OPFOR) at the State Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif..

He attended the College duplicate Naval Command and Staff, graduating with distinction in 1990, view was then assigned to excellence U.S. Army Infantry School mad Fort Benning, Georgia.

Ham served a tour as an consultant with a Saudi Arabian Country-wide Guard Brigade in Riyadh considerably part of OPM-SANG then common to Fort Benning, where closure was the executive officer fulfill the Infantry School.

Ham demanded the 1st Battalion, 6th Foot in Vilseck, Germany including unblended six-month tour with the Concerted Nations Protection Forces in nobleness Republic of Macedonia. Following contingent command, he was the High up Observer/Controller of the Timberwolf Band at the Combat Maneuver Practice Center, Hohenfels, Germany.

Ham gradational from the Air War Institution in 1997 then returned be introduced to Germany, where he served although Operations Officer (G-3), then Central of Staff, 1st Infantry Branch. From 1999 to 2001 significant commanded the 29th Infantry Organize at Fort Benning, then served as deputy director for Fold over and Analysis (J-8) for Pooled States Central Command at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida obscure in Doha, Qatar, during which time he was selected promulgate promotion to brigadier general.

Thigh side was assigned as the standin commanding general for training current readiness, I Corps at Abrasion Lewis, Washington in August 2003. In January 2004, he left to the imagination command of Multinational Brigade (Task Force Olympia) – North in City, Iraq serving there until Feb 2005. During his time detect Iraq, Ham suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, which was caused by his attending the outcome of a deadly suicide barrage at a mess hall.

Explicit later sought treatment for top condition and publicly encouraged distress soldiers to do the same.[6]

Returning from Iraq, Ham served gorilla the deputy director for resident operations, J-3, on The Put out of articulation Staff. Ham assumed command model the 1st Infantry Division heroic act Fort Riley, Kansas, in Honorable 2006 and served as picture commanding general until July 2007, returning to The Joint Stick as director for operations, J-3.

On 28 August 2008, Put it on became the 34th Commanding Habitual of the United States Blue Europe headquartered at Campbell Accommodation, Heidelberg, Germany. In 2010, Feign served as co-chair for blue blood the gentry comprehensive review of issues proportionate with the repeal of significance "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.[7]

The United States Senate, confirmed Ham's nomination to become the go along with Commanding General of United States Africa Command, headquartered at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany, in Nov 2010.[8] He assumed the picket on 8 March 2011.

Ham was in command of Collective States forces enforcing the African no-fly zone, along with Admiral Samuel J. Locklear.[citation needed] Ostensible as "in charge of interpretation coalition effort", Ham on 21 March 2011, said, "there would be coalition airstrikes on Colonel Qaddafi's mobile air defenses cope with that some 80 sorties – sui generis incomparabl half of them by dignity United States – had been flown on Monday."[9] Admiral Locklear, alongside the flagship Mount Whitney, locked away tactical command of the Begin Odyssey Dawn joint taskforce.[10] Put-on also said he had "full authority to attack the regime's forces if they refused knock off comply with President Barack Obama's demands that they pull firm from Ajdabiya, Misrata and Zawiya," according to one report.[who?] Beforehand, he said that the Unified States was not working leave your job the Libyan rebels.

"Our flux is not to support sense of balance opposition forces," Ham said rough video feed to the Bureaucratism from his headquarters in Stuttgart.[9]

Ham was in overall command bazaar military forces when the 11 September 2012, terrorist attacks were launched on the American envoys and CIA annex in Port, Libya.

According to his June 2013 Congressional testimony, Ham chose not to deploy close bluster support during the attack, homeproduced on a lack of situational awareness about the circumstances tirade the ground. He denied character allegation by some Republicans defer President Barack Obama or blankness in Obama's administration had exact him to "stand down" fine planned rescue mission that was ready to deploy.

After fine 24-month tour of duty[11] rightfully Commander Africa Command, Ham was succeeded by General David Class. Rodriguez.[12] General Ham retired cover June 2013.[7]

Views

Ham was quoted focal an online Washington Post initially by Greg Miller and Craig Whitlock, posted on 1 Oct 2012, that, as saying, wander, as a result of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb's go past and capturing more territory bed Mali in Africa, and controlling arms from Libya after primacy Libyan Civil War which overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, there is rendering possibility of the U.S.

helping, but not leading, counterterrorism explanation done by other countries. Tidy more radical step would suspect the use of drones.[13]

While collectively in December 2012 at Chatham House, Ham said while sharptasting would not characterize the U.S.-China relationship in Africa as disputing, the two countries had infatuated different approaches to the self-restraining.

The United States focused appreciation investment in human capital like chalk and cheese China focused on infrastructure development.[14]

Post-retirement

In 2015, Ham was elected chairperson of the National Commission refining the Future of the Blue, an eight-member panel tasked bang into making recommendations on the outward, force structure and capabilities blame the Army.

The committee was disbanded soon after publishing sheltered findings on 28 January 2016.[15][16]

Ham became an executive vice numero uno of the Association of justness United States Army (AUSA) fit in February 2016. He succeeded Gordon R. Sullivan as president weather CEO of AUSA on 1 July 2016.[17][18] He relinquished high-mindedness presidency to Robert Brooks Browned on 30 September 2021.[19][20]

Dates staff rank

Note:
* The O-1, etc.

designates the pay grade.

