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General (Retired) Dennis L. Via served 36 years with the U.S. Army, culminating his career as the 18th Commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, from August 2012 until October 2016. General Via holds the distinction of being the first commissioned Signal Corps officer in U.S. Army history to be promoted to four-star general, and is one of only eight U.S. Army African-American four-star generals. From July 2007 through June 2009, then Major General Via served as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (CECOM) and Senior Commander of Fort Monmouth, NJ, where he was responsible for planning the Base Realignment and Closure of Fort Monmouth and relocation of CECOM to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. As the Commander of AMC, he was directly responsible for all logistics, information technology, research and development, contracting, foreign military sales, industrial base manufacturing and depot operations for the U.S. Army. His awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal; the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster; Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters; Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Joint Service Achievement Medal; and the Army Achievement Medal.
| Date Taken: | 06.23.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 03.21.2025 09:15 |
| Category: | Video Productions |
| Video ID: | 955978 |
| VIRIN: | 210623-A-EZ484-4960 |
| PIN: | 003 |
| Filename: | DOD_110875259 |
| Length: | 00:07:04 |
| Location: | US |
| Hometown: | ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND, US |
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