How a new Army cyber general got George Patton’s stars

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How a new Army cyber general got George Patton’s stars
By Davis Winkie and Colin Demarest
Aug 17, 01:53 PM
Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton, new commander of the Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Georgia, is promoted there on August 12, 2022. (Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton/Twitter)

When the newest commander of the Army cyber branch’s schoolhouse prepared his dress uniform on Thursday night ahead of his promotion to major general, he was clueless of the history lesson awaiting him.

Now-Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton’s promotion to lead the Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Georgia, was long-coming, too. He previously commanded the service’s Cyber Protection Brigade and completed tours as Cyber Command’s current operations director and the schoolhouse’s deputy commander.

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