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BG Thomas Miller’s Welcome to First US Army Remarks by:  First U.S. Army Acting Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Colby Broadwater Aug 15, 01; HQ, First U.S. Army, Ft Gillem, Ga Good morning First Army! Thanks for being here to welcome the newest members of our First Army team….Gen. Tom Miller and his wife Mary, their son, Bryan and daughter, Kaitlyn. We are glad to have you aboard, and no one more so than me. Always great having our other Deputy Commanding General and Assistant Division Commander for the 24th Infantry Division here from Fort Jackson, Gen. Walt Wojdakowski and his wife Candy; thank you for coming. And thanks to the great FORSCOM band….they always add that special touch to our events and let me add; stole the show up at Fort A.P. Hill for our Scout Jamboree last month. Don’t the new flags look good? Thanks to COL Round, Mr. Pulliam, and the NSJ-TF for providing them for our ceremonies. Let me also take a minute to welcome our new Chief of Staff. Billy Wells took over the reigns of the First Army Staff Monday after having served as our 4th Brigade commander, 87th Division at Ft. Stewart for the last three years. He is the perfect man to direct this staff through the course of the next year. Again Billy, welcome and thanks for taking on this key job. It is a personal and professional pleasure for me to welcome a great soldier to First U.S. Army. Our leadership, in its wisdom, has selected one of the Army’s premier trainers to serve with us. Our mission is, first and foremost, to ensure the readiness of our citizen soldiers in the event they are needed. Each year, we see more evidence that the world continues to remain unstable. And, each year, we see the changing nature of worldwide threats, which prompts the Army to adjust how it does business. Tom Miller will direct the training efforts of First Army to help us work toward our goals of strengthening our defense and developing necessary readiness for meeting worldwide contingencies. A career soldier who has served at all echelons of command and staff, he comes to us from the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum where he was the Assistant Division Commander for the past year…a very dynamic job for one of our nation’s premier commands. Now, he’s returned to the south where he began his military career. Commissioned at the University of Southern Mississippi in Infantry. He attended Infantry Officer basic and advanced courses at Fort Benning. Earned a masters degree from Troy State University; and graduated from the Army Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. Gen. Miller has been in so many of the “right” places to learn our trade…beginning as a Platoon leader and the company Executive officer for A Co., 1st Bn, 505th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, at Fort Bragg. He served in Korea. Later he was executive officer for A Company, 1st Bn, 7th Special Forces Group, and became S-3 in that unit. …Was selected for company command back at his old unit…A Co., 1st Bn, 505th Inf. 82d Airborne Division. ..served as instructor at the Infantry School at Ft. Benning. …worked at various levels of operations at brigade and division at 101st Airborne Division…to include Deputy G-3. …Served as battalion commander at the Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning…overseeing and molding new soldiers. …Deputy, 3rd Brigade commander, 24th Inf. Division, at Fort Benning. …G-3 Operations, 10th Mountain Division …J-3 Operations, Uphold Democracy, Haiti …Chief, Force XXI Office, Ft Benning …Commander, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry…Hawaii … Deputy Director for Operations, J-3, United States Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii. And culminating with his last assignment at the 10th Mountain Division as the ADC, operations. Awards include… Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal Army Commendation Medal Expert Infantryman Badge Master Parachutist Badge Pathfinder Badge Air Assault Badge Ranger Tab Special Forces Tab Tom Miller brings great expertise and operational experience to his job here at First Army. He knows the “nuts and bolts” of training and knows RIGHT when he sees it. He has passed through all the gates and his records show that he knows soldiering and soldiers. I know Tom looks forward to working with our Guard and Reserve commanders in 27-states, three territories, and the District of Columbia. I am sure I speak for all here this morning when I welcome you, Mary, Bryan and Kaitlyn to our First Army family. We are blessed to have you here with us. Again, thanks to all of you for joining us out here this morning for this welcome ceremony. May God bless each of you, The United States Army, and this Great Nation. (Narrator introduces Gen. Miller)  Back to the top