LTG Guy C. Swan III, USA Ret.,
Appointed AUSA’s Vice President, Education
A
USA President GEN Gordon R.
Sullivan, USA retired, appointed
LTG Guy C. Swan III, USA retired, as
the Association’s vice president for
education in December. He succeeds
LTG Theodore G. Stroup Jr., USA retired, who retired after serving in the
position for 16 years.
“Guy Swan brings a wealth of experience and expertise to AUSA,” said
GEN Sullivan in announcing the appointment. “He has served his country, the Army and the profession of
arms in peace and war in a variety of
key positions, and we are pleased and
honored to welcome him into AUSA’s
leadership ranks.”
LTG Swan served as the commanding general of U.S. Army North (Fifth
Army) from December 2009 until his
retirement from the Army in December 2011. He will oversee AUSA’s Institute of Land Warfare, ARMY Magazine and AUSA News. LTG Swan will
also work with AUSA’s legislative
staff in its outreach to members of
Congress, their staffs, the media, national and local leaders, and the public. In addition, he will coordinate
AUSA’s role in fostering professional
development, which is an integral
part of the Association’s Annual
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Meeting and Exposition, symposia,
forums and lecture series.
A career armor/cavalry officer, LTG
Swan commanded at every level
through Army Service Component
Command during more than 35 years
of active service. His other general of-
ficer assignments included commanding general, U.S. Army Military District of Washington/commander, Joint
Force Headquarters-National Capital
Region; commanding general, 7th
Army Training Command, U.S. Army
Europe and Seventh Army; chief of
staff and director of operations, Multi-
National Force-Iraq during Operation
Iraqi Freedom; and director of operations, U.S. Northern Command. From
2002–05, he served as chief of legislative liaison, which is the Army’s principal representative to the United
States Congress.
Among other key assignments, LTG
Swan served as commander, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment; assistant
deputy director for strategy and policy for the Joint Staff; and deputy operations officer for the 1st Armored
Division during Operations Desert
Shield and Desert Storm.
LTG Swan is a 1976 graduate of the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point,
N.Y., and holds a master of military
art and science degree from the U.S.
Army’s School of Advanced Military
Studies. He has a master of arts degree in national security studies from
Georgetown University, Washington,
D.C., and was a National Security Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass. He is a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations and
is a Certified Emergency Manager and
a Certified Protection Professional,
board-certified in security manage■
ment.