General
Gustave F Perna
Commanding General, US Army Materiel Command
General Gustave F Perna assumed
duties as the 19th Commander of the
US Army Materiel Command (AMC) 30
September 2016.
General Perna served for two years as the
Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 in his previous
assignment. He oversaw policies and procedures
used by all Army logisticians throughout the
world. Prior to joining the Army staff, he served
for two years as Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/4,
US Army Materiel Command, one of the Army’s
largest commands with 190,000 military, civilian
and contractor employees, impacting all 50 states
and 152 countries.
The General’s other command assignments
include: Commander, Joint Munitions Command
and Joint Munitions and Lethality Lifecycle Management Command, responsible
for the lifecycle management of 40 billion dollars of conventional ammunition;
Commander, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Defense Logistics Agency,
responsible for the procurement of more than 14.5 billion dollars worth of food,
clothing, textiles, medicines, medical supplies, construction and equipment items for
America’s Warfighters and other customers worldwide; Commander, 4th Sustainment
Brigade, where he deployed the brigade to combat operations during OIF 05-07;
Commander, 64th Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Carson, Colorado, where he deployed the battalion to combat operations
during OIF I; Deputy Commanding Officer, 64th Corps Support Group, 13th Corps
Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas; and Commander, B Company, 143rd Ordnance
Battalion, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
General Perna’s key staff assignments include: Director of Logistics, J4, US Forces-
Iraq, responsible for sustainment plans and policies for strategic and operational
logistics to sustain coalition and joint forces; Executive Officer to the Director of the
Defense Logistics Agency, supporting the Director’s mission of providing Army, Navy,
Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with logistics, acquisitions and
technical services support; Ordnance Branch Chief, Human Resources Command;
DISCOM Executive Officer and G4, 1st Cavalry Division, where he deployed to Bosnia;
544th Maintenance Battalion Support Operations Officer and Battalion Executive
Officer, 13th COSCOM; and G4 Maintenance Officer, 13th COSCOM, where he
deployed to Somalia as a member of Joint Task Force Support Command.
He graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy with an Associate’s degree in
Business Administration. Graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate, he was
commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Infantry Officer. He earned a Bachelor’s
degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland and a Master’s
degree in Logistics Management from Florida Institute of Technology.
His military education includes: Infantry Officer Basic Course, Ordnance Officer
Advance Course, Logistics Executive Development Course, Support Operations
Course, Command and General Staff College and Senior Service College.
His awards and decorations include: Distinguished Service Medal with two Oak
Leaf Clusters, Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of
Merit, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Meritorious Service Medal,
Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Parachutist and Air
Assault Badges.
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