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position of Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff, where he served for almost three years, and during
which he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
LTC Harding then assumed command of the 524 th MI Battalion, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea. Returning
from Korea in July 1990, he attended the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. From July
1991 to June 1992, he served as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, U.S. Army
Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and was promoted to the rank of
Colonel. Following his promotion, COL Harding commanded of the 902 nd MI Group (CI) at Fort Meade,
Maryland, for two years. After leaving this post, he was assigned to the Pentagon as the Executive Officer
to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army.
In September 1995, he reported to Quarry Heights, Panama, to serve as the Director of Intelligence (J2)
for the U.S. Southern Command, where he was responsible for directing and managing daily collection and
reporting activities. He planned and executed intelligence support to military operations, including contingency
planning and crisis actions. During his tenure as the J2, COL Harding was promoted to the rank
of Brigadier General in July 1996. Upon completing his duties in Panama, BG Harding returned to DIA to
serve as the Director of Operations from December 1996 to March 2000. While serving as the Director of
Operations, he was promoted to Major General in October 1999. MG Harding’s final assignment in uniform
was as Deputy G2, U.S. Army, in Washington, D.C. He concluded his distinguished Army intelligence
career of 33 years when he retired in August 2001.
Major General Harding’s awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the
Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (3 OLCs), the
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLCs), and the Army Staff
Identification Badge.
Major General William E. Harmon, (U.S. Army, Retired)
Major General William E. Harmon was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Infantry in the summer
of 1960 and reported for the Infantry Officer Basic Course at Fort Benning, Georgia in August 1960.
His first assignment was as an Infantry Platoon Leader with D Company, 2 nd Airborne Battle Group, 187 th
Infantry at Fort Campbell, Kentucky where he served nearly two years as a Platoon Leader and Company
Executive Officer. In 1962 Lieutenant Harmon was
detailed from Infantry to Army Intelligence, before
MI became an active duty branch. He received training
at the Intelligence Research Officer Course, U.S.
Army Intelligence School at Fort Holabird, Maryland.
While there, he transferred to the newly formed active
duty Army Intelligence and Security Branch,
and remained in MI until his retirement thirty two
later.
His first MI field assignment was in 1963 as a
CI Officer, 201 st MI Detachment, I Corps Group
Headquarters, Uijongbu, Korea. In February 1964,
he served as the G2 Security and Automation
Officer, while assigned to the 11 th MI Detachment,
11 th Air Assault Division at Fort Benning, during the
Army field testing of the air assault concept. Moving
to Fort Bragg in December 1964, CPT Harmon assumed
the duties as Chief, Current Intelligence
Branch, G2, U.S. Army Kennedy Center for Special
Warfare. In September 1965, he reported as a Plans
Officer, S3, 519 th MI Battalion to help plan and ex-
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