Major General Byron S. Bagby, United States Army
Commandant, Joint Forces Staff College
Major General Byron S. Bagby, a native of Fulton, MO, was commissioned through the Army ROTC Program at Westminster College in 1978. He has earned a Master's Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Major General Bagby's first assignment was in 1st Bn, 73rd FA of the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery. In June 1981, he was reassigned to the 2nd Infantry Division Artillery in Korea where he served in 1st Bn, 15th FA. In February 1983, he was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division where he served in 1st Bn, 319th FA as Brigade Fire Support Officer and as Commander of Battery A.
From 1987 until 1990, Major General Bagby served at the United States Military Academy in the Tactical Department as a Company Tactical Officer and as a Regimental Executive Officer. In June 1991, he was assigned to Hawaii to the 25th Infantry Division Artillery as the S3 of 1st Bn, 8th FA, and as the Division's Deputy Fire Support Coordinator. He also served as the Executive Officer to the Commanding General of the United States Army, Pacific. He has two command tours in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), from 1994-1996 as Commander of 3rd Bn, 320th FA, and from 1997-1999 as Commander of the Division Artillery.
From 1999-2002 he served in the Pentagon: on the Joint Staff in the Directorate of Strategic Plans and Policy, J5 as Chief, Middle East Division, and as the Assistant Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Asia-Pacific/Middle East); and on the Army Staff as the Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G8, HQDA. In July 2002, he became the Assistant Division Commander (Support), and later the Assistant Division Commander (Operations), both in 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry). From April 2003-November 2003, he served in Afghanistan as the Director of the Combined Joint Staff for Combined Joint Task Force-180.
His military education includes the Field Artillery Officers' Basic and Advanced Courses, the Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. Major General Bagby's awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal (2 oak leaf clusters), the Legion of Merit (1 oak leaf cluster), the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (5 oak leaf clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (3 oak leaf clusters), the Ranger Tab, the Master Parachutist Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
