Brigadier General Cross is a graduate of West Texas State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in marketing and holds a Master of Science degree in logistics management from the Florida Institute of Technology.

Brigadier General Cross’ past assignments include: Platoon Leader, Property Book Officer, and Shop Officer, 225th Maintenance Company, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Supply Control Officer, 2nd Supply and Transportation Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea; Commander, Headquarters and Supply Company, 3rd Support Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington; Assistant Professor of Military Science at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; Supply Management Officer, Materiel Management Center, Fort Hood, Texas; Support Operations Officer and Executive Officer, 3rd Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; Logistics Staff Officer, Directorate of Logistics, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Commander, 125th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas; Senior Forward Support Battalion Observer Controller, Combat Maneuver Training Center, at the [1] Hohenfels Training Area in Hohenfels, Germany; Support Operations Officer, 3D Corps Support Command, Wiesbaden, Germany; Commander, 200th Materiel Management Center, Kaiserslautern, Germany; and Plans Chief, J4, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Cross was promoted to Brigadier General in a ceremony held at the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia on December 2, 2005.

DSCP annually buys over $12.4 billion worth of food, clothing, textiles, medicines, medical supplies, construction and equipment items for American military personnel and other customers worldwide.

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