John M Murray
Commanding General, Army Futures Command
General Murray was commissioned as an Infantry officer in the US Army
upon graduation from the Ohio State University in 1982. Throughout his
career, General Murray has served in leadership positions and commanded
from Company through Division, with various staff assignments at the highest
levels of the Army.
General Murray has held numerous command positions. His command
assignments include: Commanding General Joint Task Force-3; Deputy
Commanding General – Support for US Forces Afghanistan; Commander Bagram
Airfield; Commanding General 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia;
Commander, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, at Fort Hood, Texas while serving in
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM; Commander, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry
Division, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Commander,
C Company, 1-12th Infantry Battalion, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort
Carson, Colorado.
Previously, he was the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, in the Pentagon; Director, Force
Management, the Pentagon; Assistant Deputy Director for Joint Training, J-7, Joint
Staff, Suffolk, Virginia; Director, Joint Center for Operational Analysis, United States
Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Virginia; Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver),
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver),
Multi-National Division-Baghdad OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq; G-3
(Operations), III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief of Staff, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort
Hood, Texas; C-3, Multi-National Corps-Iraq, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq;
G-3 (Operations), 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Europe and Seventh
Army, Germany; Chief, Space Control Protection Section, J-33, United States Space
Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado; S- 3(Operations), later Executive
Officer, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief,
Plans, G-1, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas.
General Murray’s awards and decorations include: the Distinguished Service
Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster, the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with
three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious
Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with
Oak Leaf Cluster, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement
Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Ranger Tab, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the
Expert Infantryman Badge, the Parachutist Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Joint
Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
General Murray hails from Kenton, Ohio. He and his wife, Jane, have three lovely
daughters and seven grandchildren.
General
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