Background
Helmick, Frank G. was born in 1953.
Helmick, Frank G. was born in 1953.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1976. Master of Science in Management, United States Naval Postgraduate School. Graduate, Armed Forces Staff College, 1989.
Graduate, United States Army War College, 1998.
Commissioned 2d. lieutenant United States Army, 1976, advanced through grades to lieutenant general, 2008. Platoon leader 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, 1976. Executive officer and company Commander 7th Cavalry Division.
Commander 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Ranger Training Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia. Assistant division Commander maneuver 24th Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, 2002—2003. Assistant division Commander (operations) 101st Airborne Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003.
Senior military advisor to deputy secretary of defense United States Department Defense, Washington, 2004—2006. Commanding general United States Army Southern European Task Force, Vincenza, Italy, 2006—2008, Multi-National Security North Atlantic Treaty Organization Transition Command-Iraq, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2008—2009, XVIII Airborne Corps. & Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, since 2009.
Chief operations and intelligence division J-34, The Joint Staff, Washington. Chief operations anti-terrorism J-3, The Joint Staff, Washington.