BIOGRAPHY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL ALLEN A. BAUMANN (USAVR)
NATIONAL COMMANDER
UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS-JOINT SERVICES COMMAND

 Lieutenant General Allen A. Baumann began his career as a US Army Recruit.  Five years later, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant from Officers’ Candidate School.  He has commanded units from platoon to group levels.  He served in combat in Viet Nam as a Special Forces “Green Beret” Officer, as a Fire Support Coordinator in the 4th Infantry Division and as an Infantry Rifle Company Commander in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).  He served as Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Commanding General (US), IV Corps, Viet Nam.  

In non-combat service, he served in the 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, 1st Armored Division (Hell on Wheels), Fort Hood, TX, and numerous other overseas assignments.  His assignments took him to Okinawa, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Turkey, and Puerto Rico.  

Lieutenant General Baumann was decorated in Viet Nam with two Bronze Stars, the Air Medal with eight additional awards for over 1000 combat assaults, the Army Commendation Medal for Valor, and numerous other campaign medals.  For Meritorious Service, LTG Baumann holds both the Meritorious Service Medal with two additional awards and the Army Achievement Medal.  He holds the coveted Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Special Forces Tab, the Air Assault Badge and the US, German, Argentine, Australian and the Republic of Viet Nam Airborne Badges.

He’s holds a Bachelor’s, Master’s, Juris Doctor, and PhD in Organization and Management degrees and completed post-doctoral studies at Harvard’s Graduate School of Business.

LTG Baumann is active in numerous professional and civic organizations.

LTG Baumann retired from the US Army as a Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry/Special Forces.  

Lieutenant General Baumann serves as the National Commander of the United States Volunteers-Joint Services Command.  He is the ranking officer of the US Army Volunteer Reserve.  The US Volunteers-Joint Services Command has 10 Regional Commands spread across the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Samoan Islands.  Their primary mission is to bury the world’s greatest Veterans, the United States Veterans with formal Final Military Honors in accordance with the Department of Defense Directives.