Daniel P. Bolger

Daniel P. Bolger
Born	January 15, 1957 (1957-01-15) (age 54)
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Commanding General, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan/Commander, NATO Training Mission, Afghanistan
Commands held	1st Cavalry Division Joint Readiness Training Center, 1st Battalion 327th Infantry Regiment (United States)
Awards	Bronze Star, Combat Action Badge

Daniel P. Bolger of Aurora, Illinois is a Lieutenant General (promoted 21-May-2010) of the United States Army.
Formerly the Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas and U.S. Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations he currently serves as the Commanding General of the Combined Security Transition Command in Afghanistan and Commander of the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan. He is also the author of books such as "Dragons at War", "Americans at War", "Savage Peace", "The Battle for Hunger Hill", "Feast of Bones", and "Death Ground".

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in History and US Army commission as 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry from The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina
• Infantry Basic and Advanced Officer's Courses at Fort Benning, Georgia
• United States Army Airborne School
• Simultaneous MA and PhD, both in Russian History, from the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois
• History Professor at U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, 1986–1989
• Graduate of the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
• United States Army Air Assault School
• Graduate, U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, 1998

Military career

• 24th Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia

• Platoon leader
• Company executive officer
• Battalion S-4 (supply)
• Rifle company commander

• 2nd Infantry Division in Korea

• Battalion S-3 (operations)
• Commander of 2nd Brigade

• 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

• Division staff
• Commander of 1-327th Infantry Battalion
• Assistant Division Commander (Support)

• U.S. Army staff in Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia
• Adviser to the Iraqi Army

Awarded a Bronze Star for Valor

• Commander of the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana
• Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division in Fort Hood, Texas
• Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.^[1]
• Commanding General, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan/Commander, NATO Training Mission, Afghanistan

Bibliography

• Dragons at War: Land Battles in the Desert (ISBN 978-0804108997)
• Americans at War 1975-1986: An Era of Violent Peace (ISBN 978-0517071915)
• Savage Peace: Americans at War in the 1990s (ISBN 978-0891414520)
• The Battle for Hunger Hill: The 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment at the Joint Readiness Training Center (ISBN 978-0891414537)
• Feast of Bones (ISBN 978-0804108348)
• Death Ground: Today's American Infantry in Battle (ISBN 978-0891418306)
• Scenes from an Unfinished War: Low-Intensity Conflict in Korea, 1966-1969 (ISBN 0788112082)
• Leavenworth Papers: Scenes from Unfinished War (No 19) (ISBN 978-0160363641)
• Reluctant Allies: The United States Army Air Force and the Soviet Voenno Vozdushnie Sily 1941-1945
• What Happened at Khafji: Learning the Wrong Lesson (USAWC strategy research project)

References

1. ^ http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13374

External links

• Fort Hood CG

Persondata
Name	Bolger, Daniel P.
Alternative names
Short description	Military leader, author
Date of birth	1957-01-15
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death