Lieutenant General John Morrison
U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff
John Blaine Morrison was commissioned through the ROTC, earning an undergraduate degree from James Madison University. He also received two master’s degrees from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Morrison deployed to Germany and Saudi Arabia to support the war in the Persian Gulf. He served in relief efforts and peacekeeping operations and supported the Task Force Baghdad in Iraq.
He commanded the Joint Communications Support Element (Airborne), and held executive and command positions in the Pentagon. He served as Commanding General of the 7th Signal Command, then of the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command.
He served as Chief of Staff, United States Cyber Command before his appointment to his current position.
President Donald Trump nominated Morrison to be Army Deputy Chief of Staff G6. He was confirmed by the Senate in July and assumed the role in August of 2020.
He is married to Ann, and they have four daughters.
In the News…
Lieutenant General John Morrison announced the restructuring of the Army’s signal battalions at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association TechNet event in Augusta, Georgia. He explained that the changes will integrate technological advancements and create division-centric combat plans.
Lt. General Morrison stated that resources will handle network-centered issues at the division level, allowing signal soldiers to focus on unit-level work in their brigades. This will remove the analytics of battle plans from the shoulders of the brigades.
He said that senior leaders want large-scale combat operations to move faster than the previous brigade-centered model. The Army Deputy Chief of Staff said, “We want brigades moving and fighting.”
