MAJOR GENERAL BRUCE M. LAWLOR

Commanding General

Joint Task Force ' Civil Support

Major General Bruce M. Lawlor was assigned as the first Commanding General, Joint Task Force ' Civil Support in October 1999. As the Commanding General, he is responsible for planning and integrating Department of Defense (DoD) support to civil authorities following a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high yield explosive (CBRNE) incident within the United States, its territories and possessions and for deploying to a CBRNE incident site to provide command and control of responding DoD forces.

The General's military service began in 1967. After service in Vietnam from 1971 to 1973, he received a Direct Commission in 1974 as an Intelligence Officer. Prior to his current assignment BG Lawlor served as the Deputy Director, Operations, Readiness and Mobilization within the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Department of the Army in Washington, D.C. He also served as Brigade Commander, 86th Brigade, Special Assistant, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and as an Assistant Division Commander, 42nd Infantry Division.

EDUCATION:

1975 George Washington University ' Bachelor of Arts ' Political Science
1970 George Washington University ' Juris Doctorate ' Law
1996 Norwich University ' Masters ' National Security Studies
1996 U.S. Army War College - Senior Service College Fellowship

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. Nov 74 - Jan 79, Intelligence Analyst Naval Intelligence, Support Unit, 203, Later Plans Officer, Naval Intelligence Production Unit
2. Jan 79 - Nov 79, Assistant S-2, 86th Brigade, 50th Armored Division, Montpelier, Vermont
3. Nov 79 - Jul 80, Platoon Leader, later Executive Officer, Company A, 2d Battalion, 172d Armor, Bradford, Vermont
4. Aug 80 - Feb 82, Aide to Assistant Division Commander, later Company Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 86th, 50th Armored Division, Montpelier, Vermont
5. Mar 82 - Oct 83, Company Commander, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 172d Armor, Bradford, Vermont
6. Sept 83 - Sept 86, S3 (Air) later S2, Headquarters, 2nd Battalion, 172d Armor, Rutland, Vermont
7. Sept 86 - Jul 87, S2 Headquarters, 86th Brigade, 50th Armored Division, Montpelier, Vermont
8. Jul 87 - Jul 92, Executive Officer, later Commander, Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 172d Armor, St. Albans, Vermont
9. Jul 92 - Jun 96, Executive Officer, later Commander, Headquarters, 86th Brigade, 26th Infantry Division, Montpelier, Vermont
10. Jul 95 - Jun 96, Student, Army War College, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Fellows Program, Cambridge, Massachusetts
11. Jun 96 - Oct 96, Special Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, Mons, Belgium
12. Oct 96 - May 98, Assistant Division Commander, 42nd Infantry Division, Montpelier, Vermont
13. May 98 - Oct 99, Deputy Director, Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Department of the Army Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
14. Oct 99 - present, Commanding General, Joint Task Force ' Civil Support, United States Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, VA. 

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 5 bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 4 bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with 1 silver Hourglass device)
Army Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross (with 1 gold and 1 bronze Star)
Vietnamese Honor Medal (First Class)

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTIONS:

ENS USNR 11 Nov 74
LTJG USNR 11 Nov 76
LT USNR 1 Dec 78
1LT ARNG 2 Jan 79
CPT ARNG 2 May 81
MAJ ARNG 22 Oct 86
LTC ARNG 22 Oct 90
COL ARNG 23 Oct 93
BG (LINE) ARNG 1 Oct 97
MG (LINE) ARNG 6 Oct 00

(Current as of April 2001)