Lieutenant General Tome Hayes Walters, Jr., was Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Arlington, Virginia.
General Walters was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1970.
General Walters commanded an air refueling squadron, a pilot training operations group and an air refueling wing.
He is a command pilot, having flown more than 3,500 hours in air refueling and trainer aircraft, including 100 air refueling support sorties in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
Walters retired on July 1, 2004 and moved to Seguin, Texas.