Brig. Gen. Tucker retires from Va. Guard
Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., Adjutant General of Virginia, awarded Brig. Gen. Robert L. Tucker the Legion of Merit Sept. 10 during a retirement ceremony at Fort Pickett, Va. Tucker joined the Virginia Army National Guard November 10, 1972 as an enlisted Soldier. He was commissioned through the Virginia Army National Guard Officer Candidate Program on July 27, 1979, Class 21. He has served in command positions from battery through brigade level. In his last command assignment, the general served as the commander of the 54th Field Artillery Brigade. When the 54th Brigade Headquarters was mobilized in February 2004 he served as mobile liaison team executive officer in Kabul, Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom from May 2004 through April 2005. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew H. Owen, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
Brig. Gen. Tucker retires from Va. Guard
Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., Adjutant General of Virginia, awarded Brig. Gen. Robert L. Tucker the Legion of Merit Sept. 10 during a retirement ceremony at Fort Pickett, Va. Tucker joined the Virginia Army National Guard November 10, 1972 as an enlisted Soldier. He was commissioned through the Virginia Army National Guard Officer Candidate Program on July 27, 1979, Class 21. He has served in command positions from battery through brigade level. In his last command assignment, the general served as the commander of the 54th Field Artillery Brigade. When the 54th Brigade Headquarters was mobilized in February 2004 he served as mobile liaison team executive officer in Kabul, Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom from May 2004 through April 2005. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew H. Owen, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)