Welcome to U.S. Army Garrison-Miami!

James A. Walls became Garrison Manager of U.S. Army Garrison-Miami on Jan. 11th, 2017.

Walls earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Cameron University in 1975.

From 1976 to 1995 he served in the U.S. Army.

Beginning December 1996, he served as the garrison manager for Fort Benning, Georgia. In 1997, he earned a master’s degree in human resource management from Troy University (then Troy State University) in Alabama. He became the deputy garrison commander of Fort Benning in June 2000.

In August 2009, he became the deputy garrison commander at U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza, Italy.

Walls became assistant chief of staff, G3 (Operations and Plans), for Installation Management Command – Europe at Sembach, Germany in June 2014, leaving that position to become deputy garrison commander at U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach in August 2015.

His decorations and badges include a Legion of Merit earned in 1996, a Civilian Achievement Award earned in 2000, an Order of St. Maurice earned in 2006, two Superior Civilian Service Awards earned in 2008 and 2013, and two Meritorious Civilian Service Awards earned in 2009 and 2014.

Mr. Larry Kilgore assumed the position of Deputy Garrison Manager of United States Army Garrison-Miami (USAG-Miami) on March 7, 2016.

Mr. Larry Kilgore served in the US Army for 29 years and retired at the rank of Command Sergeant Major (E9) in 2003. Among his many accomplishments he had the Honor of becoming the first Command Sergeant Major of the reactivated 173rd Airborne Brigade. Mr. Kilgore started his civil service career in Vicenza as Plans Specialist in 2003. In 2004 he was promoted to the position of Force Protection Program Manager and held the position for 4 years. In 2008 he was promoted to the position of Chief of Plans and Operations for the Directorate of Planning, Training, Mobilization and Security of United States Army Garrison Vicenza, and he became the Director of USAG-V, DPTMS in 2009. Mr. Kilgore deployed to Iraq in 2011 where he served as Deputy Mayor Installation Manager of a DoD installation, with the mission of providing support to Iraqi Naval and Marine forces under the purview of OSC-I. Mr. Kilgore served as the Deputy Garrison Manager of Camp Darby, Italy (Livorno). After this assignment he was selected as the Deputy Garrison Commander for Shindand and Bagram Airbases in Afghanistan. Upon redeployment Mr. Kilgore was selected for his current duty assignment as the Deputy Garrison Manager for USAG-Miami.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Business Management, University of Maryland, Overseas Campus 

ASSIGNMENTS

December 2003 - March 2004, GS11, Plans Specialist, Vicenza, Italy
March 2004 - March 2008, GS12, Force Protection Program Manager, Vicenza, Italy
April 2008 - March 2009, GS13, Chief Plans and Operations, Vicenza, Italy
April 2009 - March 2011, GS14, DPTMS, Vicenza, Italy
2012, GS14, Installation Manager, Umm Qasr, Iraq
2012-2014, Deputy Garrison Manager, Camp Darby Italy
2014-2015, Deputy Garrison Commander, Shindand/Bagram Afghanistan