His military education includes Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army War College, and multiple senior level executive development courses in strategic planning, personnel management, and organizational design.

General Bednarek has served in a wide variety of senior command and staff positions in the United States, Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific. He has commanded at every echelon, from company to Army level, culminating in command of First United States Army, responsible for the training and readiness of our Nations Guard and Reserve Forces for worldwide deployment.

The past 26 months in Iraq saw the fragile stability of institutional security, a democratic national election, the invasion of ISIL and collapse of the Iraqi Security Forces, the transition of government, and the initiation of the Combined Joint Task Force in support of the global coalition for the ongoing warfight.

General Bednarek is currently engaged in consulting for multiple organizations ranging from foreign policy think tanks to defense contracting. He continues to provide advice and senior mentorship / counsel for a wide range of Joint Force readiness activities.

Lieutenant General Bednarek’s awards and decorations include two Defense Superior Service Medals, six awards of the Legion of Merit, the Department of State Meritorious Honor Award, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, six awards of the Meritorious Service Medal, and multiple other individual and unit level awards.

He is married to the former Holly Meyer, and they have three daughters, one son, and one daughter-in-law. They currently reside in Arlington Virginia.

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From 2006-2008, he served as the Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies and Operations (PP&O). This posting followed his command of the 1st Marine Division where he led the ground assault during the second Battle of Fallujah in Iraq in 2004 and managed security operations in the Al Anbar province during the 2005 Iraqi national elections.

He sits on JINSA’s Board of Advisors and serves as a member of its Hybrid Warfare Task Forces and previously on its Gaza Assessment Task Force.

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Since becoming a flag officer in 2007, Rogers has also served as the director for Intelligence for both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Pacific Command, and most recently as commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet. Originally a surface warfare officer (SWO), he was selected for re-designation to cryptology (now Information Warfare) in 1986.

Duties afloat have included service at the unit level as a SWO aboard USS Caron (DD 970); at the strike group level as the senior cryptologist on the staff of commander, Carrier Group 2/John F. Kennedy Carrier Strike Group; and at the numbered fleet level on the staff of Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet embarked in USS Lasalle (AGF 3) as the fleet information operations (IO) officer and fleet cryptologist. He has also led cryptologic direct support missions aboard U.S. submarines and surface units in the Arabian Gulf and Mediterranean.

Ashore, Rogers commanded Naval Security Group Activity Winter Harbor, Maine (1998-2000); and, has served at Naval Security Group Department; NAVCOMSTA Rota, Spain; Naval Military Personnel Command; Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; the Bureau of Personnel as the cryptologic junior officer detailer; and, Commander, Naval Security Group Command as aide and executive assistant (EA) to the commander.

Rogers’ joint service both afloat and ashore has been extensive and, prior to becoming a flag officer, he served at U.S. Atlantic Command, CJTF 120 Operation Support Democracy (Haiti), Joint Force Maritime Component Commander, Europe, and the Joint Staff. His Joint Staff duties (2003-2007) included leadership of the J3 Computer Network Attack/Defense and IO Operations shops, EA to the J3, EA to two directors of the Joint Staff, special assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, director of the Chairman’s Action Group, and a leader of the JCS Joint Strategic Working Group.

He served his last assignment as commander, U.S. Cyber Command and director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service in March 2014.

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He is a graduate of Navy Fighter Weapons School, the Marine Aviation and Weapons Tactics Squadron One, Weapons and Tactics Instructor course, and the Strike Leader Attack Training Syllabus.  He has commanded at the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron, Marine Aircraft Group, Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Forces Command and Joint Force Command levels.

Later in his career, Lieutenant General Beydler commanded the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Okinawa, Japan from July 2010 to June 2012. From July 2014 through October 2015, Lieutenant General Beydler commanded II Marine Expeditionary Force and United States Marine Corps Forces Africa in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In October 2015, Lieutenant General Beydler took command of United States Marine Corps Forces, Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.  Lieutenant General Beydler was placed on the Retired List on 1 September, 2018 at the completion of over 37 years active duty.

Lieutenant General Beydler has accumulated approximately 4000 flight hours in tactical jet aircraft, beginning with the F-4S Phantom, and finishing with over 3000 hours in the F/A-18.

His personal decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with three Gold Stars, the Air Medal-Strike Flight, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with one Gold Star.

Lieutenant General Beydler is married to the former Kimberly Stevens, the daughter of a career Navy Officer.  They have two children, both Marines, Captain Shannon Hillery, a Judge Advocate, and Captain Robert Beydler, a recently winged Naval Aviator, currently training in the F/A-18.

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LTG Palumbo served 34 years in the U.S. Army leading both conventional and special operations forces during peacetime and in combat. As a general officer he served as assistant commander of the Joint Special Operations Command, the deputy commander of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, and commander of U.S. Army Alaska. In these roles, he directed complex organizations ranging in size from small tactical units to a 24,000-person military command, and while serving in the Pentagon influenced the Military Intelligence Program budget (in excess of $20B annually).

LTG Palumbo has a BS in General Engineering from West Point, an MS in Administration from Central Michigan University, and an MS in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. He also graduated from the British Higher Command and Staff Course in England. LTG Palumbo is a master aviator and military parachutist, and is a recipient of the 2015 Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

LTG Palumbo currently serves as director or advisor on the boards of several aerospace, defense, and software companies. His philanthropic endeavors focus on reducing veteran unemployment and post-traumatic stress disorders among our active military and veteran populations.

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His staff billets include speechwriter and strategic analyst for General Krulak the 31st Commandant, the Junior Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Assistant Air Operations Officer of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in OIF, and served as the Deputy Assistant Commandant for Aviation from 2008 to 2010.

He built and led the first Marine Corps Red Team in Al Anbar province in Iraq in 2004

He built and led the first ever Cyber Joint Interagency Task Force in 2006 at Fort Meade.

In the course of his military career he has flown over 4,300 mishap free hours in primarily the AV-8, but also in the F-5, FA-18, and every type model series tilt-rotor, rotary winged and air-refueler in the USMC inventory plus over 900 hours in general and experimental aviation aircraft.

He graduated with honors from The Basic School and was a Distinguished Graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College. He is a graduate of the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI), The School of Advanced Warfighting (SAW), and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He holds a Bachelor of Science from Allegheny College, a Master of Science from Marine Corps University and a Master of International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

He currently serves on the Rolls Royce North America GSC Board of Directors, on the advisory board of several defense start-ups (including adversary services and advanced design tilt-rotor).  He is a Trustee of Allegheny College, an advisory board member for the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, the Old Crows Electronic Warfare Association, and is a member of the Bonner County Hospital Board.

He is a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and Marine Corps Aviation Association

LtGen Davis has been happily married to Carol (a 1^st grade teacher) since 1981.  They have two sons that are Marine officers and aviators (F-35 and FA-18), two daughter-in-law, and two grand-daughters.  His hobbies include family, serving, reading, flying, fishing and skiing.

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LTG Gibson has performed in numerous intelligence and cyberspace operations roles, culminating her military service as Deputy Director of National Intelligence for National Security Partnerships. In previous assignments, she served as Director of Intelligence for United States Central Command; Director of Intelligence for Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, the multinational coalition to defeat ISIS; and Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army Cyber Command. A seasoned combat veteran, Ms. Gibson has led intelligence-operations fusion centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, East Africa, and in the United States.

Ms. Gibson is a native of Bozeman, Montana. She earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, a M.S. in National Security Strategy from the National War College, and a M.S. in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University.

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