Paul E. Vallely retired in 1991 from the US Army as Deputy
Commanding General, US Army, Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
General Vallely graduated from the US Military Academy at
West Point and was commissioned in the Army in 1961
serving a distinguishing career of 32 years in the Army.
He served in many overseas theaters to include Europe and
the Pacific Rim Countries as well as two combat tours in
Vietnam. He has served on US security assistance missions
on civilian-military relations to Europe, Japan, Korea,
Thailand, Indonesia and Central America with in-country
experience in Indonesia, Columbia, El Salvador, Panama,
Honduras and Guatemala.
General Vallely is a graduate of the Infantry School,
Ranger and Airborne Schools, Jumpmaster School, the
Command and General Staff School, The Industrial College
of the Armed Forces and the Army War College. His combat
service in Vietnam included positions as infantry company
commander, intelligence officer, operations officer,
military advisor and aide-de-camp. He has over fifteen
(15) years experience in Special Operations, Psychological
and Civil-Military Operations.
He was one of the first nominees for Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Special Operations under President Reagan.
From 1982-1986, he commanded the 351st Civil Affairs
Command that included all Special Forces, Psychological
Warfare and Civil Military units in the Western United
States and Hawaii. He was the first President of the
National Psychological Operations Association. His units
participated in worldwide missions in Europe, Africa,
Central America, Japan, Solomon Islands, Guam, Belgium,
Korea and Thailand. He has served as a consultant to the
Commanding General of the Special Operations Command as
well as the DOD Anti-Drug and Counter -Terrorist Task
Forces. He also designed and developed the Host-Nation
Support Program in the Pacific for DOD and the State
Department. Most recently, he has in-country security
assistance - experience in El Salvador, Columbia and
Indonesia in the development of civil-military relations
interfacing with senior level military and civilian
leadership.
General Vallely is a military analyst for FOX News Channel
and is a guest on many nationally syndicated radio talk
shows. He is also a guest lecturer on the War on Terror.
He has just co-authored a book entitled , “The Endgame”,
Winning the War on terror.