BRIGADIER GENERAL ERIC C. PECK

Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Kansas Army National Guard

General Peck began his military career as a UH-1 crew chief in a Combat Engineer aviation section in 1974. He was appointed as a warrant officer in 1978 and commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps on 06 July 1983 by Direct Commission. He has held command leadership positions at platoon, company, battalion, and brigade levels and served as the Commander, Agribusiness Development Team, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. His last assignment was Chief of the Joint Staff, Joint Forces Headquarters Kansas - Kansas National Guard, Topeka, Kansas.

EDUCATION:

1981 Kansas State University, Bachelor of Science, Radio/Television, Manhattan, Kansas
1997 Webster University, Master of Arts, Computer Resource/Information Management, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
2002 United States Army War College, by Correspondence
2002 United States Army War College, Master of Science, Strategic Studies, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. July 1983 - September 1985, Section Leader, 920th Medical Detachment, 174th Supply and Services Battalion, Kansas Army National Guard, Topeka, Kansas
2. October 1985 - May 1988, Assistant Branch Chief, Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, National Guard Bureau, Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pennsylvania
3. May 1988 - November 1990, Training Officer, Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pennsylvania
4. November 1990 - May 1992, Section Leader, Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pennsylvania
5. June 1992 - September 1993, Deputy Director, Army National Guard Aviation, Fort Rucker, Alabama
6. September 1993 - August 1995, Resource and Documents Officer, Operational Support Airlift, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
7. August 1995 - March 1997, Regional Flight Center Commander, Operational Support Airlift Command, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
8. March 1997 - July 1999, Commander, Operational Support Airlift Command, Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
9. July 1999 - October 2001, Commander, 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation, Kansas Army National Guard, Topeka, Kansas
10. November 2001 - April 2003, State Aviation Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Kansas Army National Guard, Topeka, Kansas
11. April 2003 - April 2006, Chief of Staff, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Kansas Army National Guard, Topeka, Kansas
12. April 2006 - March 2009, Chief, Joint Staff, Kansas Joint Force Headquarters, Kansas National Guard, Topeka, Kansas
13. March 2009 - March 2010, Commander, Agribusiness Development Team, Kansas Army National Guard, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
14. March 2010 - October 2010, Chief, Joint Staff, Kansas Joint Force Headquarters, Kansas National Guard, Topeka, Kansas
15. February 2010 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Kansas National Guard, Topeka, Kansas

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Achievement Medal
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Afghanistan Campaign Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Ribbon
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with 1 Silver Hourglass and M Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Combat Action Badge
Army Master Aviator Badge

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant ARNG 6 July 1983
First Lieutenant ARNG 5 July 1986
Captain ARNG 30 July 1987
Major ARNG 11 February 1993
Lieutenant Colonel ARNG 5 August 1997
Colonel ARNG 6 February 2002
Brigadier General ARNG 17 October 2010

(Current as of November 2011)