Brigadier General John B. Mountford graduated from the
United States Military Academy at West Point in 1995 and
commissioned into the Field Artillery. Brigadier General
Mountford has served in a variety of positions throughout the
United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

He commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment
and the 210th Field Artillery Brigade. He has also served as
the Deputy Commanding Officer (Maneuver), 1st Infantry Division.
Most recently, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations
for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) in the United Kingdom.
Brigadier General Mountford’s staff assignments include Assistant
Fire Support Coordinator, V Corps; Chief of Transformation, 8th
US Army; Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness; and Director, Joint and
Integration, G8, Headquarters Department of the Army.

Brigadier General Mountford holds a bachelor’s degree in
philosophy from West Point and a master’s degree in
organizational leadership from Gonzaga University. He is a
graduate of the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College,
the United Kingdom’s Higher Command and Staff Course, was the
U.S. Army War College Fellow at the Yale Jackson School of Global
Affairs, and graduated from the French International Capstone
Course. Brigadier General Mountford is married to his wife and
they have two children.