Carroll F. Pollett

Lieutenant General Carroll F. Pollett is Director, Defense Information Systems Agency, Fort Meade, Md.

He leads a global organization of military and civilian personnel who plan, develop, deliver, and operate joint interoperable command and control capabilities and a global enterprise infrastructure in direct support of the President, Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combatant Commanders, Department of Defense components, and other mission partners across the full spectrum of operations.

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.

During and prior to his current assignment, LTG Pollett was Commander, Joint Task Force—Global Network Operations; 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/Assistant Division Signal Officer, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized); Deputy Brigade Command and Brigade Operations Officer, 35^th Signal Brigade (Airborne), Fort Bragg; Battalion Executive Officer, 327^th Signal Battalion (Airborne), Fort Bragg; Assignment Officer, Military Personnel Center, Alexandria, VA; Battalion S3, 17^th Signal Battalion, V Corps; Platoon Lead, Assistant S3 and Company Commander, 426^th Signal Battalion, Fort Bragg and Company Operations Sergeant 7ID.

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

Among his many awards, LTG Pollett has been awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal; the  Army Distinguished Service Medal; the Defense Superior Service Medal; the Legion of Merit; the Bronze Star Medal; the Meritorious Service Medal; the Army Accommodation Medal; the Army Achievement Medal; Army Good Conduct Medal; the NCO Professional Development Ribbon; the National Defense Service Medal; the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Southwest Asia Service Medal (3 Campaigns); the Kwuaiti Liberation Medal; the Meritorious Unit Commendation; the Master Parachutist Badge; and Joint Chiefs and Army Staff Identification Badges.