Major General Brian Miller is a Pennsylvania native, originally commissioned as an Engineer Officer from Duke University.
Major General Miller served on active duty for five years: initially at Baumholder, Germany with the 40th Engineer Battalion as a Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and Battalion Adjutant. He then served as the Engineer Brigade S3 Plans Officer with the 1st Armored Division Engineer Brigade in Bad Kreuznach, Germany and in Tuzla, Bosnia as part of Task Force Eagle. He completed his active-duty tour as Assistant Brigade Engineer for the 20th Engineer Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas.
Major General Miller departed active duty in 1998 and joined the Army Reserve, where he served as a Civil Engineer on a Facility Engineer Team at Fort Dix, NJ and forward deployed to Bosnia. He served as the Operations Officer of the 1-98th Engineer Battalion (Schools) at New Windsor, NY and as an Adjunct Professor of Military Science at Rutgers University. He taught Intermediate-Level Education with the 11-80th Battalion and commanded the 3-385th Basic Combat Training Battalion at Edison, NJ. He deployed to Iraq in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he helped to create and then advise the 1st Iraqi Engineer Regiment. In 2014, he deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom where he advised the Afghan Chief of Engineers and his staff.
Upon returning from Afghanistan, Major General Miller was the Reserve Deputy Commander (IMA) for the US Army Corps of Engineers’ North Atlantic Division at Fort Hamilton, NY. He then Commanded the 302d Maneuver Enhancement Brigade in Chicopee, MA, was the Deputy Commanding General-Operations 412th Theater Engineer Command in Vicksburg, MI, and then served as the Reserve Deputy Commanding General with the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Washington D.C. He then commanded the 416th Theater Engineer Command in Darien, IL before coming to Fort Bragg to become the Chief of Staff for US Army Forces Command, now US Army Western Hemisphere Command.
Major General Miller holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University. He also holds three Masters Degrees: Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University, Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and Strategic Studies from the Army War College. He is a graduate of the Engineer Officer Basic Course, the Armor Officer Advance Course, the Combined Arms Services Staff School, the Command and General Staff Office College, the Joint Combined Warfighting School, and the U S Army War College.
Major General’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NATO Medal, Combat Action Badge and Parachutist Badge.
He and his wife Wendy have two grown sons: Nicholas and Zachary.