Major George B. Hutchinson Jr.

The source records enlisted service beginning in March 1994 and a direct commission as a second lieutenant in March 2004. Early enlisted assignments included 3-62 ADA at Fort Drum, the 236th Air Ambulance in Germany and Bosnia, the 10th FSB at Fort Drum, and the Mobilization Operations Center at Fort Stewart. As a commissioned Signal Corps officer, Hutchinson served in operations, automation, forward battle-captain, command-and-control, and mission-training positions supporting USARCENT/CFLCC, the CENTCOM area of responsibility, CCSA/INSCOM, the Pentagon, and Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

Enlisted appointments listed are Private 1 on 18 March 1994, Private 2 on 19 September 1994, Private First Class on 1 December 1994, Specialist on 17 May 1996, Sergeant on 6 June 1999, and Staff Sergeant (P) in the USAR on 12 October 2003. Documented enlisted assignments include Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson; Signal Corps Advanced Individual Training at Fort Gordon; 3-62 ADA Company Communications Chief at Fort Drum from October 1994 to January 1996; 236th Air Ambulance Signal Section Chief in Germany from January 1996 to March 1999; Signal Support Systems NCOIC in Bosnia; 10th FSB Battalion Communications Chief at Fort Drum from March 1999 to October 2000; and Mobilization Operations Center action officer, USAG liaison, and platoon sergeant duties at Fort Stewart/Iraq from October 2002 to April 2004.

The source identifies direct commission as the source of commissioned service. It lists appointment as Second Lieutenant, USAR, on 22 March 2004; First Lieutenant, USAR, on 22 March 2006; and Captain, USAR, on 19 September 2008, with a pending back-date notation. The biographical heading identifies him as a retired Major in the Signal Corps. The source also lists Major and Lieutenant Colonel entries with pending back-date and pending-hearing language, respectively.

USAR control-group periods are listed from October 2000 to October 2002, July 2004 to November 2004, and July 2010 to September 2010. Active-duty and duty assignments listed include Basic Combat Training, 1st Combat Training Brigade, Fort Jackson, March-May 1994; Signal Corps AIT, Fort Gordon, May-September 1994; 3-62 ADA, Fort Drum, October 1994-January 1996; 236th Air Ambulance, Germany, January 1996-March 1999; 10th FSB, Fort Drum, March 1999-October 2000; Mobilization Operations Center, Fort Stewart/Iraq, October 2002-April 2004; Signal Officer Basic Course, Fort Gordon, May-June 2004; Operations/Watch Officer, USARCENT/CFLCC, Fort McPherson, Georgia/Kuwait, December 2004-December 2007; Action Officer/G-6 Battle Captain (Forward), USARCENT, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, January-September 2008; Senior Battle Captain/G-6 Operations Officer (Forward), USARCENT/CENTCOM AOR, September 2008-July 2009; Operations/Automations Officer, USARCENT AUG, Fort McPherson, Georgia/Florida, July 2009-July 2010; CCSA/INSCOM Battle Captain at the Army Cyber Operations Integration Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, September 2010-September 2011; CCSA G-3/5/7 Battle Captain Team Chief at the Pentagon, October 2011-October 2012; and Deputy Chief, Mission Training Center, Camp Buehring, Kuwait, October 2012-October 2013.

The source associates the 3-62 ADA assignment with Somalia/Haiti. It records joint experience as Communications Chief with the 236th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), 421st Medical Battalion, 30th Medical Brigade during Operation Joint Endeavor at Camp Blue Factory, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from March-November 1996; and as Communications Team Leader with the same organization during Operation Joint Guard/Forge at Camp Blue Factory from July-October 1998. It also lists Fort Stewart/Iraq duty from October 2002-April 2004, Kuwait assignments with USARCENT/CFLCC and Camp Arifjan, and USARCENT forward operations in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.

Education listed includes two years of network communications academic credits at DeVry University; an associate degree in computer science, a bachelor's degree in computer science, and a Master of Science in Information Technology from the University of Management and Technology. Military schools listed include Basic Training at Fort Jackson; Signal Corps AIT at Fort Gordon; Primary Leadership Development Course at Fort Drum; Signal Officer Basic Course at Fort Gordon; Signal Officers Captain Career Course–Reserve Component at Fort Gordon; and started Officer Advance Career Course. The embedded Army training transcript additionally lists courses in composite risk management, combat lifesaver training, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server 2003, SharePoint 2003, Cisco routing, networking, TCP/IP, WAN technologies, joint logistics, joint intelligence, JTF command-and-control considerations, joint operation planning, and other joint-force training.

The source describes Deputy Chief Mission Training Center duties as developing, planning, coordinating, and executing exercises for battalion, brigade, division, combatant-command, interagency, and multinational levels. It describes automation senior-officer responsibilities as supervising automated information-processing units and activities; advising commanders and staffs on automation policy and technical matters; managing computer systems; translating mission needs into computer-system requirements; maintaining awareness of system capabilities; and planning, programming, and budgeting automation resources. Other listed leadership roles include company and battalion communications chief, signal section chief, NCOIC, platoon sergeant, battle captain, senior battle captain, operations officer, team chief, and deputy chief.