BRIGADIER GENERAL DONALD R. BEVIS, JR
Brig. Gen. Bevis is the Vice Director of Staff, National Guard Bureau (NGB), Pentagon. He synchronizes and integrates policy, plans, budgetary programs and cross functional issues within the NGB Army, Air and Joint Staffs. His responsibilities include direct support to the Chief, NGB, as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Vice Chief, NGB. He is also responsible for ensuring the National Guard’s 54 States, Territories and District have the necessary resources and capabilities to support the Army and Air National Guard’s federal and homeland requirements as they support their respective combat missions and provide the Governors a ready force.
General Bevis began his military career in 1986 in the Arkansas Air National Guard (ANG) serving as an enlisted member in the intelligence field. General Bevis was commissioned in 1994 through the Academy of Military Science. He is a Joint Qualified Officer, graduated Wing Commander, U.S. Army War College graduate and former Congressional Fellow. He has previously served in numerous key positions, including Chief of Staff for the Delaware National Guard, 166th Airlift Wing Commander, Vice Commander and Mission Support Group Commander. His other notable leadership assignments include four NGB Deputy Director tours with ANG Programs, NGB Joint Operations, NGB Plans and Policy and NGB Office of Legislative Liaison. He also served in the Office of Secretary of Defense as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Reserve Forces Policy Board.
Prior to his current assignment, the General Bevis was the Deputy Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Mission Iraq (NMI), Baghdad. He ensured NMI’s mission success by providing best practices to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense senior leaders to establish an enduring national security strategy, national military strategy and repeatable defense planning and programming processes supporting Iraq’s Security Forces. He worked directly with Iraq’s Defense Ministry, Office of the National Security Advisor and the Prime Minister’s Operations Center.
EDUCATION
1993 Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Marketing, University of Arkansas
1995 Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas
1999 Aircraft Maintenance Officer School, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2002 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2005 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2005 Legislative Fellow, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
2010 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2011 Air Force Incident Manager's Certification, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2012 Director of Mobility Forces Certification, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2012 Joint Task Force Commander's Course, Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
2013 Master of Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
2016 Antiterrorism Level IV Seminar, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Tysons Corner, Va.
2019 Army National Guard Basic Project Management Course, Ft Belvoir, Va.
2021 Senior Executive Leadership Seminar, Duke University, Chapel Hill, N.C.
2023 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar, Warrenton, Va.
2023 Continuous Process Improvement for Executives Seminar, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
2023 General and Flag Officer Homeland Security Executive Seminar, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1994 - August 1995, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas
2. September 1995 - March 2002, Mobility Pilot, 154th Training Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
3. December 1997 - August 1999, Commander, 189th Aircraft Generation Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
4. April 2002 - August 2004, Airlift Deployments Planner, Scheduler for C-130, Combat Search & Rescue, and Intelligence, Surveillance/Reconnaissance Aviation, Air National Guard (ANG) Global Force Management Division (NGB/A3X), ANG Readiness Center, Joint Base (JB) Andrews, Md.
5. September 2004 - December 2005, Legislative Fellow, Military Legislative Assistant to Congressman Jim Gibbons, House Armed Services Committee and Homeland Security Committee, Washington, D.C.
6. January 2006 - December 2006, Congressional Liaison, Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Legislative Liaison, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
7. January 2007 - June 2009, Chief, ANG Legislative Liaison, National Guard Bureau (NGB) Office of Legislative Liaison, Arlington, Va.
8. July 2009 - September 2010, Chief, Programs Division, NGB Office of Legislative Liaison, Arlington, Va.
9. October 2010 - February 2011, Deputy Director, NGB Office of Legislative Liaison, Arlington, Va.
10. March 2011 - June 2011, Chief, Plans/Integration Division, NGB A1X, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
11. July 2011 - July 2012, Commander, 166th Mission Support Group, Delaware Air National Guard (DEANG), New Castle, Del.
12. August 2012 - June 2013, Student, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
13. July 2013 - July 2014, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Reserve Forces Policy Board, Washington, D.C.
14. July 2014 - April 2015, Vice Commander, 166th Airlift Wing, DEANG, New Castle, Del.
15. April 2015 - August 2016, Commander, 166th Airlift Wing, DEANG, New Castle, Del.
16. August 2016 - April 2017, Chief of Staff, Director of Staff-Air, Joint Force Headquarters, DEANG, New Castle, Del.
17. April 2017 - September 2017, Deputy Director, NGB Directorate of Strategy, Policy, Plans and International Affairs, NGB-J5, Arlington, Va.
18. October 2017 - March 2018, Deputy Director Mobility Forces to Central Command, Al Udeid, Qatar,
19. March 2018 - July 2020, Deputy Director, NGB Directorate of Operations, Logistics, Sustainment, Training and Exercises (NGB-J3/4/7), Arlington, Va.
20. July 2020 - July 2021, Deputy Director, Plans and Programs Directorate, NGB A5/8, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
21. July 2021 - August 2022, Deputy Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Mission Iraq, Forward Operating Base Union III, Baghdad Green Zone, Iraq
22. August 2022 - Present, Vice Director of Staff, NGB, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2013 - July 2014, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Reserve Forces Policy Board, Washington, D.C. as a colonel
2. April 2017 - September 2017, Deputy Director, NGB Directorate of Strategy, Policy, Plans and International Affairs, NGB-J5, Arlington, Va. as a colonel
3. October 2017 - March 2018, Deputy Director Mobility Forces to Central Command, Al Udeid, Qatar, as a colonel
4. March 2018 - July 2020, Deputy Director, NGB Directorate of Operations, Logistics, Sustainment, Training and Exercises (NGB-J3/4/7), Arlington, Va. as a colonel
5. July 2021 - August 2022, Deputy Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Mission Iraq, Forward Operating Base Union III, Baghdad Green Zone, Iraq as a brigadier general
6. August 2022 - Present, Vice Director of Staff, NGB, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Aircraft flown: T-41, T-37, T-1, C-130E, C130H3, C-38 and C-130H2
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster and "C" device
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug. 4, 1994
First Lieutenant Sept. 7, 1996
Captain Sept. 19, 1998
Major Nov. 18, 2002
Lieutenant Colonel May 10, 2007
Colonel March 2, 2011
Brigadier General July 1, 2021
(Current as of June 2024)
