Maj. Gen. Thomas Vickers Jr., Alabama Army National Guard, is commanding general of the 167th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort McClellan, Alabama. Previously, he was commanding general of the 135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command. He deployed once to Iraq and twice to Kuwait. He has two master’s degrees: one in education from Columbus State University, Georgia, and one in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.