Daniel P. Bolger of Aurora, Illinois

Aurora, Illinois

Aurora is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the 112th largest city in the United States. A suburb of Chicago, located west of the Loop, its population in 2010 was 197,899. Originally founded within Kane County, Aurora's city limits have expanded greatly over the past...

 is a Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General

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 (promoted 21-May-2010) of the United States Army

United States Army

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Formerly the Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas

Fort Hood, Texas

Fort Hood is a United States military post located outside of Killeen, Texas. The post is named after Confederate General John Bell Hood. It islocated halfway between Austin and Waco, about from each, within the U.S. state of Texas....

 and U.S. Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations he currently serves as the Commanding General of the Combined Security Transition Command in Afghanistan and Commander of the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan. He is also the author of books such as "Dragons at War", "Americans at War", "Savage Peace", "The Battle for Hunger Hill", "Feast of Bones", and "Death Ground".

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in History and US Army commission as 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry from The Citadel
  The Citadel (military college)
  The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, also known simply as The Citadel, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. It is one of the six senior military colleges in the United States...
  
   in Charleston, South Carolina
  Charleston, South Carolina
  Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...
  
  
• Infantry Basic and Advanced Officer's Courses at Fort Benning
  Fort Benning
  Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama...
  
  , Georgia
  Georgia (U.S. state)
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• United States Army Airborne School
  United States Army Airborne School
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• Simultaneous MA and PhD, both in Russian History, from the University of Chicago
  University of Chicago
  The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
  
   in Chicago, Illinois
• History Professor at U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York
  West Point, New York
  West Point is a federal military reservation established by President of the United States Thomas Jefferson in 1802. It is a census-designated place located in Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,138 at the 2000 census...
  
  , 1986–1989
• Graduate of the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College
  Command and General Staff College
  The United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is a graduate school for United States Army and sister service officers, interagency representatives, and international military officers. The college was established in 1881 by William Tecumseh Sherman as a...
  
   at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
• United States Army Air Assault School
  United States Army Air Assault School
  The Sabalauski Air Assault School is a FORSCOM TDA unit located at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Its primary task is training leaders and soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division , other US Army units and US armed services in several courses annually.- Background :Air Assault School qualifies...
  
  
• Graduate, U.S. Army War College
  U.S. Army War College
  The United States Army War College is a United States Army school located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 500 acre campus of the historic Carlisle Barracks...
  
   at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, 1998

Military career

• 24th Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia
• Platoon leader
• Company executive officer
• Battalion S-4 (supply)
• Rifle company commander
• 2nd Infantry Division in Korea
  Korea
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• Battalion S-3 (operations)
• Commander of 2nd Brigade
• 101st Airborne Division
  101st Airborne Division
  The 101st Airborne Division—the "Screaming Eagles"—is a U.S. Army modular light infantry division trained for air assault operations. During World War II, it was renowned for its role in Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, in Normandy, France, Operation Market Garden, the...
  
   at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astraddle the Kentucky-Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee...
  
  
• Division staff
• Commander of 1-327th Infantry Battalion
• Assistant Division Commander (Support)
• U.S. Army staff in Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
  
  
• U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia
  Norfolk, Virginia
  Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
  
  
• Adviser to the Iraqi Army
  Iraqi Army
  The Iraqi Army is the land component of the Iraqi military, active in various forms since being formed by the British during their mandate over the country after World War I....
  
  

Awarded a Bronze Star for Valor

• Commander of the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana
• Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division in Fort Hood, Texas
  Fort Hood, Texas
  Fort Hood is a United States military post located outside of Killeen, Texas. The post is named after Confederate General John Bell Hood. It islocated halfway between Austin and Waco, about from each, within the U.S. state of Texas....
  
  
• Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.
• Commanding General, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan/Commander, NATO Training Mission, Afghanistan

External links

• Fort Hood CG