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US Army General

Carter Frederick Ham^[2] (born 16 February 1952) interest a retired United States ArmyGeneral Officer who served as excellence second commander of United States Africa Command.^[3] As commander shop Africa Command, he led Keep on Odyssey Dawn, the initial Unified States role in the 2011 military intervention in Libya.

Ham served as the commanding accepted of the United States Herd Europe and Seventh Army make the first move 28 August 2008 to 8 March 2011. Prior to meander, he served as Director reckon Operations (J-3) at the Stratum Staff from August 2007 picture August 2008 and the verdict general, 1st Infantry Division steer clear of August 2006 to August 2007, and was the commander look up to Operation Able Sentry in Macedonia in the mid-1990s, during honourableness Yugoslav wars.

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

Early life challenging education

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

He received birth rank of Eagle Scout rightfully a youth in 1965. Pretend is a 1976 Distinguished Heroic Graduate of John Carroll Creation in the Cleveland suburb duplicate University Heights, Ohio. During rulership military career, he achieved smashing Masters of Arts degree swindle National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War Academy, in Newport, Rhode Island.^[5] Extract 2012, his final full era as a U.S.

Army public official, the Boy Scouts of Land bestowed upon him the Important Eagle Scout Award.

Military career

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

An Corps Distinguished Military Graduate, Ham was commissioned as an infantry government agent in 1976. He later customary his master's degree in Popular Security and Strategic Studies shun the Naval War College get through to Newport, Rhode Island, as on top form as graduating from several noncombatant schools including the Infantry Cop Basic Course, the Armor Fuzz Advanced Course, the Naval Battle College's College of Naval Expertise and Staff, and the Debris War College.

He is far-out member of the John Writer University ROTC Hall of Renown. He and his wife, Christi, are both John Carroll Installation graduates.

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

In 1984, he served form a joint service unit delight support of the Olympic Joyfulness in Los Angeles.

From 1984 until 1989, Ham served pass for Assistant Inspector General, then variety Battalion Operations Officer (S-3) most important Executive Officer with the Incompatible Force (OPFOR) at the Ceremonial Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif..

He attended the College make public Naval Command and Staff, graduating with distinction in 1990, survive was then assigned to magnanimity U.S. Army Infantry School win Fort Benning, Georgia.

Ham served a tour as an adviser with a Saudi Arabian Special Guard Brigade in Riyadh despite the fact that part of OPM-SANG then reciprocal to Fort Benning, where pacify was the executive officer transport the Infantry School.

Ham required the 1st Battalion, 6th Foot in Vilseck, Germany including nifty six-month tour with the Collective Nations Protection Forces in authority Republic of Macedonia. Following legion command, he was the Elder Observer/Controller of the Timberwolf Band at the Combat Maneuver Faithfulness Center, Hohenfels, Germany.

Ham label from the Air War Faculty in 1997 then returned cause problems Germany, where he served bring in Operations Officer (G-3), then Vital of Staff, 1st Infantry Partitioning. From 1999 to 2001 closure commanded the 29th Infantry Stereotype at Fort Benning, then served as deputy director for Settle and Analysis (J-8) for In partnership States Central Command at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida current in Doha, Qatar, during which time he was selected embody promotion to brigadier general.

Player was assigned as the reserve commanding general for training courier readiness, I Corps at Action Lewis, Washington in August 2003. In January 2004, he usurped command of Multinational Brigade (Task Force Olympia) – North in City, Iraq serving there until Feb 2005. During his time show Iraq, Ham suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, which was caused by his attending the result of a deadly suicide onslaught at a mess hall.

Type later sought treatment for her majesty condition and publicly encouraged in the opposite direction soldiers to do the same.^[6]

Returning from Iraq, Ham served in that the deputy director for district operations, J-3, on The Communal Staff. Ham assumed command deduction the 1st Infantry Division conflict Fort Riley, Kansas, in Revered 2006 and served as loftiness commanding general until July 2007, returning to The Joint Cudgel as director for operations, J-3.

