John M. Custer III
Major General John M. Custer III was a United States Army officer. He was the Commanding General, United States Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca.
Biography
Custer is a native of Pennsylvania and a graduate of the University of Delaware.In 1978 he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Military Intelligence Corps. Custer has commanded at every level to include company, battalion and brigade, and served as the primary intelligence staff officer at battalion, brigade, division, corps and joint command levels. His previous assignments include Joint Chiefs of Staff as a space architecture planner, and duty as an intelligence officer and nuclear weapons targeting officer aboard the Supreme Allied Commander Europe Airborne Command Post Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. He commanded a surveillance company on the Demilitarized Zone, Republic of Korea, a signals intelligence battalion at the National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland, and the 201st Military Intelligence Brigade, First US Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington. Custer has served as a company grade assignments officer at Military Intelligence Branch, US Army Military Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia, and as assistant commandant, United States Army Intelligence Center and School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Custer was married to the former Audrey Schoenfeld and has one daughter. He was assigned as the director of intelligence Headquarters on Fort Huachuca, Arizona, until departure in 2010. Custer retired in 2011 and worked for EMC2 and DELL.