ASA(ALT) Principal Military Deputy Lt. Gen. Robert L. Marion presents the PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support Charter to Peterson, the Army’s newest brigadier general and program executive officer.
ASA(ALT) Principal Military Deputy Lt. Gen. Robert L. Marion presents the PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support Charter to Peterson, the Army’s newest brigadier general and program executive officer. (Photo Credit: Dennis Gerback) VIEW ORIGINAL

DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. – U.S. Army Program Executive Office Combat Support & Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS) headquartered here, held a combination promotion and assumption of charter ceremony June 30 for its new PEO, Brig. Gen. Samuel L. “Luke” Peterson.

Director of the Defense Contract Management Agency Lt. Gen. David G. Bassett officiated the promotion portion of the ceremony, while Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Lt. Gen. Robert L. Marion presided over the assumption of PEO charter portion of the event.

Brig. Gen. Samuel L. “Luke” Peterson looks on as Maj. Zane Williams (left) and Maj. Jude Coe unfurl his one-star flag. Lt. Gen. David G. Bassett, director, Defense Contract Management Agency, promoted Peterson from colonel to brigadier general during the June 30 ceremony.
Brig. Gen. Samuel L. “Luke” Peterson looks on as Maj. Zane Williams (left) and Maj. Jude Coe unfurl his one-star flag. Lt. Gen. David G. Bassett, director, Defense Contract Management Agency, promoted Peterson from colonel to brigadier general during the June 30 ceremony. (Photo Credit: Dennis Gerback) VIEW ORIGINAL

As PEO CS&CSS, Peterson provides professional and executive management for the development, systems integration, acquisition, testing, fielding, sustainment, and modernization of approximately 250 diverse equipment systems across the Army's Transportation, Quartermaster, Ordnance, and Engineer portfolios.

Prior to this assignment, he served as the Deputy Director-Transition supporting the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office since August 2020. There, he was responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing all program transition requirements for RCCTO capabilities transitioning to respective Program Executive Offices and Program Managers. Previously, Peterson served as the Deputy Director supporting the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology) Deputy for Acquisition & Systems Management (DASM).

Peterson accepts the PEO CS&CSS colors from Lt. Gen. Robert L. Marion, ASA(ALT) principal military deputy, in the June 30 ceremony held at the historic Detroit Arsenal. Andrew “Andy” DiMarco (left,) deputy PEO CS&CSS, served as the acting PEO prior to Peterson’s assignment here.
Peterson accepts the PEO CS&CSS colors from Lt. Gen. Robert L. Marion, ASA(ALT) principal military deputy, in the June 30 ceremony held at the historic Detroit Arsenal. Andrew “Andy” DiMarco (left,) deputy PEO CS&CSS, served as the acting PEO prior to Peterson’s assignment here. (Photo Credit: Dennis Gerback) VIEW ORIGINAL

Andrew “Andy” DiMarco, CS&CSS deputy PEO, served as acting program executive officer while the Army underwent the processes associated with selecting Peterson as the new PEO. During the event, Marion presented DiMarco the Superior Civilian Service Award for his time as acting PEO.