Command Sergeant Major Jay A. High assumed duties as the 20th Command Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) on February 5, 2025.
As the command sergeant major for a 9,000-person, two-star global command, Command Sergeant Major High serves as the senior enlisted advisor to the U.S. Army’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) and medical materiel integrator.
CSM High is a native of Ardmore, Oklahoma. He entered the U.S. Army in May 1996 as a Satellite Communications Operator/Maintainer. His military education includes the Battle Staff Noncommissioned Course, the Drill Sergeant School, the Test and Evaluation Basic Course, the Company Commander and First Sergeant Course, the Army Space Cadre Course, the Master Resiliency Trainer Course, the Project Management Course, Class 67 of the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy, Nominative Leader Course, and the Keystone Command Senior Enlisted Course.
CSM High is a graduate of Excelsior College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in General Studies and holds a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification.
CSM High has held leadership positions at every operational level from Team Chief to Command Sergeant Major. Notable assignments include Senior Drill Sergeant, F Company 787th Military Police Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; First Sergeant, Company B, 43rd Adjutant General Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Mission Command Test Directorate NCOIC, U.S. Army Operational Test Command, Fort Cavazos, Texas; Command Sergeant Major, 25th Signal Battalion, Bagram Airfield Afghanistan; Command Sergeant Major, 1st Signal Brigade, Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea; U.S. Army Element and J6 Senior Enlisted Leader, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
CSM High’s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit; the Bronze Star Medal, one oak leaf cluster; the Meritorious Service Medal, four oak leaf clusters; the Army Commendation Medal, three oak leaf clusters; the Army Achievement Medal, two oak leaf clusters; the Army Good Conduct Medal, ninth award; the National Defense Service Medal; the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, two campaign stars; the Iraq Campaign Medal, two campaign stars; the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; the Korean Defense Service Medal; the Army Noncommissioned Officer Development Ribbon, numeral 6; the Army Service Ribbon; the Overseas Service Ribbon, numeral 8; the NATO medal, one bronze star; the Joint Meritorious Unit Award; the Army Superior Unit Award, one oak leaf cluster; the Combat Action Badge; Army Basic Space Badge; the Drill Sergeant Badge; and the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge, Silver. CSM High is also a recipient of the Signal Corps Regimental Association’s Silver and Bronze Orders of Mercury and is a Member of the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club.
CSM High is married to the former Melanie Campbell of Abilene, Texas, and together they have two sons.