Carter Ham Military person

Carter F. Ham (born February 16, 1952) is a former United States Army general, who served as the second Commander, U.S. Africa Command. In that position, he was in command of the initial 2011 military intervention in Libya.Ham previously served as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army from August 28, 2008 to March 8, 2011. Prior to that, he served as Director for Operations (J-3) at the Joint Staff from August 2007 to August 2008 and the Commanding General, U.S. 1st Infantry Division from August 2006 to August 2007, and during the Balkan crisis in the mid 1990s was the commander of "Operation Able Sentry" in Macedonia.

Personal facts

Carter Ham
Alias (AKA)Ham Carter F.
Birth dateFebruary 16, 1966
Birth place
Portland Oregon

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Military person

award
Bronze Star Medal
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)
Legion of Merit
Achievement Medal
Commendation Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
military operations
Operation Odyssey Dawn
Iraq War
Libyan Civil War
Gulf War
military command
U.S. 1st Infantry Division
U.S. Africa Command
U.S. Army Europe
service start1974
service end2013

Carter Ham on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=279