Anthony Potts

Former Deputy Commanding General, RDECOM and Senior Commander, NSSC

U.S. Army

Brig. Gen. Anthony (Tony) Potts assumed the roles of Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, and Senior Commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, on January 5, 2017.
The general previously served as Special Assistant to the Program Executive Officer (PEO) – Missiles and Space at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
Potts earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Manage- ment Information Systems from Murray State University in 1986, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in Army Aviation. His military education includes Rotary Wing Flight Training, AH-64 Apache Instructor Pilot Course, Command and General Staff College, Program Manag- er's Course, and the Senior Service College. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Kentucky and a Masters of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
In prior assignments, Potts served as acting Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, PEO Missiles and Space; as Director, Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense and Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance, Sustainment Management Office, Redstone Arsenal; as Deputy Director for Acquisition and System Management, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)); and Director of Resource Integration, (ASA(ALT)), in Washington, D.C. He also served as Project Manager, Aviation Systems, PEO Aviation; Deputy G-3, Aviation & Missile Command; Product Manager, Apache Modernization; Product Manager, Blue Force Tracker – Aviation; and as the Assistant Product Manager for the Army Airborne Command and Control System, at Redstone Arsenal. He also served as Task Force Commander-Balkans Digitization Initiative; the Balkans.
Potts has served as an attack helicopter platoon leader in Germany, and in staff positions as a logistics officer, an intelligence officer and an operations officer. He served as commander of the U.S. Army’s AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter Training Company, and also served in the FORCE XXI experiments in the Digital Force Coordination Cell as Operations Officer for Aviation, Field Artillery, and Air Defense.
The general’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with Valor Device, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Superior Unit Award, National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Saudi Kuwait Liberation Medal, Senior Aviator Badge, Air Assault Badge and Army Staff Badge.
Potts is a rated AH-64 Apache Instructor Pilot with a combat tour in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. As an ac- quisition officer he has made numerous deployments to the Balkans, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, fielding and sustaining critical battlefield systems.

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