Fort Gordon, GA (WFXG) -
General Dennis Via is now the newest Distinguished
Member of the Signal Regiment.
Gen. Via was honored at a Signal Corps ceremony Wednesday for becoming the only four-star general
from the Signal Corps.
"To have a Signal four-star General, the
first in the history of our regiment in the Army, this is historic," said
Maj. Gen. Patterson.
To become a four-star General requires nomination by the President
and confirmation by Congress.
General Vie now serves as the Commander of
the U.S. Army Materiel Command. He oversees the research and development of
weapon systems and distribution.
But before he was in charge of 70,000
employees and an annual budget of $49 billion he started at Fort Gordon.
"I arrived at Fort Gordon in the fall of
1980," Gen. Vie, said.
After moving on from his basic signal officer
course he moved up the ranks.
Even though he is now works far from Fort
Gordon; Gen. Vie says this military community plays an important role, "Fort
Gordon and the signal center here play a critical role here in that both in
deploying soldiers and supporting soldiers who are deployed forward."
With military sequestration a possibility; we
asked how military cuts could affect Fort Gordon.
"The most important thing is to not so
much focus on the resources we may not get but how to better utilize the
resources we have been given," said Gen. Vie.
Despite the uncertainty of the military's
future he is confident great things are in store.
"Within those challenges there are also
tremendous opportunities, sometimes you may have to seek them out a little bit
harder at certain times than others; but I'm very optimistic about where we're
going in the future," said Gen. Vie.
Maj. Gen. Patterson tells Fox54 Gen. Vie will
meet with the senior general officers in the Signal Corps Thursday as they
discuss where they are now and where they're headed.
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