BRIGADIER GENERAL NORMAN E. STEEN

Director, Joint Staff, Kansas Joint Force Headquarters

Brigadier General Norman E. Steen is the Director, Joint Staff, Kansas Joint Force Headquarters. His duties and responsibilities as the Director include assisting the Commander, Kansas Army National Guard and The Adjutant General in exercising command responsibilities. General Steen maintains continuous information of the Kansas Army National Guard's missions, operations, readiness, personnel strength, and overall status. He is responsible for the entire spectrum of interests relating to organization, training, equipping, planning, operations, logistics, administration and discipline. General Steen directs and supervises the coordination of special staffs and formulates staff operating policies ensuring command decisions and concepts are implemented.

He also serves as Commander of the Great Plains Joint Regional Training Center, a joint training facility that combines the nation's largest Air National Guard bombing range with co-located regional Army National Guard training facilities to form a single joint training facility. General Steen is responsible for developing and executing plans to join these existing Army and Air National Guard assets to train units up to Army battalion and Air Force squadron size in joint operations, creating joint training at the tactical level. He is also responsible for executing state plans to construct and manage a multi-venue first-responder emergency management training facility--a "Crisis City". General Steen and his staff work with military and other government agencies at local, state and federal levels to develop the infrastructure, training organization, and public information plans to prepare civilian fire departments, law enforcement, and emergency management planners to respond to crisis situations. He advises the Adjutant General on matters affecting joint training in the state, supervises a joint staff, and works directly with county and state government officials, leadership of nearby active and reserve component military installations, and senior military advisory organizations to county and state government officials.

General Norman E. Steen was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Infantry in the Regular Army on June 10, 1978 as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of Minnesota's Reserve Officer Training Corps. He has served in a variety of command and staff positions as a traditional National Guard Soldier, and on active duty. Most notably, General Steen served as Commander, 1st Battalion 635th Armor and Commander, 235th Regiment Kansas Regional Training Institute.

EDUCATION:

1978 University of Minnesota, Bachelor of Science, Economics, Minnesota, Minneapolis
1989 Kansas State University, Master of Public Administration, Manhattan, Kansas
2002 Army War College, by correspondence
2002 United States Army War College, Master of Strategic Studies, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
2009 Joint Forces Staff College, Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Norfolk, Virginia

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. January 1979 - March 1979, Rifle Platoon Leader, Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th, Infantry, Goppingen, West Germany
2. March 1979 - August 1979, Weapons Platoon Leader, Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, Goppingen, West Germany
3. August 1979 - July 1980, Assistant S-1, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, Goppingen, West Germany
4. July 1980 - March 1981, Anti-Armor Platoon Leader, Combat Support Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, Goppingen West Germany
5. March 1981 - December 1981, Heavy Mortar Platoon Leader, Combat Support Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, Goppingen West Germany
6. December 1981 - October 1982, Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Fort Benning, Georgia
7. October 1982 - December 1983, Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, Fort Riley, Kansas
8. December 1983 - March 1984, Training Management Control System Officer, Fort Riley, Kansas
9. March 1984 - June 1984, United States Army Reserve Control Group, Reinforcement, Inactive Ready Reserve
10. June 1984 - April 1985, Tactical Intelligence Officer, 1st Battalion, 635 Armor, Manhattan, Kansas
11. April 1985 - July 1986, S-1, 1st Battalion, 635 Armor, Manhattan, Kansas
12. July 1986 - September 1988, S-4, 1st Battalion, 635 Armor, Manhattan, Kansas
13. October 1988 - September 1989, Aide, Commanding General, 35th Infantry Division, Leavenworth, Kansas
14. October 1989 - June 1990, Secretary General Staff, 35th Infantry Division, Leavenworth, Kansas
15. July 1990 - February 1991, Executive Officer, 2nd Battalion, 635th Armor, Salina, Kansas
16. February 1991 - July 1992, S-3, 2nd Battalion, 635th Armor, Salina, Kansas
17. July 1992 - April 1996, Public Affairs Officer, 35th Infantry Division, Leavenworth, Kansas
18. May 1996 - December 1997, Inspector General, 35th Infantry Division, Leavenworth, Kansas
19. January 1998 - May 1998, Supply Management Officer, Headquarters, State Area Command, Topeka, Kansas
20. June 1998 - January 2001, Commander, 1st Battalion, 635th Armor, Manhattan, Kansas
21. January 2001 - June 2001, Assistant Military Support Officer, Headquarters, State Area Command, Topeka, Kansas
22. July 2001 - June 2002, Corps Cell Officer in Charge, Headquarters, State Area Command, Topeka, Kansas
23. July 2002 - September 2004, J-2, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Joint Force Headquarters, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas
24. September 2004 - June 2008, Commander, 235th Regiment, Kansas Regional Training Institute, Salina, Kansas
25. June 2008 - Present, Director Joint Staff, Kansas Joint Force Headquarters, Kansas National Guard, Topeka, Kansas

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Achievement Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
Kansas National Guard Meritorious Service Ribbon
Kansas National Guard Service Medal (with Sunflower Device)
Expert Infantryman Badge
Parachutist Badge

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION:

General Steen is, President, Jasper Enterprises, Inc., Franchise Owner and Shipping Consultant, Unishippers, Woodland Park, Colorado. As such he leads and directs the operations, sales, and customer service of Jasper Enterprises, Inc., a Colorado corporation doing business as Unishippers, which provides businesses in four States with overnight package express, air cargo, less-than-load and full truck load truck freight, and ocean container freight services to worldwide locations.

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 10 June 1978
First Lieutenant 7 June 1980
Captain 01 February 1982 (RA)
Captain 20 May 1985 (ARNG)
Major 15 October 1989
Lieutenant Colonel 01 October 1995
Colonel 05 March 2002
Brigadier General (Line) 27January 2009

(Current as of March 2010)