BRIGADIER GENERAL ERNEST C. AUDINO

Deputy Director, Operations, Readiness and Mobilization

Brigadier General Ernest C. Audino currently serves as the Deputy Director of Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, Headquarters Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7. As the Deputy Director, he supports Title 10 functions associated with Army current operations, force readiness, mobilization, military support to civil authorities, information operations, electronic warfare, asymmetric warfare, special operations forces, and anti-terrorism/force protection. His responsibilities include supervision of sensitive special mission units. General Audino also supports and supervises the United States Military Observers Group - Washington. He oversees the development of plans and execution of all actions by the twelve Divisions and two Field Operating Agencies within the Directorate.

General Audino received his commission in 1983 from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He served as tank platoon leader, scout platoon leader, tank company executive officer, tank company commander, tank battalion operations officer, tank battalion executive officer, and Army Congressional Fellow, Brookings Institution, with service in the U.S. Senate. He later commanded 1st Battalion, 33rd Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division; later re-designated 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry (RSTA), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington, a Stryker unit. He then graduated from the National War College and was reassigned as Chief, Training Division, Army National Guard.

Following that assignment he deployed to Iraq where he commanded a team of combat advisors embedded in 3rd Infantry Brigade, 4th Division Iraqi Army, an assignment he considers among the most rewarding in his military career. His brigade was formed entirely from Kurdish peshmerga (guerilla units) re-missioned to conduct counterinsurgency operations in Balad, Kirkuk, and along the Iranian border.

He redeployed to the United States and briefly served as Deputy Director of Operations for the National Guard Bureau until being selected as Executive Assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Audino previously served as the Director of Nuclear Support, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) until his current assignment as the Deputy Director of Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, Headquarters Department of the Army in July 2009.

EDUCATION:

1983 United States Military Academy, Bachelor of Science, West Point, New York
1993 Vermont Law School, Master of Law, Cum Laude, South Royalton, Vermont
1993 Vermont Law School, Juris Doctorate, South Royalton, Vermont
2003 National War College, Master of National Security Strategy, Washington, District of Columbia

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. December 1983 - December 1984, Tank Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armor Division, Gelnhausen, Germany
2. January 1985 - September 1986, Scout Platoon Leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armor Division, Gelnhausen, Germany
3. September 1986 - September 1987, Executive Officer, Company B, 1st Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armor Division, Gelnhausen, Germany
4. September 1987 - September 1989, S-3 Air, 1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado
5. September 1990 - October 1991, Liaison Officer, Headquarters 86th Brigade, 26th Infantry Division, Montpelier, Vermont
6. October 1991 - August 1992, S-3 Air, Headquarters 1st Battalion 172 Armor, 86th Brigade, 26th Infantry Division, Saint Albans, Vermont
7. August 1992 - August 1994, Commander, Company D, 1st Battalion 172 Armor, 86th Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division, Lyndonville, Vermont
8. August 1994 - September 1996, Battalion S-3, 1st Battalion 172 Armor, 86th Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division, Saint Albans, Vermont
9. August 1996 - January 1997, Battalion Executive Officer, 1st Battalion 172 Armor, 86th Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division, Saint Albans, Vermont
10. January 1997 - August 1998, Environmental Staff Officer, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia
11. August 1998 - December 1999, Army Congressional Fellow, U.S. Senate, Washington, District of Columbia
12. December 1999 - July 2002, Commander, 1st Battalion, 33rd Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division; later re-designated 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry (RSTA), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington
13. August 2002 - June 2003, Student, National War College, Washington, District of Columbia
14. June 2003 - January 2004, Branch Chief, Training Division, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia
15. January 2004 - September 2005, Division Chief, Training, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia
16. September 2005 - December 2006, Commander, Military Transition Team, 3rd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, Sulaymaniya, Iraq
17. December 2006 - June 2007, Deputy Director, J3/Domestic Operations, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia
18. July 2007 - November 2008, Executive Assistant to the Vice Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, District of Columbia
19. December 2008 - July 2009, Director of Nuclear Support, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Fort Belvoir, Virginia
20. July 2009 - Present, Deputy Director of Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7, Headquarters Department of the Army, Washington, District of Columbia

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal
National Defense Service Medal (with Bronze Service Star)
Iraq Campaign Medal (with 2 Campaign Stars)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with 'M' Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Army Superior Unit Award
Combat Action Badge
Joint Staff Identification Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge
Parachutist Badge

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant USA 25 May 1983
First Lieutenant USA 25 November 1984
Captain USA 1 May 1987
Captain ARNG 8 September 1990
Major ARNG 11 October 1994
Lieutenant Colonel ARNG 1 September 1999
Lieutenant Colonel USA 20 December 1999
Lieutenant Colonel ARNG 29 July 2002
Colonel ARNG 9 April 2004
Brigadier General ARNG 1 April 2009

(Current as of August 2009)