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Major General Jonathan A. Maddux Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) Major General Jonathan A. Maddux is the Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). A native of Michigan, Major General Maddux entered the Army as an enlisted Soldier in 1976. After a three year enlisted tour with the 82nd Airborne Division, he earned a Bachelor of Science in English, Language and Literature, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Operations Research Analysis from Eastern Michigan University and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. His postgraduate education includes: a Master’s degree in Administration from Central Michigan University, a Master’s degree in Telecommunications from University of Colorado (Boulder) and a MSST in Strategy from the United States Army War College. His Military education includes the Signal Officer Basic and Advance Courses, Project Management Course, Defense Systems Management College, Army Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. Major General Maddux has held key staff positions at the tactical, operational/joint and strategic levels. His prior assignments include: Assistant to the Principal Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology [ASA(ALT)]; the Deputy Commanding General, Support, Combined Security Transition Command­Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom; Program Executive Officer Ammunition/Commanding General, Picatinny Arsenal; Chief of Staff, Office of the ASA(ALT), Pentagon, Arlington, VA; Director for Army Evaluation Task Force Integration, Directorate for Program Manager for Future Combat Systems (Brigade Combat Team); Project Manager for Future Combat Systems Network Systems Integration; Executive Officer, Aviation and Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Systems Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition); Staff Officer, Aviation and Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Systems Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition); and Commander, Signal Detachment, 75th Ranger Regiment, after a successful company command of B Co, 38th Signal Battalion. Major General Maddux also served as an enlisted Military Police in the 82nd Airborne Division MP Co and 301st POW MP BDE.