SPEAKER BIOS U.S. Army Materiel Command Lieutenant General James M. Link became the Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command on August 3, 1998. A veteran of Vietnam and Desert Storm, General Link has held numerous
command and staff positions leading to his current assignment. Most recently,
he was Chief of Staff of U.S. Army Materiel Command. Prior to that, he
served as Commander, U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL.
(now Aviation and Missile Command) from June 1994 to July 1997 and Deputy
Commander, 21st Theater Army Area Command, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh
Army, from July 1993 to June 1994. From January 1992 to June 1993, he
served as the MICOM Deputy Commanding General. He also served at MICOM
from 1986 to 1989 as Director of Materiel Management Directorate in what
is now the Integrated Materiel Management Center, and served as the Acting
Director of this organization for eight months. He has held various logistical and staff assignments. While Commander,
16th Corps Support Group, V Corps, Hanau, Germany, he deployed to Southwest
Asia in support of VII Corps during Operations Desert Shield and Storm.
He was Deputy for Training Developments, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support
Command; Chief, Ordnance Assignment Branch, MILPERCEN; Commander, 194th
Maintenance Battalion, Camp Humphreys, Korea; and Department of the Army
Staff Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics. In Vietnam,
he served as Company Commander and Technical Supply Officer, 173rd Airborne
Brigade. General Link's wife is Judith, and they have a daughter, Carey. |