BG Jennifer Napper
Brigadier General Jennifer L. Napper
U.S. Army Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4) Systems, J6
U.S. Pacific Command
Brigadier General Jennifer L. Napper, United States Army, is the Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4) Systems, United States Pacific Command. She is responsible for C4 systems across the largest regional combatant command enabling joint and coalition operations. She provides senior leadership and management of Pacific and global C4 resources to support the combatant command headquarters, and the forces of four component commands, four sub-unified commands and all joint task forces.
Brigadier General Napper's military career began in 1980 when she was commissioned into the United States Army National Guard. She entered active duty in the Signal Corps in 1983 after graduating from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She earned a Masters of Military Arts and Science from the Command and General Staff College in 1993 and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the Army War College in 2002. Her military education includes the Signal Corps Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Information Systems Staff Officer Course, the Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College.
Brigadier General Napper has served in a variety of command, troop and staff officer positions. Her command assignments were Brigade Commander, 7th Signal Brigade, 5th Signal Command in Mannheim, Germany where she deployed her unit in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Battalion Commander, 123rd Signal Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Other assignments include: G6, 3rd Infantry Division and Multi-National Division (North) in Bosnia-Herzegovina; Assignment Officer in Signal Branch, United States Total Army Personnel Command, Washington, D.C.; Battalion S3 and Executive Officer, 59th Signal Battalion, Fort Richardson, Alaska; Command Signal Officer, 32nd Army Air Defense Command, Darmstadt, Germany; S3 and Company Commander, 124th Signal Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Battalion Signal Officer, 1st Battalion, 80th Field Artillery, VII Corps, Aschaffenburg, Germany.
Brigadier General Napper's awards include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal, and Army Achievement Medal.
