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Napper moving to Cyber Command; NETCOM commander named, too

  • By Defense Systems Staff
  • Jun 15, 2012

Maj. Gen. Jennifer Napper has been reassigned as director of Plans and Policy/J-5 at the U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Md., the Army said in a June 15 news release.

Napper is currently commanding general of the Army's Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) and deputy commanding general for Network Operations at Army Cyber Command/2d Army.

Maj. Gen. Alan Lynn, commanding general, U.S. Army Signal Center, Fort Gordon, Ga., will replace Napper as the NETCOM commanding general, the announcement said. 

No date for Napper's departure or assumption of duties was provided in the announcement.

Reader Comments

Fri, Jun 15, 2012 Cyber Command???

It is surprising to see MG Napper assigned to Cyber Command as director of Plans and Policy. During her time at NETCOM she was steadfast against initatives to develop a NETCOM cyber capability and much more focused budget ax type commander slashing mission and costs throughout NETCOM.

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