Deputy Commanding General - Army
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Since: November 2009
SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE USMA
EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
United States Military Academy – BS – No Major
University of Kansas – MS – Journalism
United States Army War College – MSST – Strategic Studies
MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED
Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army War College
FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded
PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT
2LT 6 Jun 79
1LT 21 Feb 81
CPT 1 Jun 83
MAJ 1 May 91
LTC 1 Jan 96
COL 1 Dec 01
BG 2 Apr 08
ASSIGNMENTS
Jan 80 to Dec 82 Rifle Platoon Leader, later Executive Officer, C Company, later Support Platoon Leader, later Battalion Motor Officer, 2d Battalion, 503d Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Jan 83 to Aug 83 Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia
Sep 83 to Sep 84 Assistant S-3 (Air), 1st Battalion, 23d Infantry, 2d Infantry Division, Eighth United States Army, Korea
Jan 85 to May 86 Team Chief, Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jun 86 to Jun 88 Commander, A Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry (Airborne), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Aug 88 to May 90 Student, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Aug 90 to Jun 91 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Jul 91 to Oct 91 Student, Public Affairs Course, Defense Information School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
BG Patton, Gary S. Oct 91 to Oct 93 Public Affairs Plans Officer, United States Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii
Oct 93 to Oct 94 Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry, later S-3 (Operations), 2d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Nov 94 to Jul 97 Functional Area 46/Public Affairs Assignment Officer, later Executive Officer to the Director, Office Personnel Management Directorate, United States Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria Virginia
Aug 97 to Jun 99 Commander, 3d Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Aug 99 to Jun 00 Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Jul 00 to Jun 02 Senior Light Task Force Trainer, later Deputy Commander, Operations Group, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California
Jun 02 to Dec 05 Commander, 2d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, Eighth United States Army, Korea later Fort Carson, Colorado and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Dec 05 to May 06 Chief of Staff, 7th Infantry Division, later redesignated Training Support Division (West), First United States Army, Fort Carson, Colorado
Jun 06 to Dec 07 Chief of Staff, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Dec 07 to Nov 09 Director, J-1, The Joint Staff , Washington, DC
Nov 09 to Present Deputy Commander for Programs, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE
Public Affairs Plans Officer, United States Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii Oct 91 - Oct 93 Major
Director, J-1, The Joint Staff , Washington, DC Dec 07 - Nov 09 Colonel/Brigadier General
Deputy Commander for Programs, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan Nov 09 - Present Brigadier General
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE
Commander, 2d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, Eighth United States Army, Korea later Fort Carson, Colorado and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq Jun 02 - Dec 05 Colonel
Chief of Staff, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq Jun 06 - Nov 07 Colonel
Deputy Commander for Programs, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan Nov 09 - Present Brigadier General
BG Patton, Gary S. US DECORATIONS AND BADGES
Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge
Ranger Tab
