LIEUTENANT GENERAL MICHAEL A. VANE
Deputy Commanding General, Futures/Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Fort Monroe, Virginia 23651-5000
Lieutenant General Vane assumed duties as Deputy Commanding General, Futures and Director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center on 20 August 2007 after serving on the Joint Staff as the Vice Director for Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment (J8).
In this position he is responsible to the Commanding General, TRADOC, for the design, development, and integration, into a joint warfighting environment, from concept to capability, all aspects of the Future Force.
Lieutenant General Michael A. Vane graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1975 and was initially commissioned as a signal officer. He transitioned to Air Defense Artillery where he has commanded at all levels, from platoon, battery, battalion, brigade, Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC), and as Commanding General, US Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, Texas.
In over thirty years of active duty, he has also held various positions of responsibility in the force development community serving within the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), as part of the Army Staff, and most recently on the Joint Staff.
His unique assignments include serving as: Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Commander of the 4th Battalion, 3d ADA (Bradley/Stinger Fighting Vehicle-BSFV), 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), Germany; Commander of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Third US Army, Fort Bliss, Texas; Commanding General, 32nd AAMDC at Fort Bliss, and as Director for Doctrine, Concepts and Strategy for TRADOC.
He is a graduate of the Signal Officer Basic and Air Defense Artillery Officer Advanced Courses, the US Army Command and General Staff College, and the US Army War College. He earned a Masters of Science Degree from the Naval Post Graduate School in Joint Command, Control, and Communications. LTG Vane’s awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal the Parachutists Badge, the Army and Joint Staff Identification Badges, the German Silver Cross of Honor, and the French Order of National Merit.