{"id":41268,"date":"2017-08-02T21:06:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/02\/army-lt-gen-hooper-named-dsca-head\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:21:23","slug":"army-lt-gen-hooper-named-dsca-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2017\/08\/02\/army-lt-gen-hooper-named-dsca-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Lt. Gen. Hooper named DSCA head"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Charles Hooper, a longtime U.S. Army international affairs officer, has been promoted to rank of lieutenant general and named director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hooper was awarded his third star Monday as part of a batch of general officers promoted via voice vote in the Senate. He replaces Vice Adm. Joseph Rixey, who had lead DSCA since September 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contacted by Defense News, a spokesman for the Pentagon confirmed Hooper\u2019s appointment and said he is expected to be in office come Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DSCA is the Pentagon\u2019s point office on foreign weapon sales, a key part of how the department builds partner capacity and strengthens relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hooper was commissioned in 1979 as an infantryman and went on to serve in a variety of political-military roles, including U.S. defense attache to China, as well as a senior country director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia policy at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Other assignments include directing the J5 for U.S. Africa Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His most recent job was as chief of the Office of Military Cooperation in the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. <\/p>\n\n\n\t