Lieutenant General Charlie Moore

Biography

Retired Lt. Gen. Charles L. Moore, Jr. was the Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, from 2020 until 2022. USCYBERCOM directs, synchronizes, and coordinates cyberspace planning and operations to defend and advance national interests in collaboration with domestic and international partners.

Lt. Gen. Moore was commissioned in 1989 after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has served as an F-16 fighter pilot, instructor pilot, weapons officer, forward air controller, and instructor at the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. His command experience includes the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy; the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group, Balad Air Base, Iraq; the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw AFB, South Carolina; and the 57th Wing at Nellis AFB, Nevada. Prior to this position, Lt. Gen. Moore served as the Director of Operations, U.S. Cyber Command.

Lt. Gen. Moore is a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours in the F-16 and more than 640 hours of combat time.