Brigadier General John Mountford

Deputy Commanding General - Readines US Army V Corps

Brigadier General John B. Mountford graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1995 and commissioned into the Field Artillery. Brigadier General Mountford has served in a variety of positions throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment and the 210th Field Artillery Brigade.

He has also served as the Deputy Commanding Officer (Maneuver), 1st Infantry Division. Most recently, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) in the United Kingdom. Brigadier General Mountford’s staff assignments include Assistant Fire Support Coordinator, V Corps; Chief of Transformation, 8th US Army; Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; and Director, Joint and Integration, G8, Headquarters Department of the Army. Brigadier General Mountford holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from West Point and a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College, the United Kingdom’s Higher Command and Staff Course, was the U.S. Army War College Fellow at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, and graduated from the French International Capstone Course.