CAPE Addition

The Pentagon's cost assessment and program evaluation office is slated to get a new addition to its leadership team, according to a Defense Department statement issued today:

Army Lt. Gen. Robert P. Lennox has been nominated for reappointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as principal deputy director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.  Lennox is currently serving as deputy chief of staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

According to his official bio, Lennox has held his current post since November 2009, and is "responsible for integration and programming across the Army to meet the current and future force requirements." Further:

Lieutenant General Lennox graduated in 1977 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering. He also holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Stanford University, and a Masters Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the National Defense University. Lieutenant General Lennox's military education includes the Air Defense Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Combined Arms Services Staff School, the Army Command and General Staff College, and the National War College.

Lieutenant General Lennox's last assignment was as the Director, Army Quadrennial Defense Review. His previous assignments include: Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7; Commanding General, United States Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, Texas; Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff United States Army Accessions Command; Deputy Commanding General/Deputy for Operations, United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss; Director, Army Staff Transition Coordination Team, Office of the Chief of Staff, Army; Commander, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade; Missile Defense Planner, Sea, Air and Space Superiority Assessment Division, J-8 the Joint Staff; Commander, 1st Battalion (Avenger) 2nd Air Defense Artillery; Chief, G-3 (Plans and Exercises), 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army; Executive Officer, 4th Battalion (PATRIOT), 43rd Air Defense Artillery, 32nd Army Air Defense Command, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany and OPERATION DETERMINED RESOLVE, Saudi Arabia; Instructor/Course Director, later Assistant Professor, later Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy, West Point; Operations Officer, 1st Battalion 67th Air Defense Artillery, 9th Infantry Division; Assistant Division Air Defense Officer, 9th Infantry Division; Commander, C Battery, 1st Battalion 67th Air Defense Artillery, 9th Infantry Division; Platoon Leader B Battery, later Battery Executive Officer, C Battery, and later Battalion Adjutant of the 1st Battalion, 62 Air Defense Artillery, 25th Infantry Division.

Check out the CAPE office's latest reports:

DOD FY-10 Annual Report On Cost Assessment Activities

DOD FY-09 Annual Report On Cost Assessment Activities