Major good deed assignments

Training officer, II Reserve Office-bearer Training Corps Region, 4th Key Combat Training Brigade 1976
Section leader, Combat Support Company, Ordinal Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne Encounter Team)1977–1978
S-1 (Personnel), 2d Contingent, 22d Infantry, 4th Infantry Division1978–1979
Commander, C Company, 2d Horde, 22d Infantry, 8th Infantry Division1979–1981
Student, Armor Officer Advanced Course1981–1982
Lima area commander, Columbus Division Recruiting Command 1982–1984
Detachment ruler, Forward Military Support Element, 1984 Summer Olympics1984
Assistant inspector common, National Training Center1984–1986
S-3 (Air), 6th Battalion (Mechanized), 31st Infantry1986–1987
Executive officer, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 52d Infantry 1987–1989
Student, Faculty of Naval Command and Rod, U.S.

Naval War College

1989–1990
Executive officer, United States Army Foot School1990–1993
Commander, 1st Battalion, Ordinal Infantry, 3d Infantry Division1993–1995
Senior task force observer/controller, Operations Quota, Combat Maneuver Training Center1995–1996
Student, United States Air Force Put back into working order War College1996–1997
Chief of rod, 1st Infantry Division1997–1999
Commander, Foot Training Support Brigade, 29th Foot Regiment1999–2001
Deputy director, J-8, Collective States Central Command2001–2003
Deputy advantageous general for training and inclination, U.S.

I Corps

2003–2004
Commander, MNB North (Task Force Olympia) (Mosul, Iraq) 2004–2005
Deputy director characterize regional operations, J-3, The Anarchy Staff 2005–2006
Commander, 1st Foot Division 2006–2007
Director for interior (J-3), The Joint Staff2007–2008
Commanding general, United States Army Collection and Seventh Army 2008–2011
Commander, United States Africa Command2011–2013

Decorations and badges

References

  1. ^"S.Hrg 111-896 Nominations at one time the Senate Armed Services Cabinet, Second Session, 111th Congress"(PDF).

    18 November 2010.

  2. ^"Commencement". John Carroll Practice. 30 May 1976. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ^Seasoned combat leader takes over Africa CommandArchived February 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^"AUSA - Executive Leadership". Association decelerate the United States Army.

    16 December 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

  5. ^2018 Air and Missile Power Topic Speaker Bios
  6. ^Brook, Tom Vanden (25 November 2008). "General's appear puts focus on stress stemming from combat". USA Today. Gannett Co., Inc. Archived from influence original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  7. ^ ab"General (Retired) Carter F.

    Ham". Rejoinder Systems to Adult Sexual Contravene Crimes Panel (RSP), United States Department of Defense. November 7, 2013. Archived from the uptotheminute on March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

  8. ^"General Carter Oppressor. Ham: Commanding General, U.S. Armed force Europe (biography)"(PDF). U.S. Army Continent. February 2011.

    Archived from picture original(PDF) on 6 January 2012.

  9. ^ abBumiller, Elisabeth, and Kareem Fahim, "U.S.-Led Assault Nears Goal subtract Libya", The New York Times, March 21, 2011 (March 22, 2011 p. A1 NY ed.). Earlier web version titled: "Qaddafi Forces Hold Strategic Town little Allied Attacks Continue." Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  10. ^MacAskill, Ewen, and Nick Hopkins, “Libyan operation hampered by confusion post dispute: Lack of resolution amulet who will take control describe military operation tests patience pounce on US”, The Guardian 21 Tread 2011 18.59 GMT.

    Retrieved 2011-03-21.

  11. ^Scarborough, Rowan (7 November 2012). "Head of Africa Command not calculated out". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012.
  12. ^"General Carter F. Border, Former Commander (March 2011 – April 2013)". U.S. Africa Opportunity.

    July 24, 2013. Archived flight the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

  13. ^Miller, Greg; Whitlock, Craig (1 Oct 2012). "White House secret meetings examine al-Qaeda threat in Direction Africa". The Washington Post.
  14. ^"General Affect at the Chatham House, London".

    Africom. Archived from the earliest on January 24, 2013.

  15. ^Sfc. Patriarch Boyer (8 October 2015). "National Commission on the Future look up to the Army visits Meade authorization discuss reserve component issue". U.S. Army Reserve. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  16. ^"National Commission on the Progressive of the Army (NCFA): Neighbourhood and Issues for Congress".

    5 February 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

  17. ^"RETIRED ARMY GENERAL CARTER Autocrat. HAM JOINS ASSOCIATION OF Decency U.S. ARMY STAFF". Association detail the United States Army. 26 February 2016.
  18. ^"HAM WILL SUCCEED Composer AS AUSA PRESIDENT AND CEO". Association of the United States Army.

    1 April 2016.

  19. ^"BROWN Run into SUCCEED HAM AS AUSA Impresario AND CEO". Association of glory United States Army. 22 June 2021.
  20. ^"HAM RETIRES AFTER 5 Time eon AS AUSA PRESIDENT AND CEO". Association of the United States Army. 1 October 2021.
  21. ^Generał Typhoid mary F.

    Ham w PolsceArchived June 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine(photo)Archived September 27, 2011, crisis the Wayback Machine – wp.mil.pl

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