Special
Assistant to the Director, Army National Guard
Major General Walter F. Pudlowski, Jr. assumed duties as the Special Assistant to the Director, Army National Guard on 1 July 2004.
The general's military career began as an enlisted soldier in the United States Army in October 1965. He was commissioned following Officer Candidate School at Fort Knox, KY. His initial assignment was as a Training and Company Executive Officer in Company Y, 2d Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Dix, New Jersey. After a tour of duty as a transportation platoon leader in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968, he served as an operations and training officer at Headquarters, First United States Army. In 1970, he was assigned to the Army Tropic Test Center in Panama as the Chief of Test Support and as the Logistics Management Officer, culminating his active service in 1972. He continued his service in the United States Army Reserve as a military instructor until 1975, when he joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division. This included a number of assignments in the 1st and 2nd Battalion's of the 109th Infantry, operations officer and executive officer of the 55th Brigade. In 1986, he was assigned as the G3, 28th Infantry Division. He served as the 28th Infantry Division Chief of Staff and as the Deputy Commanding General for Maneuver. He was assigned as the Commanding General, 28th Infantry Division (Mechanized), prior to his assignment as the J3, National Guard Bureau from 13 October 2003 to 30 June 2004. Currently he holds the title of Special Assistant to the Director, Army National Guard, a position he assumed on 1 July 2004.
1974 Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania - BS - Human
Development
1991 U.S. Army War College
1. Sep 66 - Aug 67, Basic Combat Training Company Training
Officer, Company Y, 2nd Basic Combat Training Brigade, United States Army Training
Center
Infantry, Fort Dix, New Jersey
2. Aug 67 - Aug 68, Platoon Leader, 264th Transportation Company, Republic
of Vietnam
3. Aug 68 - Jun 70, Operations and Training Officer, Headquarters, 1st
United States Army, Fort Meade, Maryland
4. Jun 70 - May 72, Logistics Management Officer, United States Army
Tropic Test Center, Fort Clayton, Canal Zone
5. May 72 - Aug 72, United States Army Reserve Control Group, St. Louis,
Missouri
6. Sep 72 - Mar 75, Instructor, 1036th United States Army Reserve School,
Farrell, Pennsylvania
7. Mar 75 - Jan 79, S3 Air, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd
Battalion, 109th Infantry, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National
Guard, Scranton, Pennsylvania
8. Jan 79 - Jan 82, S3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 55th Brigade,
28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Scranton, Pennsylvania
9. Jan 82 - Aug 83, Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 1st Battalion 109th Infantry (Mechanized), 28th Infantry Division,
Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Scranton, Pennsylvania
10. Aug 83 - Apr 85, S3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 55th
Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Scranton,
Pennsylvania
11. Apr 85 - Jan 86, Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 55th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard,
Scranton, Pennsylvania
12. Jan 86 - Nov 89, G3, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National
Guard, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
13. Dec 89 - Nov 93, Chief of Staff, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania
Army National Guard, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
14. Nov 93 - Oct 98, Deputy Commander, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania
Army National Guard, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
15. Nov 98 - Oct 03, Commander, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National
Guard, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
16. Oct 03 - Jun 04, Director of Military Support/Homeland Defense (J3), National
Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia
17. Jul 04 - Present, Special Assistant to the Director, Army National
Guard, Arlington, Virginia
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal w/ 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster
Army Commendation Medal w/ 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster & 1 Bronze Oak Leaf
Cluster
Army Achievement Medal w/ 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal w/ 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster & 4
Bronze
Oak Leaf Clusters & Additional Ribbon Bar
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal w/ 2 Bronze Service Stars
Vietnam Service Medal w/ 4 Bronze Service Stars
Humanitarian Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal w/ 1 Gold Hourglass Device
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 3)
Republic Vietnam Campaign Medal w/ 60 Device
Vietnam Civic Action Unit Award
2LT USAR 13 Sep 66
1LT AUS 13 Sep 67
1LT USAR 13 Sep 68
CPT AUS 13 Sep 68
CPT USAR 05 May 72
CPT ARNG 03 Mar 75
MAJ ARNG 21 Feb 79
LTC ARNG 15 Apr 85
COL ARNG 13 Dec 89
BG ARNG 24 Nov 93
MG ARNG 01 Oct 99
(Current as of October 2005)
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