Carter Ham is one of the most popular and richest War Hero who was born on February 16, 1952 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Commander of the United States Africa Command, who oversaw the War on Terrorism in hotspots such as Egypt and Libya.
He oversaw the combined American-and-European military action in 2011 that overthrew He oversaw the combined American-and-European military action in 2011 that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi‘s Libyan government.’s Libyan government.
Carter F. Ham (born February 16, 1952) is a retired United States Army general who served as the second commander of United States Africa Command. As commander of Africa Command, he led Operation Odyssey Dawn, the initial United States role in the 2011 military intervention in Libya.
Ham enlisted in the United States Army in 1973 and served as an infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division before being accepted in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (Army ROTC) while attending John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. An ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate, Ham was commissioned as an infantry officer in 1976. He later received his master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island as well as graduating from several military schools including the Infantry Officer Basic Course, the Armor Officer Advanced Course, the Naval War College’s College of Naval Command and Staff, and the Air War College. He is a member of the John Carroll University ROTC Hall of Fame. He and his wife, Christi, are both John Carroll University graduates.
He was born in Portland, Oregon.
