Frank Helmick
Frank Helmick is a retired United States Army lieutenant general .[ 1] XVIII Airborne Corps .[ 2] United States Forces – Iraq . Prior to assuming command of the XVIII Airborne Corps , LTG Helmick commanded the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq along with the NATO Training Mission-Iraq from July 3, 2008, to October 7, 2009.
Helmick has held numerous command and senior staff positions. He has commanded and served in many units in both operational and training commands: Commander 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment , 82nd Airborne Division , Fort Bragg , North Carolina ; Commander Ranger Training Brigade , Fort Benning , Georgia ; Assistant Division Commander 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) , Fort Campbell , Kentucky ; Commander of the Southern European Task Force (Airborne) , Vicenza , Italy .
His staff assignments include service in the 82nd Airborne Division , the Joint Staff , and the Office of the Secretary of Defense where he served as the Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense .
Career
Iraq War
Helmick was the commander who led the attack in Mosul that killed Uday and Qusay Hussein , Saddam Hussein's sons.[ 3]
U.S. Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) watch as a TOW missile strikes the side of a building that was suspected of harboring Uday and Qusay Hussein in Mosul , Iraq , July 22, 2003. Uday and Qusay were killed in a gun battle as they resisted efforts by coalition forces to apprehend and detain them. On August 24, 2008, Helmick survived a suicide bombing of the MRAP vehicle he was riding in near Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul . The suicide car bomb attack killed the attacker and damaged the International MaxxPro Plus vehicle, but Helmick, Brigadier General Raymond "Tony" Thomas, an Iraqi general and others inside the vehicle were not seriously injured.[ 4]
Personal life
Helmick has attended a variety of military schools including the United States Military Academy , Infantry Officer Basic Course , the Armor Officer Advanced Course , the Naval Postgraduate School , the United States Armed Forces Staff Course at the Armed Forces Staff College , and the United States Army War College .
Awards and decorations
Assignments
From
To
Assignments
November 1976
July 1977
Platoon Leader, B Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry , 1st Cavalry Division , Fort Hood , Texas
July 1977
July 1980
Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Company Commander, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry , 1st Cavalry Division , Fort Hood , Texas
August 1983
June 1984
Organizational Effectiveness Staff Officer, XVIII Airborne Corps , Fort Bragg , North Carolina
June 1984
May 1985
Aide-de-Camp to the Deputy Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps , Fort Bragg , North Carolina
May 1985
April 1986
S-3 (Operations), 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 325th Infantry Regiment , 82nd Airborne Division , Fort Bragg , North Carolina
April 1986
April 1989
S-3 (Operations) and Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 325th Infantry Regiment , Vicenza , Italy
February 1990
December 1990
Assignment Officer, Infantry Branch, United States Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, VA
December 1990
November 1991
Distribution Management Officer and Personnel Management Officer, Officer Distribution Division, United States Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, VA
November 1991
February 1994
Chief (Exercises), Operations Officer and Executive Officer, 75th Ranger Regiment , Fort Benning, GA
February 1994
May 1996
Commander, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment , 82nd Airborne Division , Fort Bragg , North Carolina
May 1996
July 1997
G-3 (Operations), 82nd Airborne Division , Fort Bragg , North Carolina
July 1998
June 2000
Commander, Ranger Training Brigade , Fort Benning , Georgia
June 2000
July 2002
Chief, Operations and Intelligence Division, J-34, The Joint Staff , Washington, DC
July 2002
June 2003
Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver) and Acting Division Commander, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) , Fort Riley , Kansas
June 2003
April 2004
Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) , Fort Campbell , Kentucky and Operation Iraqi Freedom , Iraq
April 2004
May 2006
Senior Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense , Washington, DC
July 2006
July 2008
Commanding General, United States Army Southern European Task Force , Italy
July 2008
November 2009
Commander, Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq / Commander, NATO Training Mission – Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom , Iraq
November 2009
June 2012
Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg , North Carolina
February 2011
December 2011
Deputy Commanding General - Operations, United States Forces - Iraq
References
^ [1] Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick Commanding General Multi-National Security Transition Command Iraq. Retrieved on July 20, 2008.^ [2] Helmick assumes command of XVIII Airborne Corps. Retrieved on Feb 1, 2010.^ [3] . Unconventional Combat by Williamson Murray and Robert Scales, Jr. Retrieved on June 8, 2007.^ Naylor, Sean D., "Close Call", Military Times
