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Brigadier General Keith Lee Thurgood |
| Brigadier General Keith L. Thurgood assumed duties as AAFES Commander on August 15, 2007. Prior to AAFES, he was the Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 95th Division (Institutional Training), beginning in April, 2004. General Thurgood is a native of Ogden, Utah. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Transportation Corps, after earning a baccalaureates degree from Brigham Young University, in August 1981, where he was a ROTC scholarship award winner, Distinguished Military Graduate, and the recipient of the George C. Marshall Leadership Award.
During his over 24 years of service, he has been assigned to a variety of command and staff positions, including command at company, battalion, and brigade levels. His overseas assignments include a long tour in Germany and multiple training assignments in Japan and Korea. Previous assignments include Brigade Commander, 8th Senior Reserve Officer Training Corp, 95th Division; Battalion Commander, 2-382 (Logistics Support), 75th Division; Brigade S2/3, 4th Brigade, 95th Division; Executive Officer, 3-381, 75th Division; Motor Transportation Plans Officer, 96th Corps Support Command; Highway Traffic Engineer, 311th Movement Control Center; Motor Transportation Plans Officer 311th Corps Support Command; Support Operations Officer 4th Infantry Division; Company Commander, 4th Infantry Division; Battalion S2/3 Operations Officer, 4th Infantry Division; Exercise Plans Officer, HHC, 4th Transportation Command; Platoon Leader, 69th Transportation Company. General Thurgood is a graduate of the Transportation Officer Basic and Advance Courses, NATO NBC Course, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the Supply Management Officer Course, the Military Policy Orientation Course, the Observer Controller Certification Course and the U.S. Army War College. He holds an MBA from Boston University, a Masters in Strategic Studies, a PhD, a.b.d., in Organizational Management and Leadership from Capella University and professional certificates from the University of Tennessee and Northwestern University. General Thurgood has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters), National Defense Service Medal (with Bronze Star), German Army Proficiency Fitness Badge and the Parachute Badge. In his civilian occupation, General Thurgood serves as the Director of Strategy and Integration for PepsiCo, INC in financial, logistics and systems development roles. He is responsible for the development of supply chain and logistics strategies across a 25 billion dollar enterprise. |