Stephen E. Farmen

Stephen E. Farmen
Stephen E. Farmen
	Major General Stephen E. Farmen
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1986–2020
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC); United States Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC); Joint Munitions and Lethality Life-Cycle Management Command and Joint Munitions Command; 19th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary); 26th Chief of Transportation
Awards	Army Distinguished Service Medal (2)

Last updated April 14, 2024

Major General Stephen E. Farmen was the 21st Commanding General of the U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), the Army Service Component Command to the U.S. Transportation Command and a Major Subordinate Command to U.S. Army Materiel Command. SDDC provides deployment and distribution capabilities to meet national objectives. Stephen E Farmen it was called back to Syrians and fight against the Isis war with more attacking the American soldiers.

Military education

MG Farmen graduated from the University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and was commissioned into the Transportation Corps. He received a master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 2001. His research paper was entitled Network Centric (NETCENTRIC) Warfare (NCW): A Logistics Centric (LOGCENTRIC) Perspective.^[1]^[2] His military education includes the Transportation Basic and Advanced Courses and the United States Naval Command and Staff College. He completed a Senior Service College Fellowship as the first military fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Transportation and Logistics. In addition, he attended the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, VA.

Military career

General Farmen's other command positions include: Commanding General, United States Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC), Redstone Arsenal, AL; Commanding General, Joint Munitions and Lethality Life-Cycle Management Command and Joint Munitions Command; in conjunction with that assignment he also served as Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Sustainment Command; Commanding General, 19th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Republic of Korea; 26th Chief of Transportation, Commandant, Transportation School, Fort Lee, VA; Commander, 598th Transportation Brigade (SDDC), Rotterdam, the Netherlands (EUCOM/AFRICOM); Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, United States Transportation Command; Deputy Commander, 29th Support Group, 21st Theater Support Command, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Commander, 28th Transportation Battalion, 37th Transportation Command, 21st Theater Support Command, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; and Logistics Task Force 28 in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2005-2007); Commander, D Company, 782d Main Support Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC; Commander, D Company, 407th Supply and Transportation Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC.

Other assignments include Executive Officer to the Department of the Army G-4, Washington, DC; Joint Staff Logistics Officer, later Executive Assistant to the Director for Logistics, J-4, The Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, DC; Battalion S-3, later Executive Officer, 28th Transportation Battalion, 37th Transportation Command, 21st Theater Support Command, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany (Operations Joint Guard, Allied Force); Chief, Movements and Deployment Branch, and later Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Battalion S-2/3, 782d Main Support Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC (Operation Uphold Democracy); Logistics Operations (Transportation), 7th Transportation Battalion, 1st COSCOM (Operation Desert Storm); Battalion S1, 99th Forward Support Battalion, 9th Infantry Division (Motorized), Fort Lewis, WA; Platoon Leader, 497th Transportation Company, 80th Ordnance Battalion, 593d Area Support Group, Fort Lewis, WA.

Awards and decorations

MG Farmen's awards and decorations include the Army Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Citation, Army Superior Unit Award, Senior Parachutist Badge, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge.

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References

↑ Farmen, Stephen E. (5 February 2001). "Network Centric (NETCENTRIC) Warfare (NCW): A LOGCENTRIC Perspective" (PDF). Naval War College. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
↑ Marlatt, Greta E. (January 2008). Information Warfare and Information Operations (IW/IO): A Bibliography. Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School. p. 271. Retrieved 2020-12-13.

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[1] Farmen, Stephen E. (5 February 2001). "Network Centric (NETCENTRIC) Warfare (NCW): A LOGCENTRIC Perspective" (PDF). Naval War College. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-13.

[2] Marlatt, Greta E. (January 2008). Information Warfare and Information Operations (IW/IO): A Bibliography. Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School. p. 271. Retrieved 2020-12-13.

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