Deputy Commanding General

Deputy Commanding General’s Biography

Brigadier General Sean Crockett is a 1995 graduate of Auburn University, where he received a Regular Army Commission. He is a graduate of the Chemical Officer Basic Course, Airborne Course, Chemical Captains Career Course, Combined Arms Services Staff School, Technical Escort Course, the Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSC), and the Army War College. He has completed a Bachelors in Aviation Operations Management and Masters Degrees in Business Organizational Security Management and Strategic Studies.

He began his career on staff with the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia and as a Platoon Leader and Executive Officer for the 92d Chemical Company, 3rd Infantry Division. He then went to the Soldier Biological and Chemical Command (SBCCOM), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland where he served as an Aide-de-Camp for the Commanding General. After that assignment, he assumed Command of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Technical Escort Unit. He went on to serve on the Division Staff as the Deputy Division Chemical Officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and then transferred to the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Headquarters, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, where he served as the Deputy Chief, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Division.

Brigadier General Crockett held multiple positions in the newly established 20th Support Command CBRNE) and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he served as the Deputy J5 Science & Technology Officer and WMD Planner for Combined Joint Task Force Troy in Baghdad, Iraq. Additional assignments include service as a BN XO and S3, Fort Polk, Louisianna; Brigade S3 and DCO, Fort Hood, Texas; Commander, 23d CBRNE BN, Joint Base Lewis McCord, Washington. After command, he conducted tours at the Pentagon and Army War College before serving as the Assistant Commandant, U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) School and Commander, 3d Chemical Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He then served as the Chief of Staff, United States Security Coordinator, Jerusalem, Israel and the Full Dimension Protection (FDB) Division Chief in the Army G8. Brigadier General Crockett then served as the 32nd Chief of Chemical and Commandant of the USACBRNS at the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence. His most immediate assignment was serving as the Deputy Commanding General of Operations for Eighth Army, including serving as Acting Commander for the last four months.

Brigadier General Crockett’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (2 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (3 OLC), Army Superior Unit Award, National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terror Service Medal, Parachutist Badge, and the German Proficiency Badge (Gold). He wears the Multi-national Corps Iraq as his Combat Patch.