Carl Edward Vuono (born October 18, 1934) is a retired United States Army general who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1987 to 1991.

Contents

• 1 Early life and career
• 2 Post-army career and later life
• 3 Awards and decorations
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early life and career

Vuono was born on October 18, 1934 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. He is of Finnish and Italian ancestry. He began his career as a field artillery officer after graduating from the United States Military Academy, in West Point, New York. After graduating with the cl* of 1957, he served three tours in South Vietnam as an artillery battalion executive officer with the 1st Infantry Division in 1966–67; executive officer of Division Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in 1970; and as commander, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment in 1970–1971, and then as commanding officer (Colonel) of Division Artillery, 82d Airborne Division. Vuono rose through the ranks quickly, serving several times in the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, in which he eventually became its commander in 1986.

Post-army career and later life

After his retirement from the army, Vuono joined Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI), a private military company, in 1993. Since 1999 he has served as the CEO of MPRI. L-3 Communications acquired MPRI in June 2000 at which point Vuono was offered a senior management position at L-3 Communications.

In 2003, Vuono was awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award by the West Point *ociation of Graduates. He holds an Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration from Shippensburg University.

Awards and decorations

References

External links

• Biography portal

• U.S. Army biography