Lieutenant General Jack C. Stultz
Chief, Army Reserve
Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command
Lieutenant General Jack C. Stultz became Chief, Army Reserve, and Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Command, on 25 May 2006, after serving as the Command's Deputy Commanding General since October 2005. Prior to assignment to the Army Reserve Command, Lieutenant General Stultz served as the Commanding General of the 143rd Transportation Command, which provides command and control to 12 units in the southeast United States.
Lieutenant General Stultz entered active duty in 1974 after receiving his commission from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Davidson College, North Carolina, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. After completing the Engineer Officer Basic Course and Airborne School, he was assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, serving as Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Commander, Company B, 20th Engineer Battalion.
Lieutenant General Stultz left active duty in June 1979 to pursue a civilian career. At the same time, he began his Army Reserve career with assignment to the 108th Division (Infantry OSUT), headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Stultz served in a variety of positions with the 108th Division, including Brigade Assistant S-3, Battalion S-1, Commander, Company D, 4th Battalion 108th Regiment, and Division Assistant G-3.
Lieutenant General Stultz began his career with the Transportation Corps in February 1987 with an assignment to the 32d Transportation Group (Composite), which was mobilized and deployed in November 1990 in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Stultz was responsible for providing transportation support to XVIII Airborne Corps and VII Corps in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait. Returning from the desert in July 1991, Stultz assumed responsibilities as the Group Executive Officer. Stultz took command of the 257th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control) in 1995. The battalion deployed to the Balkans in March 1997 in support of Operation Joint Endeavor/Joint Guard, providing movement control support for operations in Hungary, Croatia, and Bosnia. He took command of the 32d Transportation Group in 1998, and served in this capacity until assuming duties of Deputy Commanding General, 143rd TRANSCOM in 1999. Stultz deployed to Kuwait in October 2002 as Commander 143rd TRANSCOM (Forward), establishing initial RSOI operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Moving forward into Iraq with the initial ground offensive, he established the first forward logistics hub at Tallil and initial rail operations at Garma, located west of Baghdad. In October 2003 he was assigned as Director of Movements, Distribution and Transportation, Combined Forces Land Component Command Kuwait, responsible for the deployment/redeployment of sustainment supplies for US and Coalition forces in Kuwait and Iraq. Stultz returned to the United States in August 2004 after 22 months in Theater. In October 2004, Stultz assumed command of the 143rd TRANSCOM, Orlando, Florida.
Lieutenant General Stultz is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star (w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (w/3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (w/ 4 Oak Leaf Clusters) and the Army Achievement Medal.
As a Citizen-Soldier, Stultz retired from Procter and Gamble as an operations manager with 28 years of service.
Major General Alan D. Bell
Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Reserve Command
Deputy Chief, Army Reserve for Operations, Readiness, Training and Mobilization
Major General Alan D. Bell was commissioned a Second Lieutenant from Michigan State University in 1969 after graduation with a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology. Upon graduation from Armored Officer Basic Course, he served on active duty with the 1st Armored Division as a Platoon Leader and a Battalion Liaison Officer.
Major General Bell began his Army Reserve career in 1975 as the Assistant Civil Defense Officer, 310th Civil Affairs Group in Chamblee, Ga. with follow on assignments including; Training Officer, Support Section, 81st Army Reserve Command (ARCOM), East Point, Ga.; Headquarters Commandant, 81st ARCOM; Instructor, Officer Advanced Course and later Operations Officer at 3283rd United States Army Reserve Forces School, Chamblee, Georgia. He also served as Project Officer and subsequently became the Executive Officer for the 449th Area Support Group (ASG), Forest Park, Georgia. After departing the 449th ASG, he commanded the 352nd Maintenance Battalion, Macon, Georgia. After Battalion Command, he served as Commander, 4th Brigade (Combat Service Support), 108th Division, Decatur, Georgia. Following Brigade Command, he served as Chief of Staff, 108th Division, Charlotte, North Carolina. He then served as the Commander, First Brigade, and Deputy Commanding General for the 87th Division (TS), Birmingham, Alabama. In February 2003, he became the Commanding General for the 81st Regional Readiness Command, Birmingham, Alabama, through August 2006. Major General Bell assumed the position of Deputy Chief, Army Reserve / Deputy Commanding General, Operations, Readiness, Training, and Mobilization, United States Army Reserve Command, on 21 August 2006.
His military schools include attending the Armor School Basic and Advanced Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky; the Civil Affairs Advanced Course; Military Intelligence Advanced Course; the Ordnance Maintenance Management Officer Advanced Course; the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. He also holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Georgia State University.
His decorations and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Soldiers Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters, National Defense Service Medal with campaign star, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with hourglass device, Humanitarian Service Medal, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and the Ranger Tab.
Major General Mari K. Eder
Deputy Chief, Army Reserve
(Individual Mobilization Augmentee)
Major General Mari Eder has more than 30 years of Army service, both Active and Reserve, and has been mobilized for three active duty tours since September 11, 2001.
