Deputy Commanding GeneralU.S. Army Installation Management Command
Major General Al Aycock is the Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, serving since February 2009.
Before being assigned as the DCG of IMCOM, MG Aycock served as the Commanding General, Special Operations, Korea, from July 2008 to February 2009.
From August 2006 to July 2008, he served as Commanding General, Installation Management Command, Korea, where three of five garrisons were nominated for Army Community of Excellence (ACOE) awards within two years. From 2003 to 2006, Major General Aycock served as Garrison Commander of Fort Bragg, NC. During his tenure there, the post earned ACOE honors twice, finishing in the top three out of more than 90 installations, and earned the Army's Garrison Antiterrorism Award for three consecutive years.
Commissioned as an infantry officer in 1978 after graduating from the U.S. Military Academy, he became a Special Forces officer in 1987, after the creation of the branch.
MG Aycock's first assignment was to Fort Stewart, GA, where he served as a Rifle Platoon Leader, Support Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer in 2nd Battalion, 21st Infantry, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) as part of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force.
Upon reassignment to Fort Bragg, N.C., MG Aycock served as a Force Structure Officer and later Chief of Force Structure, XVIII Airborne Corps, during the Army of Excellence transformation. He served as Commander, Company E (Anti-armor), 504th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division where the unit earned best separate company honors.
He was a founding member of the Army's 1st Battlefield Coordination Detachment working with the Air Force on multiple deployments. He was later Executive Officer to the XVIII Airborne Corps G3.
Following graduation from the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) as honor graduate, MG Aycock was Detachment Commander, ODA 584 (Military Freefall), 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and later Battalion S3 for the 3rd Battalion.
Following graduation from the Armed Forces Staff College, he was assigned to the Pentagon as a Joint Service Officer where he served on the Joint Staff, J3, first in Counter-narcotics Operations Division, then as a briefer on the Crisis Action Team for Operation Desert Shield/Storm, and later in Special Operations Division on a classified project.
MG Aycock returned to Fort Bragg as Commander, Company F, 1st Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne) responsible for SFQC field training. He was selected as Aide-de-Camp for the Commanding General of U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
MG Aycock then served as Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 1st SWTG (Airborne) and later as Inspector General for the Special Warfare Center & School. He was selected as Commander, 2nd Battalion, 1st SWTG (Airborne) responsible for Special Forces Advanced Skills Training in military freefall, underwater operations, urban combat, sniper, and SERE.
He later served as USASOC Assistant Chief of Staff and the Commanding General's Speechwriter. After attending the Army War College, MG Aycock served as Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations (G3) for USASOC.
MG Aycock holds a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Military Academy, a Master of Education from Fayetteville State University with induction in the Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the Army War College where he also was selected for the first Advanced Strategic Art Program class. His military education includes the Armed Forces Staff College and Army Management Staff College.
MG Aycock's awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters (OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal with five OLCs. He earned the Joint Staff Identification Badge, Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, and Special Forces Tab.
