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BRIGADIER GENERAL J. MARCUS HICKS
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Brig. Gen. J. Marcus Hicks is the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Cyber for U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.
General Hicks graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1986 with a degree in electrical engineering, and received his commission through Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. He is a graduate of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies and was a National Defense Fellow at the Washington Institute and a Senior Executive Fellow at Harvard University.
General Hicks has commanded the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, the Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, and the 14th Weapons Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. He served in staff assignments at Headquarters, Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Combat Command. His Pentagon assignments include Operations Directorates of Headquarters Air Force and the Joint Staff. Prior to his current assignment, the general served as Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group, the Pentagon.
A command pilot, Brig. Gen. Hicks has more than 3,000 flying hours mostly in the AC-130H/U, including combat missions in Panama, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va.
1993 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1996 Master's degree in international relations, Troy State University, Ala.
1998 Master's degree in military arts and sciences, Army Command and Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
1999 Master's degree in aerospace arts and sciences, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 Air War College, by correspondence
2006 National Defense Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington, D.C.
2010 Senior Executive Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 1987 - February 1988, Student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. June 1988 - March 1994, Pilot, Instructor and Evaluator, 16th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
3. March 1994 - May 1995, Evaluator Pilot, 4th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
4. May 1995 - June 1997, Chief, AC-130 tactics, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
5. June 1997 - June 1998, Student, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
6. June 1998 - June 1999, Student, U.S. Air Force School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. July 1999 - August 2001, Chief, Doctrine Branch, Headquarters U.S. Air Force Directorate for Strategy, Concepts and Doctrine, Washington, D.C.
8. September 2001 - June 2002, Executive Officer, Directorate of Aerospace Operations, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
9. June 2002 - April 2003, AC-130U Re-Qualification and Student, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
10. April 2003 - June 2005, Commander, 14th Weapons Squadron, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
11. July 2005 - June 2006, National Defense Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington, D.C.
12. June 2006 - June 2008, Assistant Deputy Directorate for Special Operations, Operations Directorate, the Joint Staff, Washington D.C.
13. June 2008 - April 2009, Commander, Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component, Joint Base Balad, Iraq
14. April 2009 - May 2010, Commander, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota AB, Japan
15. May 2010 - August 2011, Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
16. August 2011 - Present, Director, Command, Control, Communications and Cyber (J6), U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2006 - June 2008, Assistant Deputy Directorate for Special Operations, Operations Directorate, the Joint Staff, Washington D.C.
2. June 2008 - May 2010, Commander, Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component, Joint Base Balad, Iraq
3. August 2011 - present, Director, Command, Control, Communications and Cyber (J6), U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,000
Aircraft flown: AC-130H/U, C-130E/H, UH-1N
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
Aerial Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Gallant Unit Citation
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with Valor Device and two oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug. 26, 1986
First Lieutenant Aug. 26, 1988
Captain Aug. 26, 1990
Major Sept. 1, 1997
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2001
Colonel March 1, 2006
Brigadier General Aug. 5, 2011
(Current as of May 2012)
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