BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH B. DIBARTOLOMEO

Retired December 2, 2010

Deputy Commanding General (Reserve Component), Special Forces Command-Airborne, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Brigadier General Joseph B. DiBartolomeo served as the Deputy Commanding General (reserve Component), Special Forces Command-Airborne, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. General DiBartolomeo served as an advisor to the Commanding General on all Army National Guard matters. He also ensured that the Army National Guard is fully integrated in the planning process, staffing considerations, force structure, doctrinal development, resource management, training requirements and operational execution by all United Stated Special Forces Command-Airborne Command and Staff Elements. Prior to this assignment General DiBartolomeo served as Deputy Chief, Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan.

General DiBartolomeo has commanded at every level to include an Engineer Combat Platoon, Special Forces ODA, Company and Battalion. He served as the Commander of a Special Operations Detachment - Europe, the Deputy Commanding Officer and Commander of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force in Operation Joint Forge - Herzegovina. Prior to this assignment, he held the position of Deputy Commanding General, Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina from November 2005 to July 2008.

EDUCATION:

1978 West Virginia University, Bachelor of Science Degree, Business Administration, Morgantown, West Virginia
1983 West Virginia University, Masters of Professional Accounting, Morgantown, West Virginia
1983 West Virginia University, Juris Doctorate, Morgantown, West Virginia
2000 Senior Service College Fellow, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
2007 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2007 CAPSTONE, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, District of Columbia
2008 Army Strategic Leadership Development Course - Advanced, San Francisco, California

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. March 1978 - March 1979, Platoon Leader, Company B, 463rd Engineer Battalion, Weirton, West Virginia
2. March 1979 - January 1981, Executive Officer, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha Company B, 2nd Special Forces Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group Airborne, Youngstown, Ohio
3. January 1981 - Jul 1983, Executive Officer, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha, Company C, 2nd Special Forces Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group Airborne, Kingwood, West Virginia
4. July 1983 - January 1990, Commander, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group Airborne, Kingwood, West Virginia
5. January 1990 - December 1992, Executive Officer, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group Airborne, Kingwood, West Virginia
6. December 1992 - November 1994, S-3 (Operations), Detachment 2, Troop Command West Virginia State Army Command, Charleston, West Virginia
7. November 1994 - December 1996, Commander, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group Airborne, Kingwood, West Virginia
8. December 1996 - July 1999, Commander, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group Airborne, Kenova, West Virginia
9. July 1999 - July 2000, Temporary TDA position (attend Army War College), HEADQUARTERS West Virginia, State Area Command (-), Charleston, West Virginia
10. July 2000 - September 2000, Executive Officer, 77th Brigade, Troop Command, Charleston, West Virginia
11. September 2000 - December 2000, Deputy Commanding Officer, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, Special Operations Command Europe, Camp Butmir, Bosnia -Herzegovina
12. December 2000 - January 2001, Commanding Officer, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, Special Operations Command Europe, Camp Butmir, Bosnia - Herzegovina
13. January 2001 - May 2001, Deputy Commanding Officer, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, Special Operations Command Europe, Camp Butmir, Bosnia-Herzegovina
14. May 2001 - October 2001, Mobilization Readiness Officer, Headquarters West Virginia State Area Command, Charleston, West Virginia
15. October 2001 - April 2002, Commander, Special Operations Detachment Europe, Kingwood, West Virginia
16. April 2002 - April 2003, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
17. April 2003 - July 2003, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
18. July 2003 - December 2003, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
19. December 2003 - June 2004, Deputy Chief of Staff, Chief Information Office/G-6, United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
20. June 2004 - March 2005, Crisis Action Team Chief, Army Operations Center, Department of the Army G-3, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
21. March 2005 - November 2005, Commander, Special Operations Detachment, Europe, West Virginia Army National Guard, Camp Dawson, Kingwood, West Virginia
22. November 2005 - June 2008, Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Special Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
23. July 2008 - June 2009, Deputy Chief, Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan, United States Central Command, Pakistan
24. June 2009 - December 2010, Deputy Commanding General (Reserve Component), Special Forces Command-Airborne, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster
and 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Service Stars)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with M Device and Silver Hourglass)
Army Service Ribbon
Military Free Fall Parachutist Badge
Parachutist Badge
Chilean Jump Wings
German Free Fall Wings
Dutch Free Fall Wings
Special Forces Tab

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant USAR 20 March 1978
First Lieutenant ARNG 19 March 1981
Captain ARNG 01 December 1983
Major ARNG 01 December 1992
Lieutenant Colonel ARNG 20 December 1996
Colonel ARNG 08 November 2001
Brigadier General ARNG 01 November 2005

(Current as of February 2011)