LIEUTENANT GENERAL CLYDE A. VAUGHN
Director, Army National Guard
Lieutenant General Clyde A. Vaughn served as the Director of, the Army National Guard. As the Director, he guided the formulation, development and implementation of all programs and policies affecting the Army National Guard; a force of over 350,000 Soldiers in the 54 States, Territories, and the District of Columbia.
He was commissioned through the Missouri National Guard Officer Candidate School program in 1974 and consequently has served in a wide variety of command and staff positions as a traditional Guardsman and on active duty. He has served extensively in Central and South America on several deployed Task Forces. His general officer assignments were as the Deputy Chief of Staff under the G3 of the United States Army, Deputy Director of the Army National Guard, and Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for National Guard Matters.
EDUCATION:
1968 Southeast Missouri State College, Bachelor of Science, Education, Cape Giradeau, Missouri
1989 United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
1994 United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
1994 Shippensburg University, Masters, Public Administration, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. August 1974 - January 1976, Platoon Leader, 1221st Transportation Company, Dexter, Missouri
2. January 1976 - May 1976, Platoon Leader, C Company, 1140th Engineer Battalion, Siketon, Missouri
3. May 1976 - January 1978, Platoon Leader, Detachment 1, A Company, 1140th Engineer Battalion, Charleston, Missouri
4. January 1978 - February 1979, Reconnaissance Officer, Headquarters Company, 1140th Engineer Battalion, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
5. February 1979 - January 1980, Engineering Officer, 1140th Engineer Battalion, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
6. January 1980 - November 1980, Executive Officer, C Company, 1140th Engineer Battalion, Siketon, Missouri
7. November 1980 - August 1983, Company Commander, C Company, 1140th Engineer Battalion, Siketon, Missouri
8. August 1983 - August 1984, Utilities Engineer, 135th Engineer Group, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
9. September 1984 - December 1984, Operations Officer, 135th Engineer Group, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
10. December 1984 - June 1985, Operations Officer, 135th Engineer Group, Fort Clayton, Panama
11. July 1985 - November 1985, Exercise Officer, 193rd Infantry Brigade, Fort Clayton, Panama
12. November 1985 - June 1986, G3 Staff Officer, 193rd Infantry Brigade, Fort Clayton, Panama
13. June 1986 - June 1987, Executive Director, C Engineer Division, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, United States Army South, Fort Clayton, Panama
14. June 1987 - November 1987, S3 Officer, Task Force 1169, Ecuador
15. November 1987 - July 1988, Executive Director, C Engineer Division, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, United States Army South, Fort Clayton, Panama
16. August 1988 - June 1989, Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
17. June 1989 - July 1990, Staff Action Officer, National Guard Bureau, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
18. July 1990 - May 1992, Task Force Commander, National Guard Bureau Operations and Training Division, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Virginia
19. June 1992 - May 1993, Chief, Operations and Exercises Branch, Army National Guard Operations Division, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Virginia
20. June 1993 - June 1994, Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
21. July 1994 - August 1995, Senior Army National Guard Advisor for Reserve Affairs, United States Army South, Fort Clayton, Panama
22. September 1995 - November 1997, Commander, Exercise Support Command and Deputy Chief of Staff Reserve Affairs-National Guard, United States Army South, Fort Clayton, Panama
23. December 1997 - February 2000, Chief, Operations Division, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Virginia
24. February 2000 - September 2002, Deputy Chief of Staff, G3, United States Army, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
25. September 2002 - November 2003, Deputy Director, Army National Guard, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Virginia
26. November 2003 - June 2005, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for National Guard Matters, Office of the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
27. June 2005 - Present, Director, Army National Guard, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Virginia
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold Hourglass)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon (with Numeral 2)
Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 4)
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Army Superior Unit Award
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTIONS:
Second Lieutenant ARNG 10 August 1974
First Lieutenant ARNG 9 August 1977
Captain ARNG 9 December 1980
Major ARNG 2 July 1985
Lieutenant Colonel ARNG 2 May 1990
Colonel ARNG 11 February 1994
Brigadier General (LINE) ARNG 1 August 2000
Major General (LINE) ARNG 10 November 2003
Lieutenant General (LINE) ARNG 15 June 2005
(Current as of May 2008)