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contract for production of tracked vehicles including the BradleyFighting Vehicle and armored personnel carriers. He was also theDeputy for R&D Procurement and Base Operations, Fort Monmouth,in 1983. That same year, he assumed Command of the DefenseContract Administration Services Region, New York. In 1985 hebecame Director of the Defense Acquisition Regulation System andDirector of the (DAR) Council. General Guenther was reassigned toFort Monmouth in December 1987 and became the Project Managerfor Position Location Reporting System/Tactical InformationDistribution System.In his Farwell address,LTG Guenther assuredthe Fort Monmouthcommunity that, asDirector of InformationSystems for C4, he wouldmake sure they hadplenty of work!He has received the DefenseSuperior Service Medal with OakLeaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit,the Bronze Star Medal with OakLeaf Cluster, the MeritoriousService Medal with four Oak LeafClusters, the Joint ServiceCommendation Medal, the ArmyCommendation Medal with OakLeaf Cluster, and the Secretary ofDefense Identification Badge.Upon leaving Fort Monmouth in January 1995, MG Guenther receivedhis third star and became the Director of Information Systems forCommand, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) in theOffice of the Secretary of the Army in Washington.General Guenther and his wife have two daughters, Tracy and Debra.Major General Alfred J. MalletteMG Alfred J. MalletteCommanding Officers at Fort Monmouth(Then) Brigadier General Alfred J. Malletteassumed command of CECOM and FortMonmouth on 10 July 1990. He received hissecond star in April 1991.Mallette was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin,on 21 November 1938. Upon completing theReserve Officer Training Corps curriculum atSt. Norbert in 1961, he was commissioned aSecond Lieutenant and awarded Bachelor ofScience degrees in Physics and Mathematics.He also holds a Master of Science degree in
Operations and Research Analysis from Ohio State University. Hismilitary education includes completion of the Signal Officer BasicCourse, the Infantry Advanced Course, the U.S. Army Command andGeneral Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.General Mallette has held a variety of important command and staffpositions in addition to that of Commander, U.S. ArmyCommunications-Electronics Command. Key assignments haveincluded: Commanding General of the 5th Signal Command andDeputy Chief of Staff for Information Management in USAREUR;Deputy Director of the Plans, Programs, and Systems Directorate,DISC4, Office of the Secretary of the Army; Deputy CommandingGeneral of the U.S. Army Signal School; Commander of the 93dSignal Brigade, USAREUR; and Commander of the 8th SignalBattalion, USAREUR.General Mallette also served in a variety of important career-buildingassignments. He was Chief of the Program Section, InformationSystems Division, Allied Forces Central Europe; he was S-3 and laterExecutive Officer of the 121st Signal Battalion, 1st Infantry Division;he served as Chief of the Plans and Policies Division, U.S. ArmySupport Command, and he served in Vietnam in the Office of theDeputy Chief of Staff for Logistics/Criminal Investigation Division ofthe U.S. Military Assistance Command.General Mallette's awards and decorations include the Legion of Meritwith two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Oak LeafCluster, and the Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.General Mallette is also authorized to wear the Senior Parachutist Badge.“This is the greatestcollection of talent anddedicated workforceI have ever run into.”-LTG Alfred J. Malletteto the CECOMworkforce at his changeof command ceremony.On 22 July 1992, the Armypromoted Mallette to the rank ofLieutenant General (LTG) andassigned him to serve as DeputyDirector General of the NATOCommunications and InformationSystems Agency.General Mallette and his wife, Nancy,have three children: Scott, Randy,and Nicole.9/10 .
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