Commander, Land Component Command
- Utah, Army National Guard
Brigadier General Val L. Peterson is the Land Component Commander for the Utah Army National Guard. In this function, he is responsible for the training, readiness, administration, logistics, and Uniform Code of Military Justice for the six Major Army Commands within the state of Utah.
General Peterson began his military service by enlisting in Company B, 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist) in 1984. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1987 from the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Brigham Young University. For the past 27 years he served in a variety of positions in the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist) to include Section Leader/Platoon Leader/Training Officer, and Company Commander in Company C, 141st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist). General Peterson served as Military Occupational Specialty Support Officer, S2, S3, Executive Officer, and Battalion Commander for the 141st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist). He served as Assistant Plans and Operations Officer, Language Section Chief, Headquarters Company Commander and S3 for the 300th Military Brigade (Linguist). He briefly left Military Intelligence to serve as the S3 for the 97th Troop Command. General Peterson returned to the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist) to serve in his most recent duties as Commander. He then moved to Joint Force Headquarters to serve as the J2.
1987 Brigham Young University, Bachelor of Arts, Communications with an
Emphasis in Public Relations, Provo, Utah
1994 Brigham Young University, Master of Arts, Mass Communications, Provo, Utah
1996 Command and General Staff College, Reserve Component Combined Arms and
Services Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
2002 Brigham Young University, Doctorate, Educational Leadership and Foundations
with a minor in Communications, Provo, Utah
2008 United States Army War College, Master of Strategic Studies, Carlisle
Barracks, Pennsylvania
1. April 1987 - November 1987, CI Section Leader, Company B, 142nd Military
Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), Ogden, Utah
2. November 1987 - April 1988, Assistant Platoon Leader, Company B, 142nd
Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), Ogden, Utah
3. April 1988 - December 1989, CI Officer, Company C, 141st Military
Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), Provo, Utah
4. December 1989 - February 1990, Platoon Leader, Company C, 141st Military
Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), 300th Military Intelligence Brigade
(Linguist), Provo, Utah
5. February 1990 - September 1992, S-2 (Intelligence), 141st Military
Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), Draper, Utah
6. September 1992 - February 1994, Assistant Plans and Operations Officer, 300th
Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist)
7. February 1994 - October 1996, Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist), Draper, Utah
8. October 1996 - September 1997, Executive Officer, Company C, 141st Military
Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), 300th Military Intelligence Brigade
(Linguist), Orem, Utah
9. September 1997 - January 2000, Commander, Company C, 141st Military
Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), 300th Military Intelligence Brigade
(Linguist), Orem, Utah
10. January 2000 - April 2000, Language Section Chief, 300th Military
Intelligence Brigade (Linguist), Draper, Utah
11. April 2000 - April 2002, Executive Officer, 141st Military Intelligence
Battalion (Linguist), Orem, Utah
12. April 2002 - August 2003, S-3 (Operations), 141st Military Intelligence
Battalion (Linguist), Orem, Utah
13. August 2003 - June 2004, S-3 (Operations), 97th Troop Command, Draper, Utah
14. June 2004 - July 2006, Commander, 141st Military Intelligence Battalion
(Linguist), Orem, Utah
15. July 2006 - January 2007, S-3 (Operations), 300th Military Intelligence
Brigade (Linguist) Draper, Utah
16. January 2007 - August 2011, Commander, 300th Military Intelligence Brigade
(Linguist), Draper, Utah
17. August 2011 - October 2013, J2, Joint Forces Headquarters, Utah Army
National Guard, Draper, Utah
18. October 2013 - Present, Land Component Commander, Utah Army National Guard,
Draper, Utah
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Achievement Medal
Army Component Achievement Medal (with 4 bronze oak leaf clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with Bronze Service Star)
Army Service Ribbon
Army Component Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 4)
Utah Medal of Merit
Utah Recruiting Ribbon
Utah Commendation Medal
Utah Achievement Ribbon
Utah Olympic Service Ribbon
Utah Service Ribbon 5th Award
Utah Basic Training Ribbon
Vice President for Finance and Administration at Utah Valley University. He also serves as a State Representative, Representing District 59 in the Utah State House of Representatives.
Recipient, Knowlton Award, Army Military Intelligence Corps Association
Second Lieutenant ARNG 16 April 1984
First Lieutenant ARNG 15 April 1990
Captain ARNG 16 April 1992
Major ARNG 5 February 1998
Lieutenant Colonel ARNG 16 March 2004
Colonel ARNG 28 September 2007
Brigadier General (Line) ARNG 8 October 2013
(Current as of June 2015)