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ecute the movement of the 525 th MI Group to Vietnam. Once in Vietnam he was attached to the 5 th Special
Forces Group (VN) as the CI Officer for Detachment C-5 (Project Horse). CPT Harmon then returned to Fort
Holabird to attend the MI Officer Advanced Course. Following the course he was assigned to the Office of
the G2, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii with duty on the Korea Desk for a brief period; then was
reassigned to the Vietnam Desk following the Tet Offensive.
Major Harmon would return to Vietnam and serve on the III Corps Desk, J2, U.S. Military Assistance
Command Vietnam (MACV). In August 1969 he attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff
College before reporting to London, England to become a Desk Officer studying the Soviet Army on the
British Intelligence Staff. After three years in England, MAJ Harmon assumed command of the 203 rd
MI Detachment, III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas. Following command, in March 1976 he became the G2,
2 nd Armored Division. In May of 1977, Lieutenant Colonel Harmon assumed command of the 522 nd MI
Battalion (CEWI), 2 nd Armored Division at Fort Hood. Following battalion command, he attended the U.S.
Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
Upon graduating from the War College, Colonel Harmon assumed the duties as the Director, Signals
Intelligence (SIGINT) Division, Intelligence Systems Directorate, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for
Intelligence, U.S. Army. For one year he would serve in the Pentagon before returning in July 1980 to Fort
Bragg to become the XVIII Airborne Corps Deputy G2. In January 1981, COL Harmon assumed command
of the 525 th MI Group (CEWI), XVIII Airborne Corps. He would command the Group for two and half years.
In June of 1983, he became the Director, Intelligence Systems Directorate, Office of the Assistant Chief of
Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army.
In November of 1984 until 1990, Brigadier General Harmon was the Program Manager, Joint Tactical
Fusion Program Management Office, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, U.S.
Army, Washington, D.C. His final assignment was as the Program Executive Officer for Command and
Control Systems, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. He retired in 1992 after a distinguished career spanning
32 years.
Major General Harmon’s awards and badges include
the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of
Merit, Bronze Star Medal (2 OLCs), Meritorious
Service Medal (1 OLC), Joint Service Commendation
Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Master
Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab and the Army Staff
Identification Medal.
Brigadier General Roy M. Strom, (U.S.
Army, Retired)
Brigadier General Roy M. Strom was commissioned
as a second lieutenant in Artillery in 1954
and reported to Artillery Officer Basic Course at Fort
Bliss, Texas. His first assignment would be as a second
lieutenant serving as a Platoon Leader, 764 th
Anti-Aircraft Artillery, 90/120 mm Gun Battalion at
Fort Clayton, Panama, Canal Zone. He also commanded
the Caribbean Command Honor Guard
Company to honor dignitaries during their visits
to the Canal Zone. Returning to the U.S., he attended
Gunnery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, then
the Airborne School at Fort Benning. In November
of 1959, Captain Strom reported to Columbus, Ohio
where he would assume the duties as an Intelligence
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