BRIGADIER GENERAL PAUL E. CASINELLI

  Retired October 31, 2008

Assistant Surgeon General for Mobilization, Readiness, and National Guard Affairs

Brigadier General Paul E. Casinelli served as the Assistant Surgeon General for Readiness, Mobilization, and (Army) National Guard Affairs. As such, he functioned as an advisor to the Army Surgeon General regarding medical policies affecting National Guard Soldiers and Families. He was specifically interested in the recruiting of sufficient medical assets to provide Health Service Support to the Guard both on and off the battlefield. He also served as an interface between the Surgeon General and the 54 State and Territory Surgeons, raising their concerns to the Surgeon General and the Chief, Army National Guard. Prior to this assignment, General Casinelli served as the State Surgeon and Commander, Medical Command, Connecticut National Guard.

Commissioned out of the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps as a Distinguished Military Graduate, General Casinelli was accepted into the first class of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Medical School. He then trained at Walter Reed and Brook Army Medical Centers in Anesthesiology. He successfully completed Airborne School, Pathfinder School, earned the Expert Field Medical Badge, and Novice Flight Surgeon Wings. He served as the Division Surgeon, 3rd Armor Division, in DESERT SHIELD/ DESERT STORM, deployed to SFOR-10, Bosnia, and also served as Task Force Surgeon, Task Force 185 Aviation, in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM-2, Balad, Iraq.

EDUCATION:

1976 University of Rhode Island, Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy, Kingston, Rhode Island
1980 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Doctor of Medicine, Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland
1996 Air War College, by correspondence
2001 United States Naval War College, Master of Arts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Newport, Rhode Island

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. May 1976 - October 1976, Inactive Ready Reserve
2. October 1976 - June 1980, Student, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Medical School, Bethesda, Maryland
3. June 1980 - June 1981, Anesthesia Intern, Student Company, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
4. July 1981 - June 1984, Anesthesia Resident, Student Company, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
5. July 1984 - September 1987, Anesthesiologist, Clinical Coordinator of the Intensive Care Unit, and Commander, Emergency Triage Team, 97th General Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
6. September 1987 - August 1988, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
7. August 1988 - January 1990, Chief, Anesthesia and Operative Services, Womack Army Community Hospital and Anesthesiologist, 1st Forward Surgical Team (Air Borne), 44th Medical Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
8. January 1990 - August 1990, Staff Anesthesiologist, 97th General Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
9. August 1990 - January 1991, Division Surgeon, 3d Armor Division, Frankfurt, Germany
10. January 1991 - May 1991, Division Surgeon, 3d Armor Division, South West Asia
11. May 1991 - January 1992, Division Surgeon, 3d Armor Division, Frankfurt, Germany
12. January 1992 - May 1993, Chief, Anesthesia and Operative Services, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
13. May 1993 - November 1993, Inactive Ready Reserve
14. November 1993 - May 1997, Field Surgeon, 30th Infantry Brigade, North Carolina Army National Guard, Goldsboro, North Carolina
15. May 1997 - September 1998, Brigade Surgeon, 30th Infantry Brigade, North Carolina Army National Guard, Goldsboro, North Carolina
16. September 1998 - January 2000, Field Surgeon, Medical Detachment 5, Connecticut Army National Guard, Niantic, Connecticut
17. January 2000 - January 2003, Flight Surgeon/Family Physician, Medical Detachment 5, Connecticut Army National Guard, Niantic, Connecticut
18. August 2000 - June 2001, Student, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
19. September 2001 - January 2002, Field Surgeon, 143rd Forward Support Battalion, SFOR 10, Camp Comanche, Bosnia
20. February 2003 - November 2005, State Surgeon and Commander, Connecticut Army National Guard Medical Command, Niantic, Connecticut
21. February 2004 - August 2004, Command Surgeon, Task Force 185 Aviation, Balad, Iraq
22. November 2005 - October 2008, Assistant Surgeon General for Readiness, Mobilization and (Army) National Guard Affairs

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Rating: Novice Flight Surgeon
Flight Hours: 190
Aircraft flown in: C-12, C-141, UH-1, UH-60, CH-47
Wings from: Fort Sam Houston, Texas

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Bronze Star Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Humanitarian Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Star Device)
South West Asia Service Medal (with 3 Bronze Star Devices)
Army Service Ribbon
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Bronze Hourglass, M Device, and Numeral 2)
Overseas Service Ribbon (with Numeral 2 Device)
Saudi Arabian Kuwaiti Liberation Medal
Kuwaiti Liberation of Kuwait Medal
NATO Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
North Carolina National Guard Governor's Unit Citation (Permanent Wear)
Army Staff Identification Badge
Expert Field Medical Badge
Novice Flight Surgeon Wings
Novice Airborne Badge
Pathfinder Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

1987 Board Certification, Anesthesiology
1994 Published Paper in Military Medicine on Draw Over Anesthesia in the Modern Operating Room
2004 Honorable Order of St. Michael
2008 Order of Military Medical Merit

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 30 May 1976
First Lieutenant 24 May 1979
Captain 24 May 1980
Major 24 May 1986
Lieutenant Colonel 24 May 1992
Colonel 27 May 1997
Brigadier General (LINE) 26 July 2006

(Current as of May 2008)