Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett
Director, DISA 
Commander, Joint Task Force Global Network Operations

Lieutenant General Carroll F. Pollett is Director, Defense Information Systems Agency, and Commander, Joint Task Force — Global Network Operations, Arlington, Va.

As DISA Director, he leads a global organization of military and civilian personnel who plan, develop, and provide joint interoperable command and control capabilities and enterprise infrastructure to continuously operate and defend a global network enterprise in direct support of the President, Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combatant Commanders, and other Department of Defense components.

As the JTF-GNO Commander, he is responsible for directing the operation and defense of the Global Information Grid enterprise to assure timely and secure net-centric capabilities across strategic, operational, and tactical boundaries in support of DoD’s full spectrum of warfighting, intelligence, and business missions.

LTG Pollett was commissioned through the Infantry Officer Candidate School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Southern College and holds Master’s Degrees in Business Administration from Central Michigan University and in National Resource Strategy from National Defense University.

Some of LTG Pollett’s previous assignments include Chief of Staff, United States Strategic Command; Commanding General, United States Army Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Signal Command (Army); Commanding General, 5th Signal Command/Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Commander/Principal Director of Operations, Defense Information Systems Agency; Division Chief, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems, J-6, The Joint Staff; Commander/Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6, 3d Signal Brigade, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Director, Joint and Army Current Operations, Office of the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems, Washington, D.C.; Action Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, United States Army, Washington, D.C.; and Commander, 123d Signal Battalion, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized).

His military education includes the Signal Officer Advanced Course; United States Air Force Telecommunications Schools; United States Army Command and General Staff College; and Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

Among his many awards, LTG Pollett has been awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal; the Defense Superior Service Medal; the Legion of Merit; the Bronze Star Medal; the Meritorious Service Medal; the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; the Master Parachutist Badge; and Joint Chiefs and Army Staff Identification Badges.

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