Air Force's Hawkins named to lead DISA
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta appoints former vice director to be the new director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
The Defense Information Systems Agency has a new director: Air Force Maj. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins will succeed Lt. Gen. Carroll Pollett as the agency's leader, according to a release from the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Hawkins returns to DISA after a brief stint at the Pentagon as the Joint Staff's deputy director, command, control, communications and computer systems, a role he has filled since July. Prior to his Joint Staff assignment, Hawkins was DISA's vice director under Pollett.
He will be based at DISA's Ft. Meade, Md., headquarters.
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