Major General Eder has commanded at the company, battalion and brigade levels. Prior to her current assignment, Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve, she served as the U.S. Armys Deputy Chief of Public Affairs. While serving on the Army Staff, she was also a member of the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee.
Prior to that three-year mobilization, she was the commander of the 6th Brigade (Professional Development), 80th Division (Institutional Training) and concurrently served on active duty as Chief of Staff with the Reserve Forces Policy Board in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Major General Eder has had additional joint experience, serving with the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, where she was assigned as the Deputy Director of Public Affairs. As a civilian, she served as the Director of Public Affairs at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
She is an experienced speaker and guest lecturer and has served as an adjunct professor at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, the NATO School and Sweden's International Security Command's Training Center. Major General Eder's awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, six Meritorious Service Medals, four Joint Service Commendation Medals, four Army Commendation Medals, the Joint Service Achievement Medal and the Army Achievement Medal, among others. Major General Eder was born in Grove City, Pennsylvaina. She holds a bachelor and master's degree in English from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College. She is also a graduate of senior executive and leadership programs at the National Defense University and the Army War College.
Brigadier General Julia A. Kraus
Deputy Chief, Army Reserve for Operations
Brigadier General Julia A. Kraus became the Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve and Deputy Commanding General for Management, Resources and Support of the U.S. Army Reserve Command on September 4, 2007 after serving as the Deputy Commanding General (IMA) of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, since March 2004.
A native of Michigan, Brigadier General Kraus entered the Army after completing college as an enlisted Soldier in 1975 with the 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. After completing the Basic Aerial Surveillance Course, she was assigned to the 179th Military Intelligence Detachment, Fort Benning, Georgia, serving as Chief, Image Interpretation Section. Later Brigadier General Kraus was assigned to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence Headquarters, in Heidelberg, Germany where she served as Intelligence Staff Officer and Assistant Executive Office, Special Actions.
Brigadier General Kraus left active duty in March 1984. She was immediately assigned to the Military Intelligence Group, Army Reserve Command in Heidelberg, Germany. She assumed command of the Army Reserve Intelligence Group in November 1996 until September 1997. In June 1998, Kraus again assumed command of the Army Reserve Military Intelligence Group Europe, in Heidelberg, Germany where she served until May 2001.
On August 1, 2004, she mobilized for Operation Enduring Freedom where she continued to serve as Deputy Commanding General, Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and was further detailed to the Pentagon to serve as the Assistant G2 of the Army from January 2005 to March 2006. She returned to the Deputy Commanding General (IMA) until September 3, 2007.
Brigadier General Kraus's military education includes the Military Intelligence Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Army Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. She earned a bachelor's degree from Olivet College in sociology and a master's degree in strategic studies from the Army War College. Her awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
Since 1984, Brigadier General Kraus has been employed as a Department of Army civilian, currently at U.S. Army Tank, Automotive and Armament Command, Warren, Michigan, supporting vehicle platforms as an Intelligence Research Specialist and Foreign Intelligence Officer.
Brigadier General Anne F. Macdonald
Chief of Staff,
U.S. Army Reserve Command
Brigadier General Anne Macdonald serves as the Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army Reserve Command.
Brigadier General Macdonald recently completed an assignment as the Deputy Director for Operations, National Military Command Center, J3 (Operations), Joint Staff. Prior to this, she served as the Executive Officer to the Commander, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea.
Brigadier General Macdonald has served in Korea twice, first as a Section Leader for the 128th Assault Helicopter Company and later as the Brigade Commander for the 17th Aviation Brigade, 8th U.S. Army. She also served in Desert Shield/Desert Storm as the Brigade Personnel Officer for the 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division. Other key assignments for Macdonald included Regimental Executive Officer for the 159th Aviation Regiment (Airborne) in Fort Bragg, NC; Battalion Operations Officer for the 7-1st Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division; and Battalion Commander for the 6-101 Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
Her military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal second award, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters and the Air Medal. She is Airborne- and Air Assault-qualified and wears the Senior Aviator Badge.
Brigadier General Macdonald earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from the U.S. Military Academy in 1980. Her military education includes the Field Artillery Basic Course, the Rotary Wing Aviator Course, the Air Defense Officers' Advanced Course, Command and General Staff College, the Armed Forces Staff College and the Air War College.
She earned a Master's Degree in systems management from the University of Southern California and a master's degree in strategic studies from the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base.
Command Sergeant Major Leon Caffie
Command Sergeant Major
U.S. Army Reserve Command
Command Sergeant Major Caffie began his military career on April 2, 1970, when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. On August 29, 2006, Caffie was sworn in as the Command Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve. A career soldier, Caffie has held many leadership positions within the Department of the Army.
As the Command Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve, he serves as the Chief of the Army Reserve Advisor on all enlisted soldier matters, particularly areas affecting training, leadership development, mobilization, employer support, family readiness and support and quality of life.
