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Major General Gerard P. BrohmMajor General Gerard P. Brohm assumed command of theCommunications Electronics Command and Fort Monmouth on 10January 1995.General Brohm was born in New York, NewYork. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1966and took basic and advanced training as aninfantryman. He entered Officer CandidateSchool in 1967 and was commissioned aSecond Lieutenant in July of that year. Hereceived a Bachelor of Arts degree inLiterature from Seton Hall University. GeneralBrohm also holds a Master of Science degreein Telecommunications from the University ofColorado. His military education includes theSignal Officer's Advanced Course,Command and General Staff College and theU.S. Army War College.MG Gerard P. BrohmPrevious troop assignments include platoon leader in Vietnam; twocompany commands at Fort Bragg; S-3 and later Executive Officer forthe 41st Signal Battalion in Korea; Battalion Commander, 143rd SignalBattalion, 3d Armored Division; Brigade Commander, 93rd SignalBrigade, VII (US) Corps and Deputy Commanding General, U.S. ArmySignal Center and Fort Gordon, Georgia.Other previous staff assignments include Executive Officer for theDeputy Chief of Staff of Operations and Plans, U.S. ArmyCommunications Command, Fort Huachuca,In his farewelladdress, MGBrohm said thathe had threegreat loves inhis life: His wife,his children,and the Army.Arizona; Director of Combat Developments atFort Gordon, Georgia and Chief,Communications Systems Section, SupremeHeadquarters Allied Powers Europe, Belgium.Prior to his current assignment asCommander, U.S. Army CommunicationsElectronics Command and Fort Monmouth, heserved as Director for Command, Control andCommunications Systems, United StatesPacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii,from July 1993 to January 1995.Commanding Officers at Fort Monmouth
General Brohm's awards and decorations include the Defense SuperiorService Medal, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze StarMedal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medalwith three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal withOak Leaf Cluster and the Army Achievement Medal.MG Brohm retired on 1 September 1998. He was at that timepresented the Distinguished Service Medal, the Army’s highestpeacetime award, by GEN Johnnie E. Wilson, AMC Commander.Major General Brohm and his wife, Ines, have four children: MariaElena, Kathy, Jerry and Michael.Brigadier General (BG) Otto J. Guenther(Then) Brigadier General (BG) Otto J. Guenther assumed commandof CECOM and Fort Monmouth in July 1992. He received his secondstar that October.He was born in Long Branch and raised in RedBank, New Jersey. He completed the ReserveOfficers Training Corps curriculum at WesternMaryland College in 1963 and was commissioneda Second Lieutenant in the SignalCorps. General Guenther holds a Bachelor ofArts degree in Economics and a Master ofScience degree in Procurement/ContractManagement from Florida Institute ofTechnology. His military education includesthe Signal Officer Basic Course, the InfantryAdvanced Course, the Command andMG Otto J. GuentherGeneral Staff College, the Army War College,and the Defense Systems Management College. General Guenther hashad extensive user and field experience, holding key command andstaff assignments to include Platoon Leader, Company Commander,Battalion Executive Officer and Battalion Commander. Prior to hiscurrent assignment as Commander, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command and Fort Monmouth, he served as the ProgramExecutive Officer for Communications Systems, Fort Monmouth.General Guenther's acquisition experience includes assignments asDeputy Director of Contracts, Defense Contract AdministrationServices Region, San Francisco and as Commander of the DefenseContracts Administration Services Office overseeing a major Defense7/8 .
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