On Wednesday, April 17, 2019 AFCEA Quantico-Potomac hosted a Data Road Map Discussion with BGen Dennis Crall, USMC. BGen Crall is the Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor and Senior Military Advisor for Cyber Policy for the Department of Defense. This was an incredible opportunity as the Cyber Roadmap was presented and there was a follow-on classified discussion.
Agenda1100 Arrival
1130-1300 UNCLASS Briefing/Discussion & Luncheon
1300-1330 Transition to CLASSIFIED Space
1330-1500 CLASSIFIED (SECRET) Briefing/Discussion
Brigadier General Dennis A. Crall
Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor
Senior Military Advisor for Cyber Policy
Brigadier General Crall assumed the duties of Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor / Senior Military Advisor for Cyber Policy in Feb 2018 after serving as the Director – Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4), Headquarters Marine Corps / Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Marine Corps. A native of South Carolina, he graduated from the University of South Carolina and was commissioned in 1987.
Brigadier General Crall is a career Aviation Command and Control Officer who has commanded at the Squadron and Group levels. He deployed as the Direct Air Support Center – Airborne, Officer-In-Charge in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, conducting thirty-four combat missions spanning over three hundred fifty flight hours. He has also served as the Joint Liaison Officer to the 7th Air Force, 607th Air Support Operations Group in Osan, Korea.
Brigadier General Crall’s joint assignments include Chief, Joint Cyberspace Center, US Central Command (CENTCOM); Executive Officer to the Deputy Commander, CENTCOM; Division Chief, Information Operations, CENTCOM; Division Chief, Developments and Concepts, CENTCOM; and Branch Chief, Strategic Plans, Information Operations, US Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
Brigadier General Crall’s supporting assignments were with Marine Corps Recruiting Command, serving as the Operations Officer, Recruiting Station Albuquerque, NM; and Contact Team Officer, 6th Marine Corps District, Parris Island, SC.
Brigadier General Crall is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Control Systems Course; a distinguished graduate of the US Air Force Air Command and Staff College where he earned a M.S. in Military Operational Art and Science; and a distinguished graduate of the National War College where he earned a M.S. in National Security Strategy. He has also completed the Harvard Kennedy School Cybersecurity Executive Program.