| Brigadier
General John Adams is the Deputy United States Military Representative
to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Military Committee,
NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium and the Community Coordinator
for the Brussels American Community. He assists the United States
Military Representative in deliberations and actions on the Military
Committee, the highest military authority of NATO. He also works
closely with military representatives of NATO and Partnership for
Peace member nations to develop policy recommendations for the political
authorities of the Alliance.
General Adams received a Regular Army commission in 1976 from North
Carolina State University ROTC. After completing the Military
Intelligence Officer Basic Course, he was assigned to the 7th Infantry
Division at Fort Ord, California. From 1977 until 1979, he served
with the 7th ID as a G-2 Staff Officer and as Battalion S-2 in the
6th Battalion, 80th Field Artillery.
In 1979, he was the Distinguished Graduate of his Officer Rotary Wing
Flight Course at Fort Rucker, Alabama. After transition into
the OV-1D Mohawk aircraft, he was assigned from 1980 until 1982 with
the 73rd Combat Intelligence Company, 2nd Military Intelligence Battalion,
Stuttgart, Germany. In July 1982, he assumed command of Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 2nd Military Intelligence Battalion.
While in the 2nd Military Intelligence Battalion, he flew more than
500 hours in aerial surveillance missions as pilot-in-command in the
OV/RV-1D and RU-21D aircraft.
From 1983 until 1985, he was assigned to the United States Delegation
to the Military Committee at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
From 1985 until 1986, he served as Executive Officer to the Deputy
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.
Following graduate school in English at the University of Massachusetts
from 1986 to 1988, he joined the faculty of the Department of English,
US Military Academy, West Point, NY, as an Instructor and Assistant
Professor of English, from 1988 through 1990.
In 1991, he deployed to Operation DESERT STORM, serving on the staff
of ARCENT G-2 as Chief, Battle Damage Assessment for the Kuwaiti Theater
of Operations. He was then assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division
(Mechanized) in Wurzburg, Germany, where from 1991 until 1994, he
served in subsequent assignments as Chief, All-Source Analysis Center,
Deputy G-2 (Plans), and Executive Officer, 103rd Military Intelligence
Battalion.
He was assigned in 1994 as Assistant Army Attache, US Defense Attache
Office (USDAO) Brussels, Belgium, where he served until 1997.
In November – December 1996, he deployed to Operation GUARDIAN ASSISTANCE
in Rwanda. Subsequently, he served as Defense and Army Attache,
USDAO Zagreb, Croatia, from 1998 until 2001. In 2001, he was
assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he served
until 2002 as Deputy Director, European Policy, Office of the Secretary
of Defense. From 2002 until 2003, he served as Defense and Army
Attache, USDAO Seoul, Korea.
In June 2003 he was appointed as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff
for Intelligence on the US Army Staff.
Brigadier General Adams has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from NC
State University, a Master of Arts in International Relations from
Boston University, a Master of Arts in English from the University
of Massachusetts, and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the US Army
War College. He is a graduate of the Military Intelligence Officer
Basic and Advanced Courses, the Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course,
the US Army Command and General Staff College, and the US Army War
College. His military decorations and badges include the Defense
Superior Service Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Aviator Badge,
Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, Army Staff Identification Badge, and
Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge.
General Adams is proficient in French, Dutch, German, and Croatian.
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