Keith Dayton
| Keith W. Dayton | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 7, 1949 |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1970 - 2010 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | HHB, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery, 9th Infantry Division C Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery, 9th Infantry Division 4th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery, 8th Infantry Division Division Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division Deputy Director, Human Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency Director, Iraq Survey Group |
| Battles/wars | Operation Iraqi Freedom |
| Awards |
Defense Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit |
Lieutenant General Keith W. Dayton, (born March 7, 1949) United States Army, is the director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Dayton served as the U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel-Palestinian Authority in Tel Aviv, Israel from December 2005 to October 2010. He has also served as the Director of the Iraq Survey Group, as a senior member of the Joint Staff, and as U.S. Defense Attache in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia.
After graduating from the College of William & Mary in 1970, Lt. Gen. Dayton was immediately commissioned as an artillery officer through the Reserve Officer Training Corps. Prior to his current assignment, he spent 37 years in a variety of command and staff assignments, most recently serving as the director of the Iraq Survey Group during Operation Iraqi Freedom and as Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3, United States Army, before his current assignment as U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Other key assignments include deputy director for Politico-Military Affairs, Joint Staff; United States Defense Attaché, Moscow, Russia; senior Army fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations, New York; commander, Division Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Germany; and commander, 4th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery; 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Germany.
He has written many technical articles over the course of his career, as well as was one of the co-authors of The Future of NATO: Facing an Unreliable Enemy in an Uncertain Environment, a study on the future of NATO published in 1991.
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