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Biographies
Brig. Gen. James B. Burton, U.S. Army, retired, is the former commanding general of the 20th CBRNE Command,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. He has commanded at every echelon, including commanding a mechanized
combined-arms team during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, in Kuwait
during Operation Intrinsic Action; and the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division in Baghdad,
Iraq. He previously served as deputy commanding general for maneuver of the 2nd Infantry Division. He received
an MMAS from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and an MA in national security and strategic
studies from the Naval War College.
Col. F. John Burpo, U.S. Army, is the deputy department head for the Department of Chemistry and Life Science at
the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, and the former deputy commander for transformation
in the 20th CBRNE Command. He received a ScD in bioengineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
an MS in chemical engineering from Stanford University, and a BS in mechanical-aerospace engineering from West
Point. He has served in airborne, armor, and Stryker units with humanitarian, peacekeeping, and combat operational deployments to Rwanda, Bosnia, and Iraq.
Capt. Kevin A. Garcia, U.S. Army, is a cavalry officer serving in Central America engaged in counternarcotic/counter
transnational organized crime efforts. He received a BA from the University of Notre Dame and an MS in organizational leadership from Columbus State University. He previously served as a platoon leader in Iraq with the 3rd
Armored Cavalry Regiment, and as an aide-de-camp in the 2nd Infantry Division and in the 20th CBRNE Command.

Notes
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9. Ibid.
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