William G . T . Tuttle , Jr . General William Gilbert Townsend Tuttle , Jr . ( born November 26 , 1935 ) is a retired United States Army four - star general who served as Commanding General , United States Army Materiel Command ( CG AMC ) from 1989 to 1992 . Military career . Tuttle was born in Portsmouth , Virginia on November 26 , 1935 . Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1958 , he was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant of infantry and awarded a B . S . degree in Engineering . He also has Master of Business Administration from Harvard . His military education includes the Basic Officer Course at the Infantry School , the Transportation Basic and Advanced Officer Courses , the Armed Forces Staff College , and the U . S . Army War College . Following graduate school , he commanded the 584th Transportation Detachment ( Intelligence ) and later served as the Transportation Plans Officer at Headquarters , Eighth U . S . Army , Korea . In 1965 , he joined the Department of Social Sciences at the U . S . Military Academy teaching economics and government . He also served a summer period as a strategic mobility analyst in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense ( Systems Analysis ) and returned to West Point as an Assistant Professor of Social Sciences , where he directed the Economics of National Security Course . Upon completing his tour at West Point in June 1968 , he was assigned respectively as Executive Officer of the 9th Supply and Transport Battalion and 9th Infantry Division Transportation Officer in Vietnam . In July 1969 , he attended the Armed Forces Staff College , Norfolk , Virginia and in February 1970 was assigned to the Department of the Army , serving first as a Military Programs Staff Officer in the Directorate of Manpower and Forces of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development , where he programmed the major portion of the Army ' s post - Vietnam reduction as well as the withdrawal of a division from Korea . In February 1971 , he joined the Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff as the logistics analyst in the Office of the Coordinator of Army Studies . In the latter part of this tour , he helped develop the concept for the Army ' s 1973 reorganization which created TRADOC and FORSCOM . Assigned to Europe in 1972 , he was Assistant Chief of Staff , Logistics , 3rd Armored Division , and later commanded that division ' s 503rd Supply and Transport Battalion . He then attended the War College and wrote a chapter the War College ' s text , " Army Command and Management " . He served consecutively as Chief of Logistics , Division Restructuring Study , and as Chief of Personnel and Logistics Systems Division in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Combat Developments , TRADOC . He returned to Europe and served as Commander , Division Support Command , 3rd Armored Division from October 1977 through July 1979 . Promoted to brigadier general , he became the Commanding General , Eastern Area Military Traffic Management Command , until March 1981 . His next assignments included Deputy Commanding General for Logistics , TRADOC , and Commanding General , U . S . Army Logistics Center and Fort Lee ; Director of Force Management , Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans , HQDA ; Chief of the Policy and Programs Branch , Policy Division , Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe ; and Commanding General , U . S . Army Operational Test and Evaluation Agency . His career culminated in his assignment as Commander , United States Army Materiel Command , from 27 September 1989 to 31 January 1992 . Awards and decorations which he has received include the Distinguished Service Medal ( with two Oak Leaf Clusters ) , the Defense Superior Service Medal , the Legion of Merit Medal , the Bronze Star ( with two Oak Leaf Clusters ) , the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal . He also wears the Air Medal , the Army Commendation Medal ( with Oak Leaf Cluster ) , the Gold Cross of Honor of the Federal Republic of Germany , the Senior Parachutist Badge and the Ranger Tab . In 1987 the City of Portsmouth , Virginia chose him as one of its " Notables . " General Tuttle was selected in 1991 to be the Army ' s 45th Kermit Roosevelt Lecturer at the British Senior Service Schools . General Tuttle retired from the Army in 1992 . General Tuttle continues to be involved with the Department of Defense as the Board Chairman of the Defense Acquision University and a member of the LOGTECH Subject Matter Expert Board of the Institute for Defense and Business . In 2011 the The First Annual General William G . T . Tuttle , Jr . , USA ( Ret . ) Award for Business Acumen in Defense and Government ( http : / / www . prnewswire . com / news - releases / the - first - annual - general - william - gt - tuttle - jr - usa - ret - award - for - business - acumen - in - defense - and - government - 115269869 . html ) was awarded in his honor and General Tuttle presided over the ceremony .