Reply #28: General Byrnes, a native of New York, New York [View All]

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GENERAL KEVIN P. BYRNES
COMMANDING GENERAL
UNITED STATES ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND

General Byrnes assumed the duties of Commander, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, on November 7, 2002, after serving as the Director, Army Staff.

General Byrnes, a native of New York, New York, was commissioned through the Officer Candidate School program in 1969. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Park College in 1975, and a Master of Arts in Management from Webster University in 1985.

As TRADOC Commander, General Byrnes is responsible for recruiting, training and educating the Army's Soldiers; developing its leaders; supporting training in units; developing doctrine; establishing standards; and building the future Army. TRADOC is comprised of more than 50,000 Soldiers and Department of the Army civilians operating in 33 Army schools across 16 installations.

Prior to assuming his current duties, he served as Director, Army Staff, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and as the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff. General Byrnes’ other key assignments include: Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; while deployed in that capacity, he simultaneously served as the Commanding General of the Multinational Division (North) in Tuzla, Bosnia, from October 1998 to August 1999; Director, Force Programs, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Washington, D.C.; Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver), 1st Cavalry Division; Commanding General, Joint Task Force Six, Fort Bliss, Texas; Commander, 1st Cavalry Division Artillery, and later Chief of Staff, 1st Cavalry Division; Director of Political and Economic Studies and Director of the Strategic Outreach Initiative for the United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Commander, 4th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery in 2nd Armored Division (Forward) in Germany; and Commander, Battery C, 1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His overseas tours include Vietnam, Germany and Bosnia.

General Byrnes is a graduate of the Command and Staff College and the Army War College. Among his awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Service Medal; Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit; and Bronze Star Medal.

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GENERAL KEVIN P. BYRNES' SPEECHES
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Snip from -- Valley Forge Military College, Wayne, Pa., May 16, 2005

The Army is all about people; we care for our people. While they are in our care, leading younger Soldiers, we will ensure they grow as leaders. We will take care of them as individuals, and as they accrue families along the way, we will take care of their families as well. The Army is a family; we take care of our own in many ways. We’ll provide them with the best training, the best leaders and the best equipment to ensure they can execute their duties without ever having to look over their shoulder or want for more. They’re joining a team that values its people. We always have, and we’ll continue to do that.

Our nation is engaged in a war right now, and it’s a small-unit war lead by lieutenants and sergeants. Their experience and their leadership are sorely needed. We’ve been challenged as a nation before. It certainly comes as no surprise to you in this great place, Valley Forge. We’ve had tremendous challenges in the past.

Think back about the history of our nation. Five times in our history the very future of the nation was put on the line. Five times: the Revolutionary War, the War Of 1812, the Civil War, as we stood against Nazism and Fascism in World II, and then against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Five times the fate of this nation was on the line. Now, since 9/11, I think we’re facing a sixth challenge to the fate of the nation. It is a global conflict of ideas, and it is certainly the fight of this generation.

Each time in our past democracy triumphed. We’re going to do it again this time because we have no other options than to go against this tremendous threat. We’re accomplishing a lot as we take on this threat to the nation. In Afghanistan and Iraq, our armed forces are assisting in bringing about liberty and changing the way of life for the people afflicted in those areas. In Afghanistan they held their first elections. Women voted. Think about where they were a few years ago under the murdering, brutalizing Taliban. Now they have a freely-elected government. They have their own Army that we’ve helped train, and they have freedom on the horizon.

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