Thomas L. James

Thomas L. James
Thomas L. James
	Official portrait, 2021
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1990–present
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Joint Task Force–Space Defense; 1st Space Brigade; 1st Space Battalion
Battles/wars	Gulf War; War in Afghanistan; Iraq War
Awards	Legion of Merit (2); Bronze Star Medal (2)

Thomas L. James is a major general of the United States Army who serves as the commander of Joint Task Force–Space Defense. He is the first Army space operations officer to reach the rank of major general.^[1]

James previously served as J3 Director of the Joint Force Space Component Command of the United States Strategic Command,^[2] and deputy commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Space. James was also assigned as the Director of Space Policy Implementation of Office of the Under Secretary for Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] He was promoted to major general on July 29, 2021.^[9]^[10]

Dates of promotion[]


Rank	Date
Brigadier general	November 2, 2017
Major general	July 29, 2021

References[]

^ "JTF-SD commander named Army's first Space Operations 2-star > Schriever Space Force Base > Article Display".
^ ^a ^b "Class Sep - 19 Oct 2018 National Defense University - PDF Free Download". docplayer.net.
^ "1st Space Brigade welcomes new commander". www.army.mil.
^ "Brigadier General Thomas L. James - General Officer Management Office". www.gomo.army.mil.
^ "Brigadier General Thomas L. James". www.schriever.spaceforce.mil.
^ "Brig. Gen. Thomas James Promotion". DVIDS.
^ "Formal Recognition of Joint Task Force-Space Defense Expands US Space Command's Protect an". Schriever Air Force Base.
^ https://www.stratcom.mil/Portals/8/Documents/Bios/CD%20JFCC-Space%20Col%20James%20bio.pdf?ver=2017-10-23-161847-283^{[bare URL]}
^ "PN815 — Army, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
^ "Major General Thomas L. James (USA)". GOMO. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

Military offices
Preceded by	Commander of the 1st Space Brigade 2014–2016	Succeeded by Richard Zellman
Preceded by Brian B. Brown	Deputy Commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Space 2017	Succeeded by Stephen Whiting
New office	Director of Operations of the United States Space Command 2019–2020	Succeeded by William G. Holt
New office	Commander of Joint Task Force–Space Defense 2019–present	Incumbent

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[1] "JTF-SD commander named Army's first Space Operations 2-star > Schriever Space Force Base > Article Display".

[auto-2] "Class Sep - 19 Oct 2018 National Defense University - PDF Free Download". docplayer.net.

[3] "1st Space Brigade welcomes new commander". www.army.mil.

[4] "Brigadier General Thomas L. James - General Officer Management Office". www.gomo.army.mil.

[5] "Brigadier General Thomas L. James". www.schriever.spaceforce.mil.

[6] "Brig. Gen. Thomas James Promotion". DVIDS.

[7] "Formal Recognition of Joint Task Force-Space Defense Expands US Space Command's Protect an". Schriever Air Force Base.

[8] ttps://www.stratcom.mil/Portals/8/Documents/Bios/CD%20JFCC-Space%20Col%20James%20bio.pdf?ver=2017-10-23-161847-283^{[bare URL]}

[PN815_—_Army-9] "PN815 — Army, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 2021-07-14.

[10] "Major General Thomas L. James (USA)". GOMO. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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