Major General John Tree is an American business owner and a major general in the United States Air Force Reserve, currently serving as the Senior Reservist (Mobilization Assistant) to the Air Force Chief of Staff at the Pentagon in Washington DC. In this role he assists the Chief with the organization, training and equipping of 685,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. Previously he was the Senior Reservist to the Director for Logistics, Engineering and Security Cooperation (J4), Headquarters, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. In that capacity he assisted the Director with the planning, coordination, and integration of strategic Logistics, Engineering and Security Cooperation in support of U.S. National Defense Strategy in order to build U.S. and partner capacities to accomplish the USINDOPACOM mission across the Asia-Pacific theater. For his work in the Pacific, General Tree was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal. Prior to this he was assigned as the senior reservist to Commander of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, with $3B in revenue and over 9,000 employees. The complex performs programmed depot maintenance on many large aircraft and engines for the Air Force, Navy and foreign military sales. He was also a candidate for the United States Congress with the Democratic Party. In November 2011, he announced his candidacy for Illinois's 10th congressional district. He did not win the primary election held on March 20, 2012 and he subsequently returned to private industry. He joined the Air Force in 1990 following his graduation from the United States Air Force Academy, and served on active duty for seven years in the supply chain, logistics, plans, and acquisition career fields. He then transferred to the Air Force Reserve in 1997, beginning his Reserve career which continues to the present time. In his civilian life, he and his wife own and operate a large Packaging Solutions company in Southern California. He has held many positions up to CEO and President of various logistics and supply chain companies, along with consumer product companies. He began his corporate career in marketing and brand management with Procter & Gamble, and then with Kellogg’s, where he was the Director of wholesome snacks, managing such icon brands as NutriGrain, Rice Krispies Treats, and Special K bars. This portfolio of brands generated over $400 million in annual sales. After leaving Kellogg’s in 2004,