As the Military Deputy for DISA’s Operations Center, COL Darcy Saint-Amant is responsible for leading and coordinating strategic inter-agency cybersecurity initiatives with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, the Service components, Combatant Commands and Federal Agencies. Within DISA, she provides strategicleadership for the Operations Center encompassing over 6,680 Joint military, civilian, and contractors located in eight countries at 53 locations worldwide, including the Cyber Operations Directorate, Infrastructure Directorate, Services Directorate, and the National Leader Command and ControlDirectorate.
Throughout her career, COL Saint-Amant has served in various leadership positions in both tactical and strategic assignments over the past 21 years. She has been stationed in Germany, the United Kingdom, and posts in the United States to include Fort Meade and Fort Detrick, Maryland; Quantico, Virginia; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Huachuca, Arizona;and the Pentagon. Her deployments have been to Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.
COL Saint-Amant grew up in Melrose, Massachusetts. She was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in Cultural andPolitical Geography.
COL Saint-Amant is also a graduate of the Signal Officer’s Basic Course, the Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School, the Marine Corps C4I Planners’ Course, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, and the United States Army Command and General Staff College. She holds both a Master of Science degree in Information Assurance from Norwich University and a Master of Science degree in Government Information Leadership from the College of Information and Cyberspace at the National Defense University. She has also maintained the Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification since 2008.
COL Saint-Amant’s military decorations include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Kosovo Campaign Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the NATO Medal, the Army Staff Badge, the Aircraft Crew Member Badge – Basic, and the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge – Gold.