Host Brigadier General (Retired) Richard B. Dix, speaks with his special guest, Colonel Joseph Ladner (Ret)

03/02/20 Remembering Desert Storm

Brigadier General (Retired) Richard B. Dix
In July of 2017 BG Dix retired with more than 30 years of service in the Armed Forces, as a leader at every level. He is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Armor Officer Basic Course in 1987. After graduation, he served as Tank Platoon Leader, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor, 24th Infantry Division. He later served as the Executive Officer for A Company, Headquarters Command, 224th Forward Support Battalion during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. BG Dix deployed to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; where he served as the BDE S-4 FWD during Operation Desert Defiance. Upon redeployment, he served as the Chief of Supply and Services 32nd ADCOM G 4. BG Dix later served in Germany in the 21st Theater Support Command (TSC). He also served as the Deputy Chief of Plans and Exercises G-3, 21st TSC, Group S-3, 29th Support Group (SG), Support Operations Officer 200th Material Management Center, Brigade Executive Officer 29th SG. He also served in Germany as the 29th SG Rear Group Commander during the unit’s successful deployment as the Joint Logistics Command (JLC) for Combined Joint Task Force-76 (CJTF-76), Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF VI). BG Dix served as the 3-401st Army Field Support Battalion Commander from Feb 06 to Jun 07, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF VII). From Jul 07 to Jun 08, BG Dix served as the Aide-ed-Camp to the Commanding General, Army Material Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. From Jul 09 to Jul 10, BG Dix commanded the 401st Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) in Bagram, Afghanistan. From Jul 10 to Jul 12, he served as the Chief of Staff for the Army Sustainment Command. BG Dix served as the Executive Officer and the Director of Strategy and Integration G-45/7 for the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G-4, from Jul 12 to May 14. BG Dix served as Commanding General for Defense Logistics Agency Distribution responsible for Dept. of Defense's Global Storage and Distribution, from June 14 to June 16. BG Dix closed out his career as the Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island IL, Commanding General June 16 to July 17.
BG Dix graduated from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he also received a Master of Arts in Procurement and Acquisition Management from Webster University. He is a 2009 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. In 1987, he graduated from South Carolina State University’s Army ROTC Program (Distinguished Military Graduate) with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. BG Dix is married to the former Cynthia Diane Fields of Jacksonville Fl. The couple has two children and two grandchildren.