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Major General John R. Hawkins III,
Assistant Deputy Chief Of Staff For Personnel
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General John R. Hawkins III, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for
Personnel, Office, and Deputy Chief of Staff is responsible for
overarching guidance and execution of Human Resources and Personnel
Doctrine, Policy, Programs and Operations for Headquarters Department of
the Army as the Senior Advisor to the Army Diversity Office. He has over
32 years of experience in civilian and military Human Resource and
Personnel Administration, including labor management, staffing and
recruitment, counseling and EEO/EO in collaboration with numerous Federal
Agencies.
During his previous assignment, he was the Army’s Deputy Chief Public
Affairs officer deployed under “Operation Enduring Freedom” in
Pakistan and Afghanistan as the Director of the Coalition Information
Service (CIS), reporting directly to the White House and the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. During this deployment, General
Hawkins was responsible for putting down the Al Qaeda and Taliban
Disinformation Campaign and ensuring immediate release of Coalition News.
In his charge were US Military, State Department, White House Personnel,
and Coalition Country Civilian. During Iraqi Freedom he provided
overarching guidance for the Army’s Embedded Media Campaign.
General Hawkins has over 30 years of commissioned service in the Army,
including over 17 years of active duty. He was commissioned as a Second
Lieutenant in 1971 through the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Howard
University. His military assignments include Commander 407th PSC,
Assistant Professor of Military Science, Command and Staff in Counter
Intelligence, Director of Personnel, Equal Opportunity and Equal
Employment Opportunity, Public Affairs and Congressional Affairs.
In his civilian capacity he is a Senior Associate Legislative Counsel
for the PMA Group, a Government Relations and Legislative Counsel Firm in
Washington, DC. He also served as the Executive Vice President of Cohn and
Wolfe, an International Public Relations Firm.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and
Marketing and was commissioned from Howard University, and he earned a
Masters of Public Administration in American Public Policy and
Governmental Management from The American University and a Juris Doctor
Degree from The American University Law School with study in International
Law at the University of London Law faculty in London, England. He
is a Published Graduate of the National Security Fellowship Program at the
JFK School of Government at Harvard University. His military education
also includes Command and General Staff College and the Army War College
National Security Fellowship Program.
His awards include the Legion of Merit with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army
Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Afghanistan Campaign
medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal
with hour glass and the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge.
Major General Hawkins or “Hawk’ as he is called on and off Capitol Hill
enjoys mentoring youth. He is a life member of The Association of the US
Army, The Reserve Officers’ Association, Kappa Alpha Psi and the Rocks.
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