Background
He was born on 18 October 1934 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania.
He was born on 18 October 1934 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania.
United States Military Academy. United States Army War College.
He is of Italian and Finnish ancestry. He began his career as a field artillery officer after graduating from the United States Military Academy, in West Point, New New York After graduating with the class of 1957, he served three tours in Vietnam as an artillery battalion executive officer with the 1st Infantry Division in 1966-1967.
Executive officer of Division Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in 1970.
And as commander, 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery in 1970-1971. Vuono rose through the ranks quickly, serving several times in the Army"s Training and Doctrine Command, in which he eventually became its commander in 1986.
After his retirement from the Army, Vuono joined Military Professional Resources Incorporated. (MPRI), a private military company, in 1993.
. Since 1999 he has served as the Chief Executive Officer of MPRI. L-3 Communications acquired MPRI in June 2000 at which point Vuono was offered a senior management position at L-3 Communications.
In 2003, he was awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award by the West Point Association of Graduates. He holds an Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration from Shippensburg University.
