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Major General General Charles E. "Charlie" Croom Jr.:Military Branch:United States Airforce | |
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Selected for promotion to lieutenant general and reassignment as Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency; Commander, Joint Task Force - Global Network Operations; and Deputy Commander for U.S. Strategic Command Global Network Operations and Defense, Arlington, Va. Maj. Gen. Charles E. "Charlie" Croom Jr. is Director of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Infostructure, Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Croom entered the Air Force in 1973 as a distinguished graduate of the Rutgers University ROTC program where he was Commandant of Cadets. The general has had four commands and has served at the major command, numbered air force, Air Staff, defense agency, Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and unified command levels. EDUCATION 1973 Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. 1973 Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, Rutgers University 1977 Master's degree in management and business administration, Webster College, St. Louis, Mo. 1978 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 1985 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1989 National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 1996 Executive Development Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. ASSIGNMENTS 1. November 1973 - June 1974, student, Communications-Electronics School, Keesler AFB, Miss. 2. June 1974 - September 1977, technical evaluation chief, Headquarters Air Force Communications Command, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Mo. 3. September 1977 - December 1979, electrical engineer, Headquarters Air Force Communications Command, Scott AFB, Ill. 4. December 1979 - October 1980, Air Staff Training Program officer, Headquarters Air Force Inspection and Safety Center, Norton AFB, Calif. 5. October 1980 - June 1983, communications systems engineer, later, executive officer, Defense Communications Agency, Washington, D.C. 6. June 1983 - June 1984, Commander, Detachment 25, 2187th Communications Group, Monte Limbara, Sardinia, Italy 7. June 1984 - June 1985, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 8. June 1985 - July 1988, Chief, Plans and Policy Branch, Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 9. July 1988 - June 1989, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 10. June 1989 - July 1992, Chief, Communications Drawdown Branch, later, Commander, Data Services Center, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany 11. July 1992 - July 1993, Commander, 438th Communications Group, later, Director, Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers, Headquarters 21st Air Force, McGuire AFB, N.J. 12. July 1993 - August 1994, Commander, 438th Support Group, McGuire AFB, N.J. 13. August 1994 - July 1996, Director of Communications, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill. 14. July 1996 - March 1997, Director of Mission Systems, Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Information, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 15. March 1997 - June 2000, Director of Command, Control and Communications Systems, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany 16. June 2000 - August 2002, Vice Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. 17. August 2002 - present, Director of C4ISR Infostructure, Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Joint Service Commendation Medal Air Force Commendation Medal EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant Nov. 25, 1973 First Lieutenant Nov. 25, 1975 Captain Nov. 25, 1977 Major Aug. 1, 1984 Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1988 Colonel Jan. 1, 1992 Brigadier General Jan. 28, 1998 Major General Dec. 1, 2001 |
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