John Kimmons General John Frederick “ Jeff ” Kimmons is a retired American Lieutenant General , who served as the 3rd Army Deputy Chief of Staff , G - 2 , and the 11th Commanding General , United States Army Intelligence and Security Command He was instrumental in the development of Army Field Manual , FM 2 - 22 . 3 , Human Intelligence Collector Operations , which was the Army ' s response to actions at Abu Ghraib prison . Kimmons retired from active service on December 1 , 2010 after 35 years . Early life . John Frederick Kimmons was born in 1955 , in Rutherford , New Jersey , an inner - ring suburb of New York City , to Hildegarde “ Hilde ” Marie ( née Koehler ) and John Austin Kimmons . Cadet Kimmons matriculated into The Citadel Corps of Cadet on August 1 , 1970 . Rising to the rank of Cadet Lieutenant , he was the commander of B Company . Upon graduation , he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Armor branch . Education . Kimmons completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in History at The Citadel , Military College of South Carolina in 1975 . He also attended the University of Oklahoma , where he received a Master of Business Administration degree in 1982 . Kimmons completed the Defense Intelligence Agency ' s Graduate Intelligence Program in 1979 , United States Army Command and General Staff College in 1988 , and the United States Army War College in 1995 . Military career . Company Grade Years . Second Lieutenant Kimmons attended the Armor Officer Basic Course , and in the fall of 1974 transferred to his first duty assignment at Fort Carson , Colorado . From October 1974 to July 1975 , he was a Platoon Leader in C Company , 1st Battalion , 77th Armor . From August 1975 to October 1975 , he attended the Tactical Intelligence Staff Officer Course at Fort Huachuca , Arizona . Returning to his unit , First Lieutenant Kimmons received his first Intelligence assignment as the Battalion S - 2 ( Intelligence ) . After two years as a battalion S - 2 , he became the Assistant S - 2 , later S - 2 ( Intelligence ) , 2d Brigade , 4th Infantry Division ( Mechanized ) . Captain Kimmons was selected for the 1978 - 1979 Postgraduate Intelligence Course at the Defense Intelligence School on Bolling Air Force Base , Washington , DC . In June 1979 to June 1982 , Kimmons served as an Intelligence Analyst at the U . S . Pacific Command ' s Intelligence Center - Pacific , Camp H . M . Smith , Hawaii . From August 1982 to August 1983 , he served as the 82d Airborne Division ' s Electronic Warfare Officer / G - 3 ( Operations ) at Fort Bragg , North Carolina . In September 1983 , he assumed command of B Company , 313th Military Intelligence Battalion ( Airborne ) , 82d Airborne Division . He deployed with the division to Operation URGENT FURY , contingency operations on Grenada in the Caribbean . After a year in command , Kimmons became the 313th Military Intelligence Battalion ' s S - 3 ( Operations ) . Field Grade Years . In June 1985 , Major Kimmons continued his assignment on Fort Bragg , but transferred to the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - DELTA ( Airborne ) , where he served as Assistant Intelligence Officer , later Intelligence Officer . Following attendance at the United States Army Command and General Staff College in 1987 - 1988 , he transferred to Germany . From June 1988 to May 1991 , he was the 8th Infantry Division ' s Deputy G - 2 ( Intelligence ) . Lieutenant Colonel Kimmons became Commander , 519th Military Intelligence Battalion ( Airborne ) at Fort Bragg on June 1 , 1991 . From June 1993 to June 1994 , he served as Director of Operations , United States Security Coordination Detachment , Fort Belvoir , Virginia . From July 1994 to June 1995 , he was a student at the U . S . Army War College at Carlisle Barracks , Pennsylvania In June 1995 , Colonel Kimmons became the Director of Intelligence , J - 2 , Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg . In June 1997 , he became the Commander , United States Army Security Coordination Detachment . General Officer Years . From July 1999 to January 2001 , he served as Deputy Director for Operations , National Military Command Center in the Pentagon , and later became the Deputy Director , Joint Staff New Administration Transition Team for The Joint Staff . In February 2001 , Kimmons became the Director for Intelligence , J - 2 , United States Central Command ( USCENTCOM ) , MacDill Air Force Base , Florida . He pinned on his first star on October 2000 . Kimmons planned and orchestrated all - source theater - level intelligence crisis and campaign level intelligence in support of post - 9 / 11 planning and invasion of Afghanistan ( Operations Enduring Freedom ) and Iraq ( Operation Iraqi Freedom ) . He drove requirements for enhanced all - source fusion analysis , site exploitation , hard target collection , and integrated targeting . After Brigadier General Kimmons completed his tour at USCENTCOM in July 2003 , he assumed command of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir on July 1 , 2003 . Major General Kimmons pinned on his second star on November 1 , 2003 . He led a multi - disciplinary 12 , 000 person intelligence organization encompassing Theater Intelligence Brigades in support of all geographic combatant commands ( U . S . Pacific Command and U . S . Forces , Korea ; U . S . European Command ; U . S . Central Command ; and U . S . Southern Command ) , the Army ’ s National Ground Intelligence Center ( NGIC ) , and functional Signals Intelligence ( SIGINT ) , Counterintelligence ( CI ) , Human Intelligence ( HUMINT ) , JSTARS Support and Security Clearance Adjudication commands . Kimmons effectively managed a multi - billion dollar intelligence budget . In August 2005 , Kimmons became the Army Staff ' s Deputy Chief of Staff , G - 2 in the Pentagon . Lieutenant General Kimmons pinned on his third star on October 1 , 2005 . He focused attention on intelligence modernization , pre - deployment readiness training and equipping for 40 , 000 Army MI Soldiers and Civilians in support of wartime operations in Iraq and Afghanistan , and theater / contingency operations worldwide . From February 2009 until October 2010 , Kimmons was the Director of the Intelligence Staff for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence , Washington , DC . He assisted the DNI with orchestration of responsive intelligence support for the President , National Security Council , and IC . Kimmons led the IC Deputies Executive Committee process to accomplish critical IC reforms and intelligence integration actions , and provided effective oversight for a multi - billion dollar National Intelligence Program budget . His duties also included oversight of IC - wide analytic standards development , including IC Directive 610 . Lieutenant General Kimmons retired on December 1 , 2010 after serving 36 years in the Army . Awards and decorations . General Kimmons ' awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster , Defense Superior Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters , Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Cluster , Bronze Star , Master Parachutist Badge , Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge , and Army Staff Identification Badge . Retirement . General Kimmons is a Distinguished Alumnus of The Citadel . On January 22 , 1997 , Colonel Kimmons was awarded the Military Intelligence Corps Association ' s LTC Thomas W . Knowlton Award for Excellence in Intelligence , commemorating his significant role in Army Military Intelligence while assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command . In January 2011 , Kimmons became a Principal Director in Booz , Allen , Hamilton Inc . , responsible for their Military Intelligence , Army Sub - Market . He also focuses on support to the Army G2 and Headquarters , US Army INSCOM . Personal life . General Kimmons and wife Kathryn have two children , Kurt and Marliese .