DISA Changes Command, Pollett Retires
Fort George G. Meade, Md. – Army Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett transferred directorship of the Defense Information Systems Agency to Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronnie D. Hawkins, Jr., during a ceremony at the agency’s headquarters complex today.
Pollett has been the DISA Director since December 2008. He is retiring after serving in the Department of Defense for more than 37 years. Under his leadership, the agency has accomplished many operational and logistical milestones, including supporting critical defense operations in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, responding to natural disasters in Haiti and Japan, and providing communications to DoD warfighters around the world. At the same time, Pollett led the agency’s partnership with the U.S. Army to develop and implement enterprise services, and consolidated several DISA Headquarters locations from the Northern Virginia area to the new DISA campus here at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Pollett also led development of the DISA Campaign Plan, which established a two-year framework for the organization’s future. The Campaign Plan focuses agency planning and guides the allocation of resources, outlines the design of DISA’s organizational structure, and the execution of its priorities - all of which are inextricably linked.
"Every part of DISA has an essential role in the accomplishments and support we have provided the Warfighter over the past three years. Our partners throughout the Department, elsewhere in the government (foreign and domestic), and in industry have had critical roles as well,” said Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett, outgoing DISA Director. “I want to thank them for their continued service to their country, and for the hard work they do every day.”
Hawkins returns to DISA from Washington, D.C., where he was the Deputy Director Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4), Joint Staff, the Pentagon. He was the Vice Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency from September 2009 - July 2011. “I am honored to assume the Directorship of DISA and to continue our critical support to joint warfighters, national level leadership, and mission and coalition partners, providing joint and combined warfighting information technology capabilities.”
About the Defense Information Systems Agency
DISA (www.disa.mil) is a Department of Defense combat support agency that provides real-time information technology and communications support to the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, the military Services, and the Combatant Commands. From its Fort Meade, Md., headquarters and through worldwide field activities, DISA offers IT services, capabilities and acquisition expertise that enable our nation's military to accomplish their missions.
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