Major General Brian W. Gibson entered the active Army in 1992 after
graduating from Wheaton College with a Bachelor of Science degree
in Mathematics and receiving a commission through the Reserve
Officer Training Corps. He also holds a Master of Arts degree from
Webster University in Computer Resources and Information
Management and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic
Studies from the Army War College.
His military education includes the Air Defense Artillery Officer
Basic Course, Air Defense Officer Advanced Course, Combined
Arms Services and Staff School, U.S. Army Command and General
Staff College, and U.S. Army War College. Following
commissioning, he served in the following key assignments: Platoon
Leader and Battalion Master Gunner, 6th Battalion (Patriot), 43rd Air
Defense Artillery, Ansbach, Germany and Operation Southern
Watch, Saudi Arabia; Assistant Brigade Operations Officer (S-3),
69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Giebelstadt, Germany, and Operation Joint Endeavor, Hungary;
Commander, A Battery, 6th Battalion (Patriot), 52nd Air Defense Artillery, Ansbach, Germany, Operation
Southern Watch, Saudi Arabia, and Operation Northern Watch, Turkey; Operations Research Analyst, U.S.
Army Recruiting Command, 6th Recruiting Brigade, Las Vegas, NV; Operations Officer (S-3), 1st Battalion
(Patriot), 7th Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, TX; Operations Officer (S-3), 108th Air Defense Artillery
Brigade, Fort Bliss, TX and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; Chief of Concepts, United States Army Air
Defense Artillery Director of Combat Developments, Fort Bliss, TX; Secretary of the General Staff, United
States Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Alexandria, VA; Patriot / MEADS Team Chief,
Headquarters Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs (G-8), Pentagon, Washington,
DC; 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command’s (AAMDC) senior forward representative in the
CENTCOM AOR, Deputy Commander, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and Battalion Commander, 1st
Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, TX; Commander, 69th Air Defense Artillery
Brigade, Fort Hood, TX; Global Force Management Division Chief, Deputy Director of Regional
Operations, Joint Staff Operations Directorate (J-3), Pentagon, Washington, DC; Commandant of the U.S.
Army Air Defense Artillery School and as the Chief of Air Defense Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Director
of the Air and Missile Defense Cross-Functional Team. Major General Gibson most recently served as
Commander, 94th AAMDC.
Major General Gibson’s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal,
Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Army Meritorious Service Medal with five oak
leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with two
oak leaf clusters, National Defense Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary
Medal, South West Asia Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on
Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon
2nd Award, NATO Medal, and Kuwait Liberation Medal. He has also been awarded the Joint Staff
Identification Badge, Army Staff Identification Badge, and Parachutist Badge.
Major General Gibson is married to Cheryl, his wife of 26 years. He has two children, Josiah and Simon.