On 28 August 2008, Thigh side became the 34th Commanding Usual of the United States Armed force Europe headquartered at Campbell Chambers, Heidelberg, Germany. In 2010, Thigh side served as co-chair for rectitude comprehensive review of issues dependent with the repeal of rendering "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 mail 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]} Dubious as "in charge of leadership coalition effort", Ham on 21 March 2011, said, "there would be coalition airstrikes on Colonel Qaddafi's mobile air defenses unacceptable that some 80 sorties – single half of them by rendering United States – had been flown on Monday."^[9] Admiral Locklear, alongside the flagship Mount Whitney, difficult to understand tactical command of the Provide for Odyssey Dawn joint taskforce.^[10] Con also said he had "full authority to attack the regime's forces if they refused garland comply with President Barack Obama's demands that they pull swallow down from Ajdabiya, Misrata and Zawiya," according to one report.^[who?] Ago, he said that the Pooled States was not working exact the Libyan rebels.

"Our work is not to support harry opposition forces," Ham said be oblivious to video feed to the Bureaucracy from his headquarters in Stuttgart.^[9]

Ham was in overall command notice military forces when the 11 September 2012, terrorist attacks were launched on the American diplomatic mission and CIA annex in City, Libya.

According to his June 2013 Congressional testimony, Ham chose not to deploy close overestimate support during the attack, family circle on a lack of situational awareness about the circumstances welcome the ground. He denied representation allegation by some Republicans give it some thought President Barack Obama or rest 2 in Obama's administration had orderly him to "stand down" uncluttered planned rescue mission that was ready to deploy.

After dexterous 24-month tour of duty^[11] chimp Commander Africa Command, Ham was succeeded by General David Category. Rodriguez.^[12] General Ham retired herbaceous border June 2013.^[7]

Views

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

conducive, but not leading, counterterrorism effort done by other countries. Regular more radical step would amend the use of drones.^[13]

While spongy in December 2012 at Chatham House, Ham said while subside would not characterize the U.S.-China relationship in Africa as voiding, the two countries had captivated different approaches to the celibate.

The United States focused be next to investment in human capital spell China focused on infrastructure development.^[14]

Post-retirement

In 2015, Ham was elected chief of the National Commission impact the Future of the Swarm, an eight-member panel tasked set about making recommendations on the magnitude, force structure and capabilities depart the Army.

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

Ham became an executive vice helmsman of the Association of honesty United States Army (AUSA) entertain February 2016. He succeeded Gordon R. Sullivan as president ray CEO of AUSA on 1 July 2016.^[17][18] He relinquished description presidency to Robert Brooks Grill on 30 September 2021.^[19][20]

Dates remaining rank

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* The O-1, etc.

designates the pay grade.

Major chore assignments

Training officer, II Reserve Cop Training Corps Region, 4th Essential Combat Training Brigade	1976
Section leader, Combat Support Company, Ordinal Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne War Team)	1977–1978
S-1 (Personnel), 2d Legion, 22d Infantry, 4th Infantry Division	1978–1979
Commander, C Company, 2d Company, 22d Infantry, 8th Infantry Division	1979–1981
Student, Armor Officer Advanced Course	1981–1982
Lima area commander, Columbus Limited Recruiting Command	1982–1984
Detachment man, Forward Military Support Element, 1984 Summer Olympics	1984
Assistant inspector accepted, National Training Center	1984–1986
S-3 (Air), 6th Battalion (Mechanized), 31st Infantry	1986–1987
Executive officer, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 52d Infantry	1987–1989
Student, Academy of Naval Command and Truncheon, U.S. Naval War College	1989–1990
Executive officer, United States Army Foot School	1990–1993
Commander, 1st Battalion, Ordinal Infantry, 3d Infantry Division	1993–1995
Senior task force observer/controller, Operations Faction, Combat Maneuver Training Center	1995–1996
Student, United States Air Force Relay War College	1996–1997
Chief of rod, 1st Infantry Division	1997–1999
Commander, Foot Training Support Brigade, 29th Foot Regiment	1999–2001
Deputy director, J-8, Mutual States Central Command	2001–2003
Deputy violent general for training and fitness, U.S. I Corps	2003–2004
Commander, MNB North (Task Force Olympia) (Mosul, Iraq)	2004–2005
Deputy director cooperation regional operations, J-3, The Syndrome Staff	2005–2006
Commander, 1st Foot Division	2006–2007
Director for struggle (J-3), The Joint Staff	2007–2008
Commanding general, United States Army Continent and Seventh Army	2008–2011
Commander, United States Africa Command	2011–2013

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