24 Facts About David Barno

David William Barno was born on July 5,1954 and is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army.

David Barno was commander of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005.

David Barno is a graduate of Union Endicott High School Class of 1972.

David Barno is a graduate of the Syracuse University Maxwell School National Security Management Course in 2002.

David Barno was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, with the class of June 1976.

David Barno started his career with the 25th Infantry Division, where he served as a rifle, weapons and scout platoon leader.

David Barno commanded companies in the 25th Infantry Division and the 1st Ranger Battalion, leading a Ranger Rifle Company during the invasion of Grenada in 1983.

In 1988, David Barno joined the 2nd Ranger Battalion as the S-3 officer where he played a key role in the planning and execution of the subsequent invasion of Panama.

David Barno subsequently served as the aide de camp to the commanding general of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command.

General David 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.

David Barno then directed the Joint Task Force training program at Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia.

David Barno was twice awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and earned the Ranger Tab and Master Parachutist Badge with Combat Jump Star.

David Barno was promoted to major general in 2001 and served as the commanding general, Ft Jackson, SC, the Army's largest training base.

General David Barno was promoted to lieutenant general in 2003 at age 49, becoming the first member of his West Point class of 1976 to achieve that distinction.

David Barno travelled widely throughout the Middle East and South Asia region in his NESA director capacity, and lectured at Harvard, Yale, Tufts, Johns Hopkins SAIS, West Point, and the US Army and Naval War Colleges.

David Barno joined the Center for a New American Security as a senior advisor and Senior Fellow in May 2010, and later co-directed the center's Responsible Defense Program.

David Barno was selected to serve as a member of the Defense Department's Reserve Forces Policy Board in March 2015, a position he held until the board's reorganization in February 2021.

David Barno served as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council from May 2015 to March 2018, where he co-authored with Dr Bensahel a major report in 2016 entitled The Future of the Army.

David Barno served on the US Army War College Board of Visitors from April 2016 until September 2020.

In July 2018, Barno joined the Johns Hopkins University Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC as a Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies and Senior Fellow at the Phillip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies.

David Barno is a core faculty member for the Master of Arts in Strategic, Cybersecurity and Intelligence studies program, which began in 2021.

David Barno has appeared in interviews for a wide range of television and radio outlets, including CNN, BBC World, PBS NewsHour, C-SPan's Washington Journal, Al Jazeera, Fox News, Government Matters and NPR.

David Barno is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies.

David Barno has been awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge Master Parachutist Badge with Combat Star, Pathfinder Badge, the Ranger Tab, and the German parachutist badge.