Brigadier General Michael J. Bouchard

Brigadier General Michael J. Bouchard; Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Maine National Guard. He is the former principal assistant to the Adjutant General and provides advice on all issues pertaining to the utilization of Maine Army National Guard assets. He guides the development and implementation of all programs and policies affecting the organization. He also serves as Commander, Maine Army National Guard and leads over 2,100 Soldiers assigned to 38 Army National Guard units. General Bouchard is responsible for all training, manning and equipping as related to readiness and the resource planning, programming, budgeting and execution in support of operational requirements and readiness goals in support of State and Federal missions.

General Bouchard received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program upon graduating from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont in 1985. He served on active duty with the United States Army in Germany and the Continental United States before joining the Maine Army National Guard in 1989. From 1989 through 1995, he served in various command and staff assignments with the Maine Army National Guard to include assignments in Panama and Guatemala with Task Force Team 240 and Task Force Dirigo. In 1989, General Bouchard was assessed into the Title-10 Active Guard and Reserve Program and served in numerous positions at the National Guard Bureau, the Headquarters Department of Army, the Secretary of the Army Office, and the Installation Management Command. In 2010 he deployed to Afghanistan with the 86 Infantry Brigade Combat Team and served as the Director of the Afghan National Police Directorate and dual hatted as the senior operational mentor to the Commanding General of the Afghan Civil Order Police.

Prior to his current assignment, General Bouchard served as the Installation Division Chief responsible for all Army National Guard Installations and Facilities and as the Army National Guard G4 responsible for the Installations, Logistics, Environmental and Energy/Sustainability programs in support of the 350,000 Guardsmen and all Army National Guard units in the 54 States, U.S. Territories and District of Columbia.

EDUCATION:

1985 Norwich University, Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Northfield, Vermont 1998 Troy State University, Master of Public Administration, Troy, Alabama

2006 United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

2006 United States Army War College, Master of Strategic Studies, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. Student, Engineer Officer Basic Course
2. March 1986 - October 1987, Platoon Leader, 503rd Engineer Company (Combat Support Equip), Kornwestheim, Germany
3. October 1987 - February 1989, Executive Officer, 38th Engineer Company (Medium Girder Bridge), Kornwestheim, Germany
4. February 1989 - November 1989, Inactive Ready Reserve
5. November 1989 - October 1990, Operations Officer, Headquarters Support Company, 133rd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), Portland, Maine
6. October 1990 - February 1991, Operations Officer, Company A, 133rd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), South Portland, Maine with duty as Student, Engineer Officer Advanced Course (September 1990 - February 1991), Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
7. February 1991 - March 1992, Civil Engineer, Headquarters Support Company, 133rd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), Portland, Maine
8. March 1992 - September 1993, S-1 (Human Resources), Headquarters Support Company, 133rd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), Portland, Maine with duty as Task Force Team 240Liaison Officer/Executive Officer (September 1992 - December 1992), Camp Rousseau, Panama
9. September 1993 - April 1995, Plans Officer, Detachment 1, Headquarters Support Company, 133rd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), Portland, Maine with duty as Task Force Dirigo Engineer (December 1992 - September 1994), Salama, Guatemala
10. April 1995 - November 1995, Commander, Company B, 133rd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), Saco, Maine
11. November 1995 - August 1996, Facility Engineer, Installations Division, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Virginia
12. August 1986 - January 1997, Senior Architect, Installations Division, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Virginia
13. January 1997 - January 2000, Facility Management Engineer, Installations Division, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington Virginia
14. January 2000 - May 2001, Executive Officer, Installations Division, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Virginia
15. May 2001 - August 2003, Reserve Component Installations Strategic Planner, Plans and Operations Division, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, Headquarters, Department of the Army, the Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
16. August 2003 - August 2004, Military Assistant for Reserve Components, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Army-Installations and Housing, Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army-Installations and Environment, Headquarters, Department of the Army, the Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
17. August 2004 - October 2006, National Guard Bureau Liaison Officer/Senior Guard Advisor, Headquarters, Installation Management Command, Crystal City, Virginia

18. October 2006 - January 2010, Division Chief, Installations Division, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Virginia
19. January 2010 - December 2010, Director, Afghan National Police Division, ISAF Joint Command, Afghanistan
20. December 2010 - January 2012, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, detailed as Deputy G5, Plans, Strategy and Policy, Army National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia
21. February 2012 - January 2015, G4, Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations, Logistics, Environment and Energy/Sustainability, Army National Guard, Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Virginia
22. January 2015 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Maine Army National Guard, Augusta, Maine

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal (with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster) Army Commendation Medal

Army Achievement Medal

Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal

National Defense Service Medal (with Bronze Service Star) Afghanistan Campaign Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass) Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with "M" Device) Army Service Ribbon

Overseas Service Ribbon (with Numeral 2)

Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 2)

Non Article 5 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal (Afghanistan- ISAF) Army Staff Identification Badge

Army Meritorious Unit Award Army Superior Unit Award Parachutist badge

Air Assault Badge

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION:

Director, Department of Defense Program Development for Systems Plus, Incorporated, responsible for managing the strategic direction and business development of the company. General Bouchard’s current focus is establishing and growing the company’s Energy and Environmental capabilities and programs. His in-house corporate expertise is with logistics, contracting, energy, environmental, sustainability, and military installation policy, regulation, and planning management.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:

National Guard Association of the United States National Guard Association of Maine

American Legion Post 290

Army Engineer Association (Life Member), Past President of Minuteman Chapter Military Officers Association of America (Life Member)

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

The Bronze Order of the DeFluery Medal, Army Engineer Association Kentucky Colonel, Commonwealth of Kentucky