Retired November 1, 2013
Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Arizona Army National Guard
Brigadier General Alberto C. Gonzalez assumed the duties as Assistant Adjutant General - Army and full-time director of the Arizona Army National Guard on 1 August 2011. As Assistant Adjutant General - Army, he was responsible to the Adjutant General for strategic planning, strength management, troop readiness and mobilization support of the state's 5,200 Army National Guard Soldiers.
General Gonzalez received his commission through the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Arizona in 1987. Prior to transferring to the Arizona Army National Guard in 1998, he served on active duty in a wide variety of assignments as both Infantry and Military Intelligence including rifle platoon leader, company commander and counterdrug intelligence officer. As a member of the Arizona National Guard his military assignments include Rear Area Operations Center Plans Officer and Operations Officer, Civil Support Team Deputy Commander, State Mobilization and Readiness Officer, State Training Officer, Director of Military Support, Commander, 1-158th Infantry Battalion, Deputy Chief of Staff - Operations, Commander, 215th Regional Training Institute and Chief of Staff, Arizona Army National Guard.
1987 University of Arizona, Bachelor of Science, Public Administration,
Tucson, Arizona
2004 Webster University, Master of Arts, Public Administration, Saint Louis,
Missouri
2009 United States Army War College, Master of Strategic Studies, Carlisle,
Pennsylvania
1. January 1988 - August 1989, Infantry Rifle Platoon Leader, Alpha Company,
2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
2. August 1989 - May 1990, Support Platoon Leader, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
3. May 1990 - October 1990, Chief, Battlefield Deception Cell, 312th Military
Intelligence Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
4. October 1990 - April 1991, Chief, Battlefield Deception Cell, 312th Military
Intelligence Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD, DESERT
STORM and PROVIDE COMFORT, Saudi Arabia/Iraq
5. April 1991 - January 1992, Brigade Electronic Warfare Officer, 312th Military
Intelligence Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
6. January 1992 - May 1993, Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 312th Military Intelligence Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas
7. May 1993 - July 1994, Special Security Officer, G2, 8th U.S. Army, United
States Forces Korea
8. July 1994 - July 1995, Commander, Headquarters Company, 25th Transportation
Movement Control Agency, 8th U.S. Army, United States Forces Korea
9. July 1995 - March 1998, Chief, Southwest Region Intelligence Team, Joint Task
Force Six, Fort Bliss, Texas
10. March 1998 - September 1998, Assistant Operations Officer, 852nd Rear Area
Operations Center, Tucson, Arizona
11. October 1998 - June 1999, Plans Officer, 852nd Rear Area Operations Center,
Tucson, Arizona
12. June 1999 - February 2000, Operations Officer, 852nd Rear Area Operations
Center, Skopja-Petrovec, Macedonia
13. February 2000 - June 2003, Operations Officer, 852nd Rear Area Operations
Center, Tucson, Arizona
14. June 2003 - July 2003, Deputy Commander, 91st Weapons of Mass Destruction
Civil Support Team, Phoenix, Arizona
15. July 2003 - June 2004, Mobilization Readiness Officer, Arizona Army National
Guard, Phoenix, Arizona
16. June 2004 - April 2005, Commander, 2nd Battalion (General Studies), 158th
Regiment, Regional Training Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
17. April 2005 - January 2007, Commander, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry
Regiment, 29th Brigade Combat Team, Phoenix, Arizona
18. January 2007 - April 2008, Commander, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry
Regiment, 29th Brigade Combat Team, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Laghman
Province, Afghanistan
19. April 2008 - November 2009, Commander, 215th Regional Training Institute,
Phoenix, Arizona
20. November 2009 - July 2011, Chief of Staff, Arizona Army National Guard,
Phoenix, Arizona
21. August 2011 - December 2011, Retired Reserve
22. December 2011 - November 2013, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Arizona Army
National Guard, Phoenix, Arizona
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Southwest Asia Service Medal (with 3 Bronze Service Stars)
Kosovo Campaign Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korea Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold Hourglass, M Device and Numeral 3)
Army Service Ribbon
Army Overseas Service Ribbon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Arizona Meritorious Service Medal
Arizona Long Service Medal
Arizona Service Ribbon (with 2 Service Stars)
Arizona State Active Duty Ribbon
Joint Meritorious Unit Citation
Combat Infantryman Badge with Star
Expert Infantryman Badge
Parachute Badge
Ranger Tab
Second Lieutenant 16 May 1987
First Lieutenant 4 January 1990
Captain 1 June 1992
Major 8 February 1999
Lieutenant Colonel 7 August 2003
Colonel 3 April 2008
Brigadier General 30 July 2011
(Current as of June 2014)