Bruce M. Lawlor
| Bruce M. Lawlor | |
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Lawlor as commander of Joint Task Force-Civil Support
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| Born |
January 24, 1948 Bellows Falls, Vermont |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1967–2003 |
| Rank |
 Major General
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| Commands held | 1st Battalion 172nd Armor 86th Armored Brigade Joint Task Force-Civil Support |
| Battles/wars |
Vietnam War Global War on Terrorism |
| Awards |
Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal Army Commendation Medal |
| Other work | Director of the Center for Technology, Security, and Public Policy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
Major General (Retired) Bruce M. Lawlor (born January 24, 1948) is a retired United States Army officer. He is prominent as the first commander of Joint Task Force-Civil Support. In addition, he was one of five White House staff members who wrote the plan to create the Department of Homeland Security, and he was the first DHS Chief of Staff.
Bruce Michael Lawlor was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont on January 24, 1948, and graduated from Vermont Academy in 1966. He briefly attended the United States Military Academy before transferring to George Washington University, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in political science in 1970.
While attending George Washington University Lawlor was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency. After graduation Lawlor became a full CIA staff member, took a paramilitary training course, and was trained as a foreign intelligence officer. Assigned to the Vietnam Desk at CIA headquarters, he was trained in Vietnam agent operations and took a Vietnamese language course. Lawlor was sent to Vietnam in November 1971, and by the beginning of 1972 was working in counterintelligence in the Danang regional headquarters. In the summer of 1972 Lawlor became Police Special Branch advisor in Quang Nam Province, organizing paramilitary Special Branch operations and interrogations. He took part in Phoenix Program operations until 1973; he resigned from the CIA in 1974.
In 1974 Lawlor received a direct commission in the United States Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer.
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