Robert P. Ashley, Jr.

Robert Paul Ashley Jr. (born 1960) is an active-duty lieutenant general in the United States Army who currently serves as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army G-2 (intelligence). He received a commission through ROTC as a 1984 graduate of Appalachian State University.

Education

 * Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
 * Master of Science degree in Strategic Intelligence Management, National Intelligence University, Bethesda, Maryland.
 * Master of Science degree in Strategic Studies, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

Operational Deployments

 * Intelligence Analyst, Allied Land Forces Southern Europe, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Izmir, Turkey
 * Secretary to the Joint Military Commission, Stabilization Force, Operation Joint Forge, Bosnia-Herzegovina
 * Commander, Office of Military Support, Washington, D.C., Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom
 * Commander, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade(Airborne), XVIII Airborne Corps Operation Iraqi Freedom
 * Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, International Security Assistance Force and Director of Intelligence, United States Forces-Afghanistan