Command Sergeant Major Caffie travels throughout the United States and overseas visiting with soldiers and families and addressing their issues and concerns. Command Sergeant Major Caffie has been a keynote speaker for various military and civilian organizations.
Throughout his military career, Command Sergeant Major Caffie has mentored soldiers in positions of increased leadership responsibility. He has held several key noncommissioned officer positions: First Sergeant, Operations Sergeant and Command Sergeant Major. Command Sergeant Major Caffie's military campaigns include Vietnam, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. During Operation Enduring Freedom, Command Sergeant Major Caffie served as the 377th Theater Support Command, Command Sergeant Major for the Coalition Forces Land Component Command in Iraq.
His military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with three oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon and Operation Iraqi Freedom Campaign Medal.
Command Sergeant Major Caffie received his associate of arts degree in general education from Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida, and his bachelor of science in communications from Regents College in Albany, New York. Among his certifications are SWAT Training Course Certification, Hostage Negotiations Training Course Certification and Law Enforcement Certification. He has a degree in criminal justice education from the University of Virginia, and he graduated with distinction from the FBI National Academy, Quantico, Virginia, in June 1991.
Caffie is the Army Reserve enlisted soldier's representative at all levels within the Army, at the Congressional level and in the media.
Chief Warrant Officer Five (Cw5) James E. Thompson
Command Chief Warrant Officer
U.S. Army Reserve and the U.S. Army Reserve Command
Chief Warrant Officer Five James E. (Jim) Thompson assumed the office of Command Chief Warrant Officer Army Reserve effective September 10, 2007.
Chief Warrant Officer Thompson entered the U.S. Army Reserve on 23 October 1971 in Pedricktown, New Jersey. He served continuously in the Army Reserve until he entered the Active Guard Reserve (AGR) program in September 1983. He has served our Nation and the Army Reserve for more than 35 years.
Chief Warrant Officer Thompson began his military career at Fort Knox, Kentucky. where he completed Basic Combat Training. He attended Wheel Vehicle Mechanic Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. and Track Vehicle Mechanic training at Fort Knox. Since that time he has served in a wide variety of assignments as an enlisted Soldier, noncommissioned officer and Warrant Officer. While on Active duty, from December 1971 until June 1972 he was a member of Company A, 8th Battalion 4th Training Brigade Ft. Knox; Company A, 2nd Battalion 5th Training Brigade at Fort Leonard Wood; and B Company 2nd School Brigade Fort Knox. From October 1971 until April 1976 he was assigned to the 453rd Army Security Agency (ASA) Co. in Pedricktown, N.J. as a Wheel Vehicle Mechanic. From April 1976 to September 1983, he was a Maintenance NCO assigned to the 453rd (ASA) Co. in Pedricktown, achieving the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC) during his enlisted career. Upon his appointment as a Chief Warrant Officer Two in August 1986, he was assigned as the Maintenance Officer for 550th Military Intelligence Battalion (CEWI), Pedricktown. Chief Warrant Officer Thompson later served as the Commandant RTS-M at Fort McCoy, Wis., from February 1989 to April 1991. From April 1991 to June 1995 he served as the Deputy Commandant/Technical Coordinator at RTS-M at Fort McCoy. During that assignment he was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Three. His next assignment was as the Deputy Commandant/ Technical Coordinator at RTS-M, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, where he served until July 1998. In August 1998, Chief Warrant Officer Thompson was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Four and took on responsibility as Maintainenace Officer at the 644th Regional Support Group (RSG), located at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, where he was assigned until October 2004. He was cross-leveled to the 457th Transportation Battalion where he was assigned as the Battalion Maintenance Officer and deployed to Iraq where he managed the maintenance program for the battalion located at Logistics Support Activity Anaconda. After his deployment, he was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Five on 7 March 2006. Chief Warrant Officer Thompson's assignment prior to selection as Command Chief Warrant Officer, Army Reserve was as the 70th Regional Readiness Command Maintenance Officer at Fort Lawton, Washington.
Chief Warrant Officer Thompson is a graduate of Basic Combat Training, the Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer Course, Maintenance Management Course, Training Management Course, the Logistics Management Course and the Associate Logistics Executive Development Course (ALEDEC). He earned a U-S Army Ordnance Center and School Instructor Training Certification in 1991. Chief Warrant Officer Thompson is also a graduate of numerous other technical courses as well as the Ordnance Warrant Officer Advance Course, Warrant Officer Staff and Senior Staff courses.
Among his awards are the Bronze Star, the Combat Action Badge, the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the National Defense Service Medal, second award, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with bronze hour glass and M device for mobilization, the Global War On Terror Service Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, third award, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon and the Air Assault Badge.
Chief Warrant Officer Thompson earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Mount Scenario College in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
In his free time, Chief Warrant Officer Thompson is an avid ice hockey player and referee. He also enjoys long rides on his Harley Davidson motorcycle.
