Charles W. Hooper

Charles W. Hooper is a retired Lieutenant General in the United States Army who held the position of Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) from 2017 to 2020.[2]  DSCA administers security cooperation programs that support U.S. policy interests and objectives identified by the White House, Department of Defense, and Department of State.  These objectives include developing specific partner capabilities, building alliances and partnerships, and facilitating U.S. access.  DSCA integrates security cooperation activities in support of a whole-of-government approach; provides execution guidance to DoD entities that implement security cooperation programs; exercises financial and program management for the Foreign Military Sales system and many other security cooperation programs; and educates and provides for the long-term development of the security cooperation workforces.[3]  

Charles Wayne Hooper
BornNew York City, New York
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1979–2020
RankLieutenant General
AwardsDefense Superior Service Medal (5)

Legion of Merit (2) Defense Meritorious Service Medal

French National Defense Medal[1]
Websitehttps://www.dsca.mil/

Early life and education

The son of a New York City firefighter and a middle school teacher, LTG Hooper is native of Willingboro, New Jersey and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School.[4] He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Harvard University in 1989.  While at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, he was awarded the Don K. Price Award for Academic Excellence and Public Service and was selected to give the graduate student address at the 1989 Harvard University Commencement.[5]  In 2005, he returned to Harvard University as a Senior Research Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army War College and the UK Ministry of Defence Chinese Language School, Hong Kong.

Career

LTG Hooper was commissioned from West Point in 1979 as an infantryman.  He has served in command and staff assignments in the U.S. Army Armor Center, the 25th Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division and the U.S. Army Recruiting Command.  His political-military assignments include: Assistant Army Attaché to the People's Republic of China, U.S. Embassy Beijing, China; Deputy Division Chief, War Plans Division, G35, Army Staff; Senior Country Director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Chief, Army International Affairs Division, G35, Army Staff; and as an instructor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.  LTG Hooper was promoted to brigadier general and appointed the U.S. Defense Attaché to the People's Republic of China.[6]  He then served as the Deputy Director for Strategic Planning and Policy, J-5, United States Pacific Command (now Indo-Pacific  Command).  LTG Hooper was promoted to major general and served as the Director of Strategy, Plans, and Programs, J5, United States Africa Command.  Following his AFRICOM assignment,  LTG Hooper was the Senior U.S. Defense Official/U.S. Defense Attaché and Chief, Office of Military Cooperation, U.S. Embassy Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt.[7]

LTG Hooper is the senior U.S. Army Foreign Area Officer (FAO) and has almost 20 years of security cooperation, security assistance and military attaché experience.  He is the first FAO to serve at the DSCA Director.

Hooper is fluent in the Mandarin Chinese; the national language of China.

References
  1. USAFRICOM (2014-01-27), General Hooper's Award, retrieved 2019-07-22
  2. "US weapon sales boss talks China, arms exports and his agency's future". Defense News. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  3. "Home Page | The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency". www.dsca.mil. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  4. Krebs, Rose. "Two-star Army general from Willingboro has enjoyed long military career". Burlington County Times. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  5. "Orators Praise the Merits of Public Service". Harvard University Gazette Vol 84, No. 39. 2 June 1989.
  6. AP Archive (2015-07-21), US aid flights arrive in Chengdu, retrieved 2019-07-22
  7. "Lieutenant General Charles Hooper | The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency". www.dsca.mil. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
Military offices
Preceded by
Joseph Rixey		 Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
2017 - 2020		 Next:
Heidi H. Grant
Preceded by
Ralph Jodice		 Defense Attaché, U.S. Embassy, Beijing
2007 - 2009		 Next:
Bradley R. Gehrke
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