In a time-honored Army tradition, Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton will relinquish command of the Cyber Center of Excellence to incoming Commanding General Maj. Gen. Ryan Janovic tomorrow, August 2, at 9 a.m. at Barton Field on Fort Eisenhower with a formation representing every unit post.
Maj. Gen. Stanton assumed command in a virtual ceremony on June 30, 2021, and during the past three years, he has overseen the Fort’s renaming to Eisenhower, the $4.2 billion installation modernization program, including the $1.2 billion cyber campus transformation and $5 million in renovating 118 military family homes. He also broke ground on 75 new family homes and assisted in the integration of Cyber early childhood education in Columbia County.
As ABD has previously reported, Fort Eisenhower with 31,000 military and civilian employees, makes it the largest, non-manufacturing employer with a nearly $2.4 billion economic impact for the CSRA annually.
Maj. Gen. Stanton has been nominated for lieutenant general and command of the Defense Information Systems Agency, and commander of the Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network at Fort Meade, Md.
Incoming Commanding General Maj. Gen. Ryan Janovic, a native of Akron, Ohio, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1993 and was commissioned into the Military Intelligence Corps. During his 31-year Army career, he served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was a White House Fellow, and a distinguished graduate of the National War College.
In 2019, Janovic joined the Cyber Corps as the Deputy Commander of Joint Force Headquarters – Cyber (Army). This experience, combined with three decades of work in the Intelligence Corps, led to the opportunity to serve as the Director of Operations (J3) for U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Md. prior to joining the CCoE.
The public can attend the Change of Command ceremony by arranging an access pass ahead of the ceremony. However, due to the anticipated congestion, viewing the live stream is recommended:
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Editor’s Note:
Mitzi Oxford is a veteran broadcaster and features writer who also worked at the same television station in Columbus, Georgia as Augusta’s Brad Means! If you have a South Carolina story idea for Mitzi, please email her at mitzioxfordcreative@gmail.com.
