Lt. Gen. John “J.T.” Thomson, U.S. Army retired, served more than 34 years in the Army, retiring in October 2020 as commander of NATO Allied Land Command, Turkey. Previously, he was commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, now known as Fort Cavazos. He deployed four times to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan. He is a 1986 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and has a master’s degree in leadership and counseling from Long Island University, New York. He is an Association of the U.S. Army Center for Leadership fellow.