Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Pennsylvania National Guard
Brigadier General Carol A. Eggert serves as Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Joint Force Headquarters, Pennsylvania National Guard and also serves in a dual-hat role as Deputy Commanding General - Reserve Affairs, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. As Assistant Adjutant General, she is responsible for overseeing the readiness of the Pennsylvania National Guard and for advising and assisting Pennsylvania's Adjutant General in the operation of Pennsylvania National Guard forces. These activities include the manning, training and logistical support required to accomplish the federal and state missions of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
General Eggert began her career as an enlisted soldier in the regular Army where she served in the Army Band and the United States Army Recruiting Command. She was commissioned in 1985 as a Distinguished Military Graduate through the Officer Candidate School. General Eggert has served in a wide variety of field assignments. In 1990, she was selected as Commander, 3622nd Maintenance Company. In 1993, she served on staff of the 166th Regiment as the Assistant Operations Officer and later served as the Commandant, Pennsylvania National Guard Officer Candidate School. In 1999, General Eggert returned to the field as the Support Operations Officer, 328th Forward Support Battalion and later commanded the Battalion.
General Eggert has participated in numerous overseas deployments including Germany, Italy, Nicaragua and to Lithuania, Amber Hope 2001. She has served during numerous state emergencies as the military liaison to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. From September 2010 to August 2012, General Eggert was on an Active Duty Operational Support tour in support of The United States Army War College, where she served on the faculty and provided support to the Geographic Combatant Commands. Prior to this assignment, she completed a 15 month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving as the Multi-National Corps Liaison to United States Embassy Baghdad and in the J9, United States Forces Iraq where she was responsible for integrating the women's programs of the Department of State, Iraqi Ministry, and United States Forces Iraq.
1987 West Chester University, Bachelor of Science, West Chester, Pennsylvania
2004 The Pennsylvania State University, Master of Education, Instructional
Systems, State College, Pennsylvania
2005 United States Army War College, Master of Strategic Studies, Carlisle
Barracks, Pennsylvania
2005 United States Army War College, by correspondence
2012 United States Northern Command, Joint Task Force Commander Training Course,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
2012 United States Northern Command, Defense Support to Civil Authorities
Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2012 United States Northern Command,
Domestic Operations Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2014 United States Northern Command, Joint Domestic Operations Course, Colorado
Springs, Colorado
1. May 1985 - March 1989, Light Maintenance Platoon Leader, 3623rd
Maintenance Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2. March 1989 - May 1989, Maintenance Officer, 3623rd Maintenance Company,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
3. June 1989 - July 1989, S2/S3, Headquarters Detachment, 337th Maintenance
Battalion, Reading, Pennsylvania
4. July 1989 - March 1990, Supply Officer, Headquarters Detachment, 337th
Maintenance Battalion, Reading, Pennsylvania
5. April 1990 - June 1993, Commander, 3622nd Maintenance Company, Lancaster,
Pennsylvania
6. June 1993 - April 1996, Assistant Training Officer, Detachment 2, (Military
Academy), Headquarters, State Area Command, Annville, Pennsylvania
7. April 1996 - September 1996, Officer Candidate School Commandant, Detachment
2 (Military Academy), Headquarters, State Area Command, Annville, Pennsylvania
8. October 1996 - October 1998, Commander, 4th Battalion, 166th Regiment,
Annville, Pennsylvania
9. November 1998 - September 1999, Personnel Officer, Headquarters, State Area
Command, Annville, Pennsylvania
10. September 1999 - March 2001, Support Operations Officer, Headquarters
Detachment, 328th Support Battalion, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
11. April 2001 - November 2001, Mobilization Readiness Officer, Headquarters,
State Area Command, Annville, Pennsylvania
12. December 2001 - September 2004, Commander, Headquarters, 328th Support
Battalion, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
13. September 2004 - October 2006, Director, Detachment 1, Joint Force
Headquarters, Annville, Pennsylvania
14. October 2006 - March 2007, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Joint Force
Headquarters, Annville, Pennsylvania
15. March 2007 - March 2009, Chief of Staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Annville,
Pennsylvania
16. March 2009 - September 2009, Senior Liaison Officer, Headquarters,
Multi-National Corps-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
17. September 2009 - June 2010, Women's Initiative Coordinator, J9,
Headquarters, United States Forces-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
18. June 2010 - September 2010, Chief of Staff - Army, Joint Force Headquarters,
Annville, Pennsylvania
19. September 2010 - August 2012, Director, Strategic Planning Studies, United
States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
20. August 2012 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Pennsylvania
National Guard, Annville, Pennsylvania; dual-hatted, November 2013 - Present,
Deputy Commanding General - Reserve Affairs, United States Army War College,
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 2 Bronze Oak Leaf
Clusters)
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Good Conduct Medal
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 3
Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Service Stars)
Iraq Campaign Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold Hourglass and M Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 5)
Pennsylvania Meritorious Service Medal
Pennsylvania Commendation Medal (with 1 Silver Star)
Pennsylvania Service Ribbon
Pennsylvania Twenty Year Service Ribbon (with 1 Silver Star)
Major General Thomas R. White Junior Ribbon
General Thomas J. Stewart Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Army Meritorious Unit Commendation (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Combat Action Badge
The Adjutant's General Staff Identification Badge
General Eggert serves as an Executive Consultant in the area of strategic planning and project management with extensive experience within corporate, defense and educational organizations. Additionally, she teaches leadership studies at the undergraduate and graduate level as an adjunct instructor.
National Guard Association of Pennsylvania, Former President
Association of the United States Army
Military Officers Association of America
Project Management Institute of America
American Society of Training and Development
National Society for Performance Improvement
United States Army War College Alumni Association
Second Lieutenant 25 May 1985
First Lieutenant 24 May 1988
Captain 24 May 1990
Major 19 August 1996
Lieutenant Colonel 11 July 2001
Colonel 29 April 2005
Brigadier General 4 August 2012
(Current as of June 2014)