John Michael Bednarek

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Bednarek in 2011

John Michael Bednarek is an American military officer and former officer in the United States Army . He was director of the United States Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and former commander of the First United States Army . Bednarek took command of the 1st Army on April 6, 2011, as the successor to Lieutenant General Thomas G. Miller and handed it over to Major General Kevin R. Wendel on an interim basis on March 14, 2013 , who was finally Lieutenant General on August 2, 2013 Michael S. Tucker followed.

Career

Bednarek graduated from Old Dominion University and trained in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps . Afterwards he commanded units at all levels of the army, from platoons to army command. Bednarek was also Chief of the Training Group in the Joint Warfighting Center, Chief of the Operations Group in the Joint Readiness Training Center, and Commander of the 4th Training Brigade. In June 2008 Bednarek was given command of the East Division and on April 6, 2011, supreme command of the United States First Army . He held this command until March 14, 2013, when he was appointed commander of the Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) in Iraq. In this position, Bednarek was the highest-ranking US military personnel stationed in Iraq and was involved in the fight against the Islamic State . Bednarek also graduated from Troy University , where he earned an MS in Human Resource Management, from US Army Command and General Staff College, and US Army War College . Bednarek retired from active service on June 24, 2015.

honors and awards

During his service, Bednarek received the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaves, the Defense Superior Service Medal , the Legion of Merit with four-fold oak leaves, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal with five-fold oak leaves.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Lt. Gene. Mick Bednarek to relinquish command of First Army . In: Moline Dispatch & Rock Island Argus . March 4, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ Blog: Bednarek Assigned to Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq . SIGNAL Media. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  3. ^ Danette Rodesky-Flores: Bednarek takes command of the First Army . US Army. April 7, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ Katrina Lamansky: Lt. Gene. Tucker assumes command of the First Army in Rock Island . WQAD-8. August 2, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ Brandon Bieltz: Bednarek to lead First Army Division East and West . US Army. March 11, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ Michelle Tan: Top US officer in Iraq: 'We must neutralize this enemy' . In: Military Times . August 7, 2014. Archived from the original on August 7, 2014. Retrieved on February 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ Lt. Gene. John M. Bednarek retirement . US Army. July 24, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

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Commons : John Michael Bednarek  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
predecessor Office successor
Thomas G. Miller Commanding General of the First United States Army
2011-2013 		Kevin R. Wendel (interim)
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SURNAME Bednarek, John Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American general
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century