Walter E . Fountain Walter E . Fountain ( born November 7 , 1961 ) is a United States Army Brigadier General who has served as Assistant Adjutant General of the Oklahoma National Guard . In 2013 he served as acting Deputy Director of the Army National Guard . Early life . Walter Emery Fountain was born in Prague , Oklahoma on November 7 , 1961 . He enlisted in the Oklahoma Army National Guard in 1980 , and was trained as a UH - 1 helicopter mechanic . Start of military career . In 1981 he completed Officer Candidate School and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry . Fountain later became qualified in the Aviation branch and advanced through several command and staff assignments . He became a full time member of the National Guard in 1986 . His command positions included : Company C , 1st Battalion 245th Aviation Regiment , Lexington , Oklahoma ( 1991 - 1994 ) ; Airfield , Headquarters , State Area Command , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ( 1994 - 1996 ) ; Army Aviation Support Facility , Headquarters , State Area Command , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ( 1996 - 1997 ) ; 1st Battalion , 245th Aviation , Tulsa , Oklahoma ( 2001 - 2003 ) ; and 90th Troop Command , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ( 2003 - 2005 ) . Fountain is a veteran of the Iraq War , having served as Chief of National Guard Affairs for Multi - National Corps – Iraq at Camp Victory , Baghdad from 2008 to 2009 . Career as a general officer . In November , 2011 Fountain was promoted to Brigadier General and assigned as the Oklahoma National Guard ’ s Assistant Adjutant General – Army . He served in this position until July , 2012 when he was appointed a Special Assistant to the Director of the Army National Guard . Fountain served as acting Deputy Director of the Army National Guard in 2013 , following the departure of Timothy J . Kadavy for an assignment in Afghanistan and prior to the arrival of Kadavy ’ s replacement , Judd H . Lyons . Education . In 1996 Fountain completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science s at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton , New Jersey . He received a Master of Science degree in Natural and Applied Sciences from Oklahoma State University in 1998 . In 2002 Fountain graduated from the United States Army War College with a Master ’ s degree in Strategic Studies . In addition to the Army War College , Fountain ’ s military education includes : the Infantry Officer Basic Course ; Aviation Officer Advanced Course ; Air Assault School ; Airborne School ; United States Army Command and General Staff College ; Joint Air Command and Control Course ; Joint and Combined Warfighting Course ; and Joint Task Force Commanders Course . Fountain has also completed executive - level seminars and similar education , to include : Level IV Antiterrorism Executive Seminar ; General Officer / Senior Executive Service Force Integration Course ; National Security Management Course , Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs , Syracuse University ; and George C . Marshall Center Senior Executive Seminar , Central Asia After ISAF Transition . Family . Fountain has been married to the former Elizabeth Ann Thompson since 2007 . Mrs . Fountain graduated from Oklahoma State University , where she was a sorority sister of Governor Mary Fallin .