Lieutenant General Clyde A. Vaughn, USA (Ret.)

Clyde Vaughn retired as the Director of the Army National Guard in July 2009 after nearly 40 years of service to the Guard and the U.S. Army.

As Director of the Army National Guard – a force of over 350,000 Soldiers in the 54 states, territories, and the District of Columbia – General Vaughn guided the formulation, development and implementation of all programs and policies affecting the Guard.  He built an innovative and highly successful recruiting program; undertook the changes necessary to raise ARNG readiness levels to all time highs; enabled the ARNG to meet all wartime and deployment requirements, deploying over 300,000 soldiers; guided the deployment of ARNG soldiers to Katrina/Rita and the Southwest Border; and developed several innovative programs such as the Afghanistan Agriculture Development Teams.

General Vaughn was commissioned through the Missouri National Guard Officer Candidate School program in 1974 and served in a wide variety of command and staff positions as a traditional Guardsman and on active duty. He also served extensively in Central and South America on several deployed Task Forces.

His general officer assignments were as Deputy Director of Operations, Readiness, and Mobilization & Deputy Director of Military Support under the G3 of the U.S. Army, Deputy Director of the Army National Guard, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for National Guard Matters, and Director of the Army National Guard from June 2005-July 2009.

General Vaughn has received the Army Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit with four Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Southeast Missouri State College and a MPA from Shippensburg University.  His professional military education includes the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the United States Army War College.

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