John D. Bruen

Lieutenant General John Dermot Bruen was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in January of 1953. His first duty assignment was as Troop Unit, Camp Attaberry, Indiana. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Troop Unit, Fort Carson, Colorado; Troop Unit, Korea; Troop Unit, U.S. Army Europe, Germany; Instructor, U.S. Army Transportation School; Fort Eustis, Virginia; Chief, Air Transportability Training Branch, U.S. Army Transportation School, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Exec Ofcr, Operations Officer, U.S. Army Transportation Terminal Unit, Arizonaores; Transportation Officer, HHD, 9 Logistical Command, Thailand; Director of Transportation, HHD, 9 Logistical Command, Thailand; Asst Exec Ofcr to DCSLOG, ofc, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Dept Army, Washington, D.C.; Bn Commander, 7th Trans Bn, U.S. Army, Vietnam; Asst Chief of Staff, Transportation, U.S. Army Support Command, Vietnam; Chief, Career Planning & Assignment Sec, Trans Branch, ofc of Personnel Operations, Dept Army; Commander, 774th Trans Bn, 46th Support Group; Commander, 46th Support Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, Military Traffic Management Command, Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey; Director of Materiel Readiness, Director of Resources and Management, Ofc, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Dept Army, Washington, D.C.; Commander, Military Traffic Management Command, Dept Army, Washington, D.C. | His awards and decorations include: General Staff Identification Badge, Parachutist Badge, Meritorious Service Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), Bronze Star Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (2 Oak Leaf Clusters).