Joe N. Ballard

**Lieutenant Janar Joe Nathan Ballard** (an haife shi a ranar 27 ga watan  Maris, 1942) tsohon jami'in Sojojin Amurka ne wanda ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Vietnam, kuma wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Injiniya, Ba'amurke na farko da ya yi aiki da wannan rawar.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Ballard a ranar 27 ga watan  Maris, 1942. Ya kammala karatu a 1965 daga Jami'ar Kudancin da Kwalejin A&amp;amp;M, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, tare da digiri a fannin injiniyan lantarki bayan haka ya sami kwamiti a cikin Corps of Engineers.

## Ayyukan soja
Ballard ya yi aiki a matsayin jagora a cikin 84th Engineer Battalion a lokacin yawon shakatawa na farko a Kudancin Vietnam. Daga nan sai ya koma Amurka kuma ya umarci kamfanin horo a Fort Polk . Daga baya, ya halarci Cibiyar Nazarin Injiniya a Fort Belvoir kafin ya dawo don yawon shakatawa na biyu a Vietnam a matsayin kwamandan kamfanin a cikin 864th Engineer Battalion kuma a matsayin Cif, Lines of Communication Section a cikin 18th Engineer Brigade (Airborne). Bayan aiki tare da Sojojin Amurka na Biyar da Kwamandan Ruwa, ya kasance Jami'in Ayyuka da Babban Jami'in 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division.

A shekara ta 1978 ya tafi Koriya ta Kudu inda ya yi aiki a matsayin Jami'in Ayyuka sannan daga baya a matsayin Babban Jami'in a ma'aikatan Sojojin Amurka, Koriya, Injiniya. Bayan Koriya ya koma Pentagon don aiki a kan Ma'aikatan Soja a matsayin babban injiniya a Ofishin Makamashi na Sojoji, Ofishin Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata, Logistics.

A shekara ta 1982 ya koma wani gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kasashen waje a matsayin Kwamandan 82d Engineer Battalion, 7th Engineer Brigade, a Yammacin Jamus. Daga baya ya zama Kwamandan Brigade na Injiniya na 18 da Mataimakin Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata, Injiniya, a Hedikwatar, Sojojin Amurka Turai.

Da ya dawo Amurka a shekarar 1991, Ballard ya zama Mataimakin Kwamandan Makarantar Injiniya ta Sojojin Amurka da Mataimakin Babban Kwamandan Cibiyar Injiniya da Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Bayan wani aiki a Pentagon a matsayin Cif, Total Army Basing Study a Ofishin Babban Jami'in Sojoji, ya koma Missouri a matsayin Kwamandan Janar na Cibiyar Injiniya da Fort Leonard Wood.

Lokacin da Shugaba Bill Clinton ya zabi Ballard a matsayin Babban Injiniya da Kwamandan, Sojojin Injiniya na Amurka, yana aiki a matsayin Babban Ma'aikata, Rundunar Horar da Sojojin Amurka da Koyarwa a Fort Monroe, Virginia. Ballard ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Injiniya daga 1 ga Oktoba, 1996 har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya a ranar 2 ga Agusta, 2000.

A lokacin aikinsa, Lieutenant Janar Ballard ya sami digiri na biyu a cikin aikin injiniya daga Jami'ar Missouri-Rolla kuma ya kammala karatu daga Injiniyan Jami'in Basic da Advanced Courses, Kwalejin Kwamandan da Janar Janar, da Kwalejin Yakin Sojoji.

### Kayan ado da lambobin

* &nbsp;&nbsp;Medal na Ayyuka na Sojoji
* Legion of Merit (tare da 3 Oak Leaf Clusters) &nbsp;&nbsp;
* Tauraron tagulla (tare da Oak Leaf Cluster) &nbsp;&nbsp;
* &nbsp;&nbsp;Medal na Ayyukan Tsaro
* Medal na Ayyuka na Kyaututtuka (tare da 3 Oak Leaf Clusters) &nbsp;&nbsp;
* Medal na yabo na Sojoji (tare da Oak Leaf Cluster) &nbsp;&nbsp;
* &nbsp;&nbsp;Alamar Bayyana Ma'aikatan Soja

## Dubi kuma
Jerin Shugabannin Injiniyoyi na USACE

## Bayanan da aka ambata
*Wannan labarin ya ƙunshi rubutun Yankin jama'a daga**Hotuna da Bayanan Babban Injiniyoyi*. An samo asali  ne daga asali a ranar 19 ga Yuni, 2005. . An samo shi a ranar 15 ga watan Agusta, 2005.

## Haɗin waje

* Appearancesa kanC-SPAN