Vincent K. Brooks
| Vincent K. Brooks | |
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General Vincent K. Brooks, USA
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| Born |
October 24, 1958 Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America |
| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1980–present |
| Rank |
 General
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| Commands held |
United States Forces Korea United Nations Command ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command U.S. Army Pacific Third Army 1st Infantry Division 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division |
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| Awards |
Army Distinguished Service Medal (4) Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (4) Bronze Star (2) Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal (8) Air Medal Joint Service Commendation Medal Army Commendation Medal (2) Army Achievement Medal (3) |
Vincent Keith Brooks (born October 24, 1958) is a United States Army general who is the current commander of United States Forces Korea, United Nations Command and ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command. He previously served as commanding general of the United States Army Pacific and before that as the commanding general of Third Army. Brooks was the United States Army's Deputy Director of Operations during the War in Iraq, and frequently briefed the media, which raised his public profile. He also served as the Chief of Army Public Affairs The Pentagon. He later was commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division. General Brooks assumed his current assignment on April 30, 2016.
Brooks was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He grew up in an Army family in California, and his father Major General Leo A. Brooks Sr. and brother Brigadier General Leo A. Brooks Jr. both retired after careers in the Army. His uncle, Francis K. Brooks was the majority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives and a member of the Vermont Senate. Vincent Brooks attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Virginia, for two years and then Jesuit High School in Carmichael, California, and graduated in 1976. He was a basketball player and he decided to follow his brother to West Point to study to become an officer.
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