David E. Quantock is a retired Lieutenant General of the United States Army who served as Inspector General of the United States Army from 2014 to 2018.

Military career

Quantock began his Army career as a

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with the 558th Military Police Company at Kriegsfeld Army Depot (North Point) Germany. His career continued as an officer with various leadership assignments including Commander of 504th Military Police Battalion, Commander of the

16th Military Police Brigade The 16th Military Police Brigade is a military police brigade of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This brigade has the only airborne-qualified military police units in the U.S. Army, outside of the 82nd MP Compa ...

, Commandant, United States Army Military Police School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Provost Marshal General of the United States Army and Commander of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command. Quantock's deployments include Operation Island Breeze (

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), Operation Uphold Democracy and

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(

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), and

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( Iraq).

Abu Ghraib

After the Abu Ghraib incident, in early 2004, then Colonel Quantock was called in as commander of the

to relieve the 800th Military Police Brigade. Quantock relieved Brigadier General

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on 14 January 2004, and was given responsibility to break down and rebuild the Abu Ghraib prison during the sensitive media frenzy that followed the revelations of abuse by members of the 800th.

Personal life and education

Quantock and his wife have three children. Quantock graduated from

Norwich University Norwich University – The Military College of Vermont is a private senior military college in Northfield, Vermont. It is the oldest private and senior military college in the United States and offers bachelor's and master's degrees on-campus ...

with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice in 1980. He holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from the

Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a public graduate school operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey, California. It offers master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 70 fields of study to the U.S. Armed Forces, DOD ci ...

, a

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degree from

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, and a Master of Science in strategic studies from the United States Army War College.

References

External links

Official Army bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quantock, David E. Living people Military police of the United States Army United States Army generals Norwich University alumni Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Recipients of the Legion of Merit Inspectors General of the United States Army Year of birth missing (living people)