Brigadier General (Ret.) Chris Stockel currently serves as the vice president of the Civil Affairs Association Western Region and the senior U.S. civil military operations (CMO) advisor to the Korean Battle Simulation Center (KBSC). He commanded infantry, special forces, and civil affairs units, culminating at the one-star level as commanding general of the 351st Civil Affairs Command (CACOM) in Mountain View, CA and as the acting Combined Forces Command (CFC) C9 (civil affairs), Korea.
As CG of the 351st, he was responsible for nearly all civil affairs operations in the INDO-PACIFIC. Before that, he was deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) and chief of staff (COS) of the 352nd CACOM. Before this, he was the commander civil military operations center (CMOC) and deputy COS strategic effects Operational Command Post (OCP)Third Army/ARCENT, Kuwait. He deployed twice to Iraq – once as a CA officer and later as the PAO for CJSOTF-AP.
He spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations focused on China, at AUSA LANPAC in Hawaii on HADR, and testified about Iraq before Congress to the House committee on State and Foreign Operations. He earned a BA in Mathematics/Computer Science with a minor in German from Trenton State College including a year abroad at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany and a Master’s Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. He is a life member of the Council of Foreign Relations. While in uniform he held Department of Defense (DoD) language rating in German, Arabic, and Spanish. He is Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces qualified.
His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (2 OLCs), a Meritorious Service Medal, and numbers of other awards.
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