Monday, April 21, 2014 - Brigadier General Kristin K. French
(Information taken from Joint Munitions & Lethality (JM&L) LCMC website.)
Brigadier General Kristin K. French is a native of Glen Rock, NJ. She graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, in 1986 and was commissioned into the Regular Army as a Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps.
In 2011, she assumed command of the 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) at Fort Knox, KY, and in April 2012 deployed the unit to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. She relinquished command in June 2013 to move to Rock Island Arsenal, IL, as Commanding General, Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command and Joint Munitions Command.
Her command assignments include Alpha Company, 703rd Main Support Battalion, 3rd Inf Div (Mech), Kitzingen, Germany; Regimental Support Squadron, 3rd ACR, Fort Carson, CO; 406th Army Field Support Brigade, Fort Bragg, NC and 3d Sustainment Cmd (Exp), Fort Knox, KY.
Her key staff assignments include Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer, 565th Repair Parts Company; Adjutant/S-1, 553rd Supply and Service Battalion, 13th COSCOM, Fort Hood, TX; Class I Officer, Division Materiel Management Center and DISCOM S-4, 3rd Inf Div (Mech), Kitzingen, Germany; Class IX Officer, Corps Materiel Management Center, 1st COSCOM, Fort Bragg, NC; Support Operations Officer, 26th Forward Support Battalion, Division Materiel Officer, Division Materiel Management Center and Deputy G-4, 3rd Inf Div (Mech), Fort Stewart, GA; Operations Officer/S-3, 43rd Area Support Group, Fort Carson, CO; Assistant Chief of Staff, G4, 4th Inf Div (Mech), Fort Hood, TX; Executive
Officer to the Director, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, VA; and Military Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon.
Her military education includes Quartermaster Officer Basic Course, Quartermaster Officer Advanced Course, a Masters Degree in Logistics Management, Logistics Executive Development Course and Florida Institute of Technology, Fort Lee, VA; Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS; and a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA.
BG French has deployed to Operation Joint Endeavour (Croatia), Operation Desert Fox (Kuwait), Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan).
Her awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Clover, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clovers, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Clover. She has also earned the Parachutist Badge.