Brigadier General Ronald M. Bouchard is responsible for Communications System (CS) across the largest regional combatant command enabling joint and coalition operations. He provides senior leadership and management of Pacific and global CS resources to support the combatant command headquarters and the forces of four component commands, four sub-unified commands and all joint task forces.



Brigadier General Bouchard was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Regular Army from the Reserve Officers Training Course at the University of New Hampshire. His subsequent assignments include Battalion Signal Officer, 2nd Battalion 37th Armor, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division; Division Main Platoon Leader, 141st Signal Battalion, 1st Armored Division; Squadron Signal Officer, 2-10th Air Calvary Squadron, 7th Infantry Division; Brigade Signal Officer, 2nd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division; Company Commander, 127th Signal Battalion, 7th Infantry Division; S-3 and Executive Officer, 304th Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade; Executive Officer to the Deputy Manager, National Communications System; Assistant Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Department of the Army; Battalion Commander, 307th Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade; Deputy Commander, 516th Signal Brigade; Director, Resource Management, United States Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss; Chief of Staff, United States Army Cadet Command; Commander, 1st Signal Brigade/G6 Eighth U.S. Army/Korea Region Chief Information Officer; and Executive Officer to the Commander, UNC/CFC/USFK; and Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon, Fort Gordon, Georgia.



Brigadier General Bouchard’s military education includes Airborne School, the Signal

Officers Basic and Advance Courses, the Communications-Electronics Signal Officer Course, the Combined Arms Service Staff School, the Command and General Staff College, the Joint Professional Military Education Course, and the United States Army War College. General Bouchard received his undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire and a Masters of Business Administration (Comptroller) from Syracuse University.



Brigadier General Bouchard’s awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with 3 OLC, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with 6 OLC, the Army Commendation Medal with OLC, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal with OLC, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Korea Defense Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon with the numeric 4, and the Parachutist Badge.