Alan R. Lynn

Alan R. Lynn
LTG Alan R. Lynn, USA Director, Defense Information Systems Agency,
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1979-present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	U.S. Army Signal Center of Excellence Commanding General, Fort Gordon 35th Chief of Signal Signal Corps (United States Army), 311th Signal Command (Theater), 3d Signal Brigade, 13th Signal Battalion

U.S. Army Lieutenant General Alan R. Lynn is the Director, Defense Information Systems Agency at Fort Meade, MD.

In 1979, Lieutenant General Lynn graduated from the California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA, earning a bachelor's degree in English. He also holds a master's degree in National Resource Management from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF). His other military education includes the Air Defense Artillery Basic and Advanced Courses, the Signal Officer Advanced Course, the United States Air Force Information Systems Officer’s Course where he became a Network Engineer, the Command and General Staff College and the Defense Language Institute for Italian.

Lieutenant General Lynn commissioned into the United States Army in 1979 as an Air Defense Artillery Officer. His first assignment was with the 1-51st Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, Ft. Ord, CA, where he served as a Chaparral and Stinger Platoon Leader, Air Defense Fire Support Officer, and C Company Executive Officer. Following the Air Defense Artillery Advance Course, he attended the Defense Language Institute to learn Italian. In 1984, he commanded the 1-34th United States Army Artillery Detachment, a Nike Hercules missile special weapons warhead team, in Ceggia, Italy.

Lieutenant General Lynn branch transferred to the Signal Corps, and served as the Training Officer for the 5th Signal Command in Worms, Germany. In 1986, he took command of the 324th Signal Company, 72d Signal Battalion, Karlsruhe, Germany, in support of the US Army Europe (USAREUR) Main Command Post.

Following his second company level command, Lieutenant General Lynn attended the Signal Officer Advance Course at Ft. Gordon, GA, and the Air Force Information Systems Officer’s Course at Keesler Air Force Base, MS where he was awarded a new Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) of 25E, Network Engineer. He was then assigned as the Division Radio Officer for the 101st Airborne Division. In 1990, he served as the Brigade Signal Officer for the 1st Infantry Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.