David Barno

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Barno
Occupation	Military Personnel
Date Of Birth	Jun 28, 1955(1955-06-28)
Age	69
Birthplace	Endicott
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Gemini

David Barno Biography

David Barno is one of the most popular and richest Military Personnel who was born on June 28, 1955 in Endicott, New York, United States. David W. Barno (born 1954) is a former Lieutenant General in the United States Army. He was the head of the The Combined Forces Command Afghanistan from 2003 until 2005.

In 1988, Barno came back to his 2nd Ranger Battalion as S-3 (Operations) and parachuted into Panama during Operation Just Cause. Barno was later appointed as the aide decamp to the commanding general for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.

Following selection to Brigadier General, General Barno served as the Assistant Division Commander (Operations) for the 25th Infantry Division as well as Deputy Director of Operations, U.S. Pacific Command. Barno was promoted to Major General in 2001 and served as the Commanding General, Ft Jackson, SC, the Army’s largest training base. During his time at Ft Jackson, he led Chief of Staff Army Task Forces on the Future Force Soldier and Warrior Ethos. Barno was the principal author of the Army’s 2003 culture-changing Warrior Ethos which dictates: “Mission First, Never Accept Defeat, Never Quit, and Never Leave Behind a Fallen Comrade.” In January 2003, Barno was deployed to Hungary as the Commanding General of Task Force Warrior tasked to train Free Iraqi Forces in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

General Barno was promoted to lieutenant general (three stars) in 2003 at age 49, becoming the first member of his West Point class of 1976 to achieve that distinction. In October 2003, he deployed to Afghanistan where he was designated to establish a three-star headquarters in Kabul and ultimately command over 20,000 Coalition Forces for 19 months as the first Commander, Military Operations-Afghanistan (later redesignated Combined Forces Command- Afghanistan, United States Central Command, Afghanistan). During his tenure, he forged a close relationship with U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, co- locating his command at the US Embassy compound and creating an integrated civil-military Counter-insurgency campaign plan for Afghanistan focused on the Afghan population. Without an official post-Vietnam COIN doctrine by the US military, he based his counter-insurgency strategy off his U.S. Military Academy Revolutionary Warfare class notes and COIN works by T.E. Lawrence, the USMC Small Wars Manual, Sorley’s A Better War, and John Nagl.

Barno’s military experience encompasses his education at the United States Military Academy (USMA) located in West Point, New York (Class of 1976) Army Officers Basic and Advance Courses, Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College.

David Barno Net Worth

David Barno is one of the richest Military Personnel from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Barno 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Barno is born in Endicott, New York. Barno is a graduate of Union Endicott High School Class 1972.

Barno was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the infantry after completion of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York Class of June 1976. He began his career with the 25th Infantry Division, where was a rifle, weapons , and Scout leader for a platoon. He led companies of the 25th Infantry Division and the 1st Ranger Battalion, leading the Ranger Rifle Company during the invasion of Grenada in 1983.

General Barno commanded the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, followed by command of the 2nd Ranger Battalion at Ft Lewis, Washington. Following attendance at the Army War College, he commanded the Warrior Brigade, a multi- functional support brigade at Fort Polk, Louisiana, which supported the Joint Readiness Training Center and was then the largest brigade in the Army. He then directed the Joint Task Force training program at Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia. With three Ranger Battalion tours and command of the 3rd Bn, 505th PIR in the 82nd Airborne Division, he accumulated over 110 parachute jumps during his career, to include a 500-foot night-time parachute assault into Panama in 1989, during which 11 of 15 jump aircraft were struck by enemy fire. He holds the coveted Combat Infantryman’s Badge as well as the Ranger Tab and Master Parachutist Badge with Combat Jump Star.

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