BRIGADIER GENERAL BRIAN R. CARPENTER

Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Vermont National Guard

Brigadier General Brian R. Carpenter is Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Vermont National Guard. He is responsible for providing leadership, mentoring, oversight and evaluation to three O-6 level commands. In addition, General Carpenter is tasked to provide feedback and advice to The Adjutant General, Vermont on readiness issues, including unit status reports, annual training inspections and other internal and external reviews.

General Carpenter received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program upon graduating from Saint Lawrence University in 1984. He served on active duty with the United States Army in Germany and the Continental United States before joining the Vermont Army National Guard in 1993. General Carpenter's assignments include command at the battery, battalion and brigade levels, including leadership of Task Force Lobo, the Vermont contingent that performed security duty on the United States border with Mexico in 2006. He is a graduate of the Adjutant General Corps Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Master Fitness Trainer Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff Officer Course and Support Operations Course. Prior to his current assignment, General Carpenter served as Commander, 86th Troop Command, Vermont National Guard, a brigade-level organization made up of an air ambulance, engineer, medical, public affairs and other specialty units.

EDUCATION:

1984 Saint Lawrence University, Bachelor of Science, Economics, Canton, New York
2010 United States Army War College, Master of Strategic Studies, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
2010 United States Army War College, by correspondence
2010 Joint Task Force Commander Training Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. September 1984 - September 1986, Executive Officer/Operations Officer, Adjutant General Detachment (Postal), Giessen, Germany
2. September 1986 - November 1988, Commander, Adjutant General Detachment (Postal), Baumholder, Germany
3. November 1988 - March 1989, Deputy Chief, Personnel Service Center, 7th Personnel Service Company, Fort Ord, California
4. March 1989 - June 1989, Director, J1, Special Operations Command South, Albrook Air Force Station, Panama
5. June 1989 - April 1990, Chief, Officer Strength Management, Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California
6. April 1990 - January 1991, Chief, Enlisted Strength Management, Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California
7. January 1991 - December 1992, Chief, Adjutant General and Finance Branch Assistance Team, United States Army Readiness Group, Los Angeles, California
8. January 1993 - September 1994, S-1, 1st Battalion, 86th Field Artillery, Williston, Vermont
9. September 1994 - December 1996, Commander, 1st Battalion, 86th Field Artillery, Williston, Vermont
10. December 1996 - March 1997, Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 86th Field Artillery, Williston, Vermont
11. March 1997 - August 1997, Operations Officer, Headquarters, 86th Armored Brigade, Montpelier, Vermont
12. September 1997 - February 1998, Director of Personnel and Community Affairs, Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Jericho, Vermont
13. March 1998 - December 1998, Chief, Plans and Training Division, Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Jericho, Vermont
14. January 1999 - June 2001, S-1, Headquarters, 86th Armored Brigade, Montpelier, Vermont
15. June 2001 - December 2002, Executive Officer, 186th Forward Support Battalion, Northfield, Vermont
16. January 2003 - December 2003, Personnel Officer, Vermont Joint Force Headquarters, Colchester, Vermont
17. December 2003 - January 2005, Chief, Training Branch, Vermont Joint Force Headquarters, Colchester, Vermont
18. February 2005 - May 2007, Commander, 186th Forward Support Battalion, Montpelier, Vermont
19. May 2, 2007 - October 2008, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, J1, Vermont Joint Force Headquarters, Colchester, Vermont
20. November 2008 - July 2009, Commander, 86th Troop Command, Colchester, Vermont
21. August 2010 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Vermont National Guard, Colchester, Vermont

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 5 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Bronze Hourglass)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Overseas Service Ribbon
Army Service Ribbon
Vermont Commendation Medal
Vermont Service Ribbon (with 2 Bronze Service Stars)
Vermont Duty Ribbon (with 5 Bronze Service Stars)
Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION:

General Carpenter is the General Manager of Champlain Valley Equipment, a Carpenter family-owned farm equipment dealership with locations in Middlebury, Saint Albans, Derby and Berlin, Vermont.

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 26 May 1984
First Lieutenant 23 November 1985
Captain 1 October 1988
Major 25 February 1998
Lieutenant Colonel 28 March 2003
Colonel 16 May 2007
Brigadier General 26 May 2011

(Current as of May 2013)