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DA’s independent criminal investigative authority. He oversees five brigade-level commands/directorates providing global support in significant criminal investigations, protective services, forensics, and investigative support to military commissions. Vereen has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Campbell University, a master’s degree in international relations and strategic studies from Troy State University, and the U.S. Army War College, respectively. He is a lifetime member of the Military Police Regimental Association and a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Awards include the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, and Humanitarian Service Medal. Vereen was born at Fort Bragg, NC, and is a native of Fayetteville, NC. He graduated from Campbell University in North Carolina in 1988.
MA J. GEN. WILLIAM WALKER Commanding General District of Columbia National Guard
Maj. Gen. William Walker is the commanding general, District of Columbia National Guard. He reports directly to the secretary of the Army and is responsible for the strategic leadership, readiness, and employment of the District of Columbia Army and Air National Guard units. Prior senior leadership assignments include commander, Joint Task Force 58th Presidential Inauguration; commander, Land Component Command; commander, Mobilization Augmentation Command and chief of staff, District of Columbia Army National Guard; and vice J-2, National Guard Bureau, Intelligence Directorate and Commander, U.S. Army South, Beyond the Horizons, Joint Task Force—Jamaica. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Walker served in the Army Operations Center in support of Operation Noble Eagle. In 2011, he was again mobilized and 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, Office of Transition in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Walker was commissioned in 1985 through the University of Illinois at Chicago Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program.
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MA J. GEN. JONATHAN WOODSON Commanding General Army Reserve Medical Command
Maj. Gen. Jonathan Woodson assumed duty as Army Reserve Medical Command commanding general on March 31, following his previous assignment as 3rd Medical Command deputy commanding general. A native of New York City, NY, Woodson is a graduate of the City College of New York and the New York University School of Medicine. He received his postgraduate medical education at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and completed residency training in internal medicine, general, and vascular surgery. He is board certified in internal medicine, general surgery, vascular surgery, and critical care surgery. Additionally, he holds a master’s degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College. Woodson has served in a variety of assignments from the tactical level through Corps, including the commander of the 399th Combat Support Hospital, 330th Medical Brigade, and assignment as the assistant surgeon general for reserve affairs, force structure, and mobilization. In his civilian capacity, Woodson is a professor in management and professor of the practice at the Boston University Questrom School of Business, professor of surgery at Boston University School of Medicine; and professor of health law, policy, and management at the Boston University School of Public Health.
BRIG. GEN. ALFRED ABR AMSON III
Joint Program Executive Officer Armaments & Ammunition Commanding General, Picatinny Arsenal
Brig. Gen. Alfred Abramson became the Joint Program executive officer, armaments and ammunition and the commanding general, Picatinny Arsenal, on Dec. 29, 2017. Before this, Abramson served as the deputy program executive officer, ammunition and senior commander, Picatinny Arsenal, and led the mission to develop and procure conventional and leap-ahead munitions to increase the warfighter’s combat power. Before his arrival at Picatinny, he was the deputy Joint Program executive officer for chemical and biological defense. Abramson was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Chemical Corps after graduating from Virginia State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. His civilian education includes a master’s degree in USBE & Information Technology | WINTER 2019
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