Background
Cosumano, Joseph was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.
government agency administrator military officer
Cosumano, Joseph was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology, Northwestern State College, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Master of Science in Industrial Technology, Northwestern State College, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Graduate, Army Aviation School.
Graduate, Air Command and Staff College. Graduate, Defense Systems Management College. Graduate, Industrial College of Armed Forces.
Graduate Management Executive Course, Yale University.
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army, advanced through grades to lieutenant general. Commander 1st Armored Division, Germany, Headquarters Battery and Hawk Battery, Korea, 1st Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery, 5th Mechanized Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana, 1984—1986, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32d Army Air Defense Command, United States Army Europe, 1990—1992. Deputy commanding general United States Army Air Defense Artillery Center and School, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Program manager National Missile Defense Joint Program Office. Assistant deputy chief of staff for operations and plans Force Development, United States Army, Washington. Director task force objective force.
Commanding general United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command and United States Army Space Command, Arlington, Virginia, since 2001.