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Lieutenant General John R. VinesCommanding General XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg
His previous assignments include the 3rd Infantry Division; US Army Europe and Seventh Army; Ranger Department, US Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia; Company Commander and S3 in the 1st Ranger Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, and the original Executive Officer of the 3rd Ranger Battalion at its activation at Fort Benning from 1984 until 1987. Lieutenant General Vines has served in several command and staff assignments at Fort Bragg and within the XVIII Airborne Corps to include joint duty with the Joint Special Operations Command. He served as Commander, 4th Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, during its combat parachute assault in Operation Just Cause in Panama, and later when the unit was deployed as the first ground combat unit in Operation Desert Shield. His second tour of joint duty with the Joint Special Operations Command included operations in Somalia; Commander, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Assistant Division Commander for Operations, 82nd Airborne Division; Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg; Chief of Office of Military Cooperations, Cairo, Egypt; Commander, 82nd Airborne Division from August 2000 until October 2002; Commander, Coalition Task Force 82, in Afghanistan from 1 September 2002 until 1 May 2003; and then Commander, Combined/Joint Task Force-180, Bagram, Afghanistan, until October 2003. He holds a BS Degree in Chemistry from the University of Alabama and an MA Degree in National Security and Strategy from the Naval War College. His awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Combat Infantryman Badge, Master Parachutist Badge (with Bronze Service Star), Pathfinder Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He has commanded troops in combat in three separate conflicts. |
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Lieutenant
General Vines was commissioned a Lieutenant of Infantry in 1972 through the ROTC
program at the University of Alabama.