John G. Hathaway

Director
Civil-Military Policy Deputate

Mr. Hathaway is the Director of Civil-Military Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. He is responsible for coordinating, developing and overseeing National Guard and Reserve consequence management policies and domestic preparedness programs involving military disaster assistance to states, territories and local authorities. This includes integrating Reserve components in support of Federal programs to mitigate the effects of terrorist incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD). He also works in partnership with other DoD policy offices to shape a role for the Reserve components in DoD's Homeland Security mission area.

Mr. Hathaway served more than thirty-six years in the U.S. Army, retiring at the rank of Colonel. He entered the service from Portland, Oregon.

Mr. Hathaway's military career encompassed a variety of leadership positions to include: extensive command, at platoon through brigade levels, in Airborne, Air Assault, Light Infantry and Special Operations units; operations experience from battalion through Army level, and three Joint Duty assignments. Of particular note, he developed, organized, trained, and fielded the first DoD Response Task Force (RTF) and was its Deputy Commander for the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1997 Presidential Inaugural. He also has served as a Defense Coordinating Officer.

In addition to a Bachelor of Science Degree from the U.S. Military Academy, Mr. Hathaway was awarded a Master of Public Administration degree from Pennsylvania State University. His military education includes graduation from the Army War College.