For Immediate Release
March 16, 2009

ANNAPOLIS, MD — ViaGlobal Group is pleased to announce Major General Gary Harrell as the Director General of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) in Amman, Jordan.

As Director General, MG Harrell will be responsible for the overall management and operations of this newly constructed $200 million multi-national Counter Terrorism/Special Operations Forces (CT/SOF) training center.

Prior to joining the ViaGlobal team, Gary Harrell retired as a Major General and the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations / Commander, Allied Joint Force Command-Brunssum Deployable Joint Task Force, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Response Force, Brunssum, The Netherlands. He has served the U.S. Army for 34 years. During his distinguished career, General Harrell has served as Commander, Special Operations Command Central; Director, U.S. Central Command; Commander, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (SFOD); Deputy Commander, SFOD; Squadron Commander, Special Operations Officer and Troop Commander, SFOD; as well as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. General Harrell has distinguished himself in the military’s most elite and clandestine combat units.

During his career he participated in several major operations, to include Operation Anaconda, Operation Urgent Fury, Operation Just Cause, Operations Desert Shield and Storm, Operation Continue Hope, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

General Harrell has served his nation with honor in the Middle East and around the world. His decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), the Bronze Star Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster and Combat “V”), the Purple Heart, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), the Air Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal (Oak Leaf Clusters).

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