Glen VanHerck | |
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Birth name | Glen David VanHerck |
Born | (1962-10-20)October 20, 1962 (age 62) Murray, Kentucky, U.S. |
Allegiance | United States |
Service | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1987–2024 |
Rank | General |
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VanHerck's opening statement at aSenate Armed Services Committee hearing on the 2022 USNORTHCOM posture Recorded March 24, 2022 |
Glen David VanHerck (born October 20, 1962)[1] is a retiredUnited States Air Forcegeneral who last served as the commander ofUnited States Northern Command andNorth American Aerospace Defense Command from 2020 to 2024. He previously served asDirector of the Joint Staff from 2019 to 2020.
VanHerck was born inMurray, Kentucky, and raised inBismarck, Missouri.[2][3] He graduated from theUniversity of Missouri, where he was commissioned through theAir Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1987.[4][5][6]
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Insignia | Rank | Date |
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![]() | General | August 20, 2020 |
![]() | Lieutenant General | September 27, 2019 |
![]() | Major General | May 13, 2016 |
![]() | Brigadier General | September 2, 2013 |
![]() | Colonel | September 1, 2007 |
![]() | Lieutenant Colonel | February 1, 2003 |
![]() | Major | August 1, 1998 |
![]() | Captain | September 16, 1991 |
![]() | First Lieutenant | September 16, 1989 |
![]() | Second Lieutenant | September 16, 1987 |
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Preceded by | Commander of the7th Bomb Wing 2012–2014 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Commander of the509th Bomb Wing 2014–2015 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Commander of theUnited States Air Force Warfare Center 2016–2017 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Director of the Joint Staff 2019–2020 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Commander of theUnited States Northern Command and theNorth American Aerospace Defense Command 2020–2024 | Succeeded by |
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