Brigadier General (Ret.) Chris Stockel, who currently serves as the vice president of the Civil Affairs Association Western Region, commanded infantry, special forces, and civil affairs units in the U.S. Army, culminating at the one-star level as commanding general of the 351st Civil Affairs Command (CACOM) in Mountain View, CA. As CG of the 351st, he was responsible for nearly all civil affairs operations in the INDO-PACIFIC region. Before that, he was Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) and Chief of Staff of the 352nd CACOM. He spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations focused on China, at AUSA LANPAC in Hawaii on HADR, and testified before Congress to the House committee on State and Foreign Operations on Iraq.