King served two assignments at U.S. Total Army Personnel Command, with stint in between in Germany commanding the 307th MI Battalion. His last assignment at PERSCOM was as Chief, Military Intelligence Branch. King went on to serve as Chief of Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition; Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Department of the Army Staff in June 1989. King then went on to command the 66th Military Intelligence Brigade in Germany. After command, he returned to the Army Staff and served as Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army for Intelligence.[3]
General officer assignments
Promoted to Brigadier General in 1993, King became the Associate Deputy Director for Operations (Military Support)/Chief of Operations and Targeting Group, NSA, Fort George G. Meade. In August 1994, he was assigned as the Director of Intelligence (J2), United States Central Command (CENTCOM), MacDill Air Force Base. King then became the J2, Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1996. In March 1998 King was made the Director, National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). He is credited as being a, "driving force behind the 'geospatial' concept, forcing the Intelligence Community to integrate the entire spectrum of NIMA products into their planning and lexicon." Under King's successor, NIMA was renamed the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.[3]
Civilian career
In retirement King has continued to work in defense- and intelligence-related industries. In 2005, he was named as the chief executive of MZM, Inc. at a time when it had come under serious scrutiny in what became the Cunningham scandal.[4] MZM was renamed Athena Innovative Solutions, eventually coming under the ownership of Veritas Capital.[5][6] King stayed on as chief executive officer at Athena. Athena was bought by CACI in 2007.[7]
King was a staff member of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.[8] He served as a commissioner on the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq.[9] King has also served on the boards of Gestalt, LLC. and Salient CRGT.[10][11]
King was inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame in 2006.[3]
Utah States University Alumnus of the Year 2016.[12]
References
^US Army Register: Regular Army Active List. Vol. I. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. January 1, 1972. p. 433.
^"Historical Handbook of NGA Leaders"(PDF). Federation of American Scientists. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Office of Corporate Communications. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.