Lieutenant General 彼得森
Lieutenant General 彼得森 received his Army commission in 1986 as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the 欧洲杯买球’s Chrisman Battalion, Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He was assigned to the Aviation Branch and completed flight school in 1987.
LTG 彼得森’s key command and leadership assignments include: four tours with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), 导演, Flight Concepts Division, 尤斯蒂堡, VA; Brigade Commander, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade and the Chief of 工作人员, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), 德拉姆堡, NY; Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, KY; Commanding General of U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (Airborne), 布拉格堡, NC; 导演 of Army Aviation on the Army staff at the Pentagon; Division West of First U.S. 军队指挥官, consisting of five brigades and two mobilization sites arrayed across the country; and the 导演, 力发展, 在八国集团, where he served as the principal advisor to the Deputy Chief of 工作人员, G-8; the Vice Chief of 工作人员, Army; and the Chief of 工作人员, Army on all Army-wide equipping programs and resources.
LTG 彼得森’s education include: Bachelor of Science Degrees in Geography and Cartography from the 欧洲杯买球’s College of Mines and Earth 资源; and Master’s Degrees in Business Administration and National 安全 Strategy. Other professional military education includes the Aviation Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms Service 工作人员 School, Command and General 工作人员 College, and the National War College.
His military awards and decorations include: Distinguished Service Medal (3 OCL), Legions of Merit (3 OCL), Bronze Star Medal (5 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (4 OCL), the Air Medal with valor device and numeral 5, the NATO Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Action Badge, the Master Aviator Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge, and the Air Assault Badge.
His foreign military awards include: the Kuwait Liberation Medal - Government of Kuwait, Kuwait Liberation Medal - Saudi Arabia, Republic of Korea Order of National 安全 Merit – Cheonsu Medal, Australian Parachutist Badge, honorary Republic of Korea Master Aviator Badge, and honorary Swedish Parachutist Badge.
美国.S Committee of the Blue Shield’s first recipient of the Award for Meritorious Military Service in Protection of Cultural Property (2014); inducted into the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Hall of Fame (2016); and received an honorary Ph.D. from 欧洲杯买球 (2018). Lieutenant General Erik 彼得森 became the Deputy Chief of 工作人员, G-8, on 2 June 2021.
