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DALLAS - Thomas W. Kula, the commander of the Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in a ceremony May 13 in Dallas. Kula was promoted by Maj. Gen. Merdith W. B. Temple, Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Kula, the Army’s newest general officer, oversees the Southwestern Division, a 3,200-person engineering and construction organization, which includes district offices located in Little Rock, Ark., Tulsa, Okla., and Fort Worth and Galveston, Texas. The division area covers all or part of seven states, with annual programs totaling more than $5 billion. He took command of the Southwestern Division on July 2, 2010.
Kula was born in North Chicago, Ill. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers and awarded a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He holds a Master’s Degree in Military Arts and Science from the School of Advanced Military Studies, Command and General Staff College.
Prior to assuming command of the Southwestern Division, Kula served as the Chief of Staff, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Among his other previous assignments are Doctrine Writer and Tactics Instructor, U.S. Army Engineer School and Aide de Camp to the Commanding General, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; Chief of G-3 Plans, 82nd Airborne Division and Executive Officer, 307th Engineer Battalion (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; Military Assistant to the Undersecretary of the Army and Program Analyst for Force Structure, Program Analysis and Evaluation Directorate, the Pentagon, Washington D.C.; and Commander, 130th Engineer Brigade, V Corps, Hanau, Germany (OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 05-07, IRAQ, September 2005-September 2006).
His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (with two oak leaf clusters), the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (with five oak leaf clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Army Achievement Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Combat Action Badge, the Ranger Tab, the Sapper Tab, the Master Parachutist Badge, the Pathfinder Badge, the German Parachutist Badge, and the Army Staff Badge.
Kula is married and has three children.
| Date Taken: | 05.18.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 05.18.2011 10:13 |
| Story ID: | 70587 |
| Location: | DALLAS, TEXAS, US |
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