Commander's
Office
Greetings Message and Biography
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Greetings, Our predecessors, The United States Volunteers, serve
as our inspiration. They arose in a time of this nation's seeking the
American citizen resources as they existed and employing them when and
where needed. The US Volunteers were the strength of the US Army
during the Civil War and then again during the Spanish-American
War. Most notably, COL Theodore Roosevelt, Medal of Honor
recipient and others such as Major General Leonard Wood, Major General
Arthur MacArthur and many more, were US Volunteers. The nation
took essentially civilians who had some military training and raised
them to meet the needs of the United States. That's what the United States Volunteers - Joint
Services Command(USV-JSC) is all about. We are composed of
military retirees and former members of every Service of the Armed
Forces. We are disciplined, trained, loyal, patriotic, uniformed
Volunteers that serve and stand ready to serve the Department of
Defense in a "seamless" manner. We wear the uniform with
modifications of the Service in which we served. Our uniform is
distinct from the Active and Reserve Forces, but provides a "seamless"
appearance. Without argument, the United States Armed Forces'
Veterans are the greatest the world has ever seen. Currently, our
Veterans are dying at the rate of 1600 daily.
Because of the War on Terrorism, our Active and Reserve brothers and
sisters are extensively committed to fighting to preserve our
democratic, free society. As a consequence, about 90% of
America's Finest are buried WITHOUT Final
Military Honors. There is a critical shortage of properly trained,
experienced, uniformed personnel to support the mission of rendering
burial services other than a uniformed member of the Service of the
deceased and a "boom box" or an electronic bugle for Taps. The
USV-JSC provides flag folders, the salute by a rifle squad, an honor
guard and a Chaplain. We are a "seamless" uniformed, dedicated,
experienced, military force who tries to meet the extensive
requirements of burying our brothers and sisters in arms. We
put "Boots on Graves" as was intended by Congress before this severe
shortage of uniformed men and women arose. Additionally, we serve as a pool of civilian,
military trained, disciplined and uniformed Volunteers with skills
determined by the Secretary of Defense to be critical, rapidly
available for use in, or in support of, units of the Armed Forces on a
temporary basis to meet no-notice, or short notice, operational
requirements. We are prepared to be embeded on short notice in
military units, not as part of the military, but who possess highly
required skills that are in short supply in the Armed Forces. If you're 18 years old, an American citizen and are
looking to don your uniform once again or become trained and become
uniformed, we welcome you with open hearts! Respectfully, BIOGRAPHY
OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL ALLEN A. BAUMANN (USAVR) 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
Lieutenant General
Baumann was decorated in
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
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