Edward G. Miller
Lieutenant Colonel, US Army (Ret.)
Leadership Historian / Consultant
 At Sellerich, Germany, site of a battle discussed in Nothing Less Than Full Victory |
Biography Photo made outside Aachen Germany. Ed grew up in Western Kentucky, not far from Fort Campbell, home of the famed 101st Airborne Division. His father served in the Army Air Forces in World War II; his uncle, who enlisted in the pre-war horse cavalry, was killed in action in Italy. Another member of his family received a posthumous Silver Star for heroism in Normandy and yet another was a rifle battalion executive officer in the Southwest Pacific Area of operations. Ed served on active duty from 1980 until 2000, and was a Department of the Army-designated historian. He spent over six years in Germany and was a member of the Department of the Army Staff and staff of the Army Secretariat at The Pentagon. He first served in the 4th Battalion, 37th Armor, a unit made famous in World War II when its elements relieved the troops surrounded in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. He later served in the 1st Armored Division in Germany, which was, ironically, the unit in which his uncle was serving when he was killed in action. Ed was instrumental in establishing and conducting military history leader education programs for senior officers and NCOs, and he has organized and led ‘Staff Rides’ for the Army since 1986. His military specialty was logistics, and in addition to field time, he also managed regulatory oversight programs involving the Army’s share of the $17B/ Ed has worked for a Fortune 50 media company designing PC hardware supply chain and budgeting programs, and as a defense consultant, where he is currently preparing an official history concerning classified aspects of the War on Terror. As a developer of 'staff ride' leader training programs, he has taken literally hundreds of officers and NCOs on journeys that cover not only historical events, but as important, their context. Ed puts his clients on the same ground (and sometimes in the same conditions of weather) consecrated by the blood of hero and common soldier alike, blending the human and strategic aspects of battle and crisis leadership. Ed has spent years walking the ground of the U.S. World War II experience in Italy, France, Germany, Holland, Luxembourg and Belgium. He knows where, how and why dercisions were made and he ensures clients receive the absolute best practical training available. Ed holds a BA degree in history and a master’s degree in public administration from Western Kentucky University. He is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College, and his other military education includes the Army’s Armor, Ordnance and Military Intelligence Schools; US Naval War College course in National Strategy and Policy, and a seminar in Revolutionary Warfare at the US Air Force Special Operations School. Ed and his wife, Connie, relocated back to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in late 2008. Ed is currently researching the life of the late General Jacob L. Devers, US Army, commander of the 6th Army Group, ETO. Contact Ed at 238 North 3d Street, Danville, KY 40422, or at millereg@ |
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