Brig. Gen. Belinda Pinckney is the Deputy Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service. DFAS is the world’s largest finance and accounting operation. In fiscal year 2004, DFAS paid 5.9 million people, processed more than 12.3 million contractor invoices, made 6.9 million travel payments, disbursed $455 billion and accounted for 282 active Defense appropriations.
General Pinckney, a native of Dublin, Georgia, entered the Army in September, 1976 as a Finance Specialist. Upon completion of basic and advanced individual training, she was assigned to the 105th Finance Section, Augsburg, Germany. While holding various finance positions within the office, she was selected for Officer Candidate School in 1978, and was commissioned a Finance Officer on February 21, 1979.
General Pinckney earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at the University of Maryland; a Master of Public Administration degree in Financial Management at Golden Gate University; and, a Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
General Pinckney’s command and staff positions include:
- Brigade Commander, 266th Finance Command, and United States Army Europe Staff Finance and Accounting Officer, Heidelberg, Germany;
- Battalion Commander, Training Support Battalion, Soldier Support Institute, Fort Jackson;
- Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller); and,
- Budget Analyst, Technology Management Office, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army.
Her military awards include two Legion of Merit medals, six Meritorious Service medals, four Army Commendation medals, two Army Achievement medals, the Office of the Secretary of Defense Staff Badge, and the Army General Staff Identification Badge. General Pinckney was inducted into the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame in 2001.
Prior to her current position with DFAS, General Pinckney served as a Congressional Appropriations Liaison Officer in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
