Leon E . Salomon General Leon E . Salomon was born in Chicago , Illinois on 27 April 1936 . On completion of Infantry Officer Candidate School he was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1959 . General Salomon has Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and biology from the University of Florida and a Master of Science degree in management logistics from the U . S . Air Force Institute of Technology . His military education includes the Chemical Officer Advanced Course , the U . S . Army Command and General Staff College , and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces . Following three years as an Infantry Officer , General Salomon transferred to the Chemical Corps in 1962 . Following assignments as a Chemical School instructor and responsibility for an inventory control point in Orleans , France , he became involved in his first assignment with leveraging technology as Chief of the Automated Logistics Tests for the Division Logistics Systems at Fort Hood , Texas . After graduation from the Command and General Staff College ( 1969 ) , a tour in Vietnam ( 1969 – 70 ) , and graduate studies in logistics management at the Air Force Institute of Technology , he was again put to work developing automation systems to support logistics . In 1974 he transferred to the Ordnance Corps and became Commander of the 19th Maintenance Battalion , 3rd Support Command , in Geisen , Germany . He later became Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics for the 3rd Armored Division , in Frankfurt . Following graduation from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1978 , he was assigned to the Office of the Army Chief of Staff as the Chief of the Commercial Industrial Type Activity Team . In 1980 he became the Director of Combat Services Support Systems . He became involved in the drafting of the new proponency regulation that resulted in the recreation of the branch chief concept for Combat Service Support Branches . The end result was the reestablishment of the position of Chief of Ordnance and the rebirth of the Ordnance Corps under the Army Regimental Concept . He next went on to command the Division Support Command for the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood , Texas . Following his tour there , he became the Deputy Commanding General , 21st Support Command , U . S . Army Europe and Seventh Army in Kaisersaluten , Germany . Following his promotion to Brigadier General in 1986 , he was named the Commandant of the U . S . Army Ordnance Center and School at Aberdeen Proving Ground and the Chief of Ordnance . His next key assignments included Deputy Chief of Staff , U . S . Army Materiel Command ( 1988 – 89 ) , Deputy Commanding General for Logistics U . S . Army Training and Doctrine Command , Fort Monroe , Virginia , Deputy Commanding General for Combined Arms Support , U . S . Army Training and Doctrine Command and Commanding General , U . S . Army Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee , Fort Lee , Virginia , and Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics , Department of the Army . His career culminated in his last assignment as Commanding General , U . S . Army Materiel Command , from 11 February 1994 to 27 March 1996 . General Salomon ' s awards and decorations include two Distinguished Service Medal s , the Legion of Merit , Bronze Star , three Meritorious Service Medal s , three Air Medal s , three Army Commendation Medal s , the Expert Infantryman Badge , and the Army Staff Identification Badge . General Salomon retired from the Army in 1996 . Since retiring from the military , Salomon was elected to the GRC International Board of Directors . He also works as a logistics consultant , and is affiliated with Gary A . Dunbar , Inc . From 1996 to 1998 he served as Vice President for Procurement and Logistics for Rubbermaid , and Senior Vice President for Procurement at Rubbermaid from 1998 to 1999 . He is on the Board of Directors for Global Security Management and Eagle Systems and Services , Inc a wholly owned subsidiary of The Columbia Group . He now lives in Gulfport , FL . With his wife Shirley , two sons Greg and Jeff Salomon , daughter Kristen Salomon .