Major General Anthony Hale

Major General Anthony R. “Tony” Hale is currently serving as the commanding general, United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca. Prior to assuming this position, he served as the director of intelligence, US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), MacDill AFB, Florida.

MG Hale’s operational deployments include Operation Joint Endeavor and Operation Joint Forge (Bosnia), Operation Joint Guardian (Kosovo), Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

MG Hale’s command assignments include: Collection and Jamming Platoon leader, Alpha Company, 124th Military Intelligence Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. Mechanized, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Delta Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Dexheim, Germany; Headquarters and Headquarters troop commander, USA Office of Military Support; 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), Fort Meade, Maryland.

MG Hale also served in a variety of staff assignments to include: Assistant Battalion S2 and S2, 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armor, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea; Assistant S2 and S2, 1st BDE, 24th Infantry Division Mechanized, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Assistant Battalion S3 and S3 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Dexheim, Germany; Aide-de-camp to the commanding general, 1st Armored Division, Bad Krueznach, Germany; Assistant Squadron S3 and S3, USA Office of Military Support; Aide-de-camp to the commanding general, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq; Aide-de-camp to the 36th chief of staff, Army; joint special operations command liaison to the National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland; G2, U.S. Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; J2, director of intelligence for joint special operations command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and deputy chief of staff (intelligence) resolute support, US Forces-Afghanistan.

MG Hale commissioned in the Military Intelligence Corps through the ROTC program at North Carolina State University in 1990. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from North Carolina State University and a Master’s Degree “with Distinction” in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College. His military education includes the Military Intelligence Basic and Advance Courses, the Combined Arms Services Staff School, the U.S. Naval War College Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College.

His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal (OLC), Legion of Merit (OLC), Bronze Star (OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal (OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (2OLC), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (2OLC), Army Achievement Medal (2OLC), Joint Meritorious Unit Award (4OLC), Meritorious Unit Commendation (OLC), Army Superior Unit Award, Army Staff Identification Badge, Parachutist Badge, Combat Action Badge and the Ranger Tab.

MG Hale is married to the former Stacey Renee Tayloe of Ahoskie, North Carolina. She currently serves as the SHARP program manager for the United States Army Information Systems Engineering Command (USAISEC), Fort Huachuca, Arizona.