Major General Walter F. Pudlowski, Jr.

J3 Special Assistant to the Director , Army National Guard

    Major General Walter F. Pudlowski Jr. assumed duties as the J3, National Guard Bureau on 13 October 2003 and was subsequently assigned the additional duty as Special Assistant to the Director Army National Guard. As the Special Assistant to the Director of the Army National Guard, he performs duties as the Acting Deputy Director of the Army National Guard,

    The general's military career began as an enlisted soldier in the United States Army in 1966. He was commissioned following Officer Candidate School at Fort Knox, KY. His initial assignment was as a Training Officer and Company Executive Officer In Company Y, 2d BCT Brigade, Fort Dix, NJ. After a tour of duty as a transportation platoon leader in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968 he served as an operations and training officer at Headquarters, First United States Amy. In 1970 he was assigned to the Army Tropic Test Center in Panama, where he served as the chief of test support and as the logistics management officer, culminating his active service in 1972. He continued his service in the U.S. Army Reserve as a military instructor until 1976, when he joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division. His assignments included assistant operations officer, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry executive officer, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 109th Infantry operations officer and later executive officer, 55th Brigade. In 1986, he was assigned as the operations officer, 28th Infantry Division. He was assigned as the Division Chief of Staff, and as the Deputy Commanding General for Maneuver, prior to assuming Command of the 28th Infantry Division.