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Brigadier General Paul G. Craft, a native of Piqua, Ohio, entered the Army in 1993, as a Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps. Brigadier General Craft most recently served as the Deputy Commanding General (DCG) of Joint Force Headquarters – Cyber (JFHQ-C) (Army), U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER).
As the former DCG for JFHQ-C (Army), he led a team of over 150 Soldiers, Civilians, and Contractors that provide cyberspace support to U.S. Central Command, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Northern Command.
Brigadier General Craft has served in key leadership and staff positions from platoon leader, company commander, battalion and brigade commander. At Echelons Corps and Below, he has served multiple tours in armistice operations in the Republic of Korea; peace-keeping operations in Haiti with the 10th Mountain Division; multiple combat operations in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division and the British Army; and humanitarian operations supporting the Department of Homeland Security for the recent resettlement of Afghan Refugees. At the operational and strategic level, BG Craft has served at 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion (INSCOM), U.S. Army Signal Center of Excellence (TRADOC), U.S. Army Human Resources Command (HRC), Network Engineering and Technology Command (NETCOM), Department of the Army Chief Information Officer / G-6 (DA CIO/G-6), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and Joint Force Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Network / U.S. Cyber Command (JFHQ-DODIN/USCYBERCOM), He most recently served as the Chief of Cyber and Commandant, U.S. Army Cyber and Electromagnetic Warfare School.
Brigadier General Craft has a Bachelor of Science in American Political Science with a concentration in Systems Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. He also earned three masters degrees; a Master of Science in Information Management and a Master of Business Administration (dual degree) from Arizona State University as part of the Army’s Advanced Civil Schooling program and a Master of Science in National Security and Resource Strategy with a concentration in Cyber from the Eisenhower School, National Defense University.
His awards and decorations are commensurate with his time in service.
He has been married for 31 years and has one daughter.
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