Doug Gabram is the founder of Doug Gabram and Associates, LLC, and provides consulting advice regarding effective strategies and feasible solutions to organizational leadership in the aerospace and defense industry. Doug recently culminated a thirtyeight-year military career as an Army Three Star General Officer. He is one of the few leaders in recent history in our Armed forces to command Soldiers in combat from the junior officer ranks to the General Officer level. Doug is a proven innovative leader, team builder, and strategic problem solver.

 

His most recent job before retirement Doug was the Installation Management Commander leading over 50,000 military and civilian personnel over 75 Army installations across 3 continents with a $10 billion operating budget. His crisis management expertise was routinely highlighted involving the Army’s infrastructure planning/execution program, privatized housing, barracks, and total Army installation readiness.

 

At the two-star level he commanded the Aviation and Missile Command. He orchestrated and led the airworthiness (safety), sustainment, and readiness of all Army aviation and missile systems worldwide.

 

Doug served as the Deputy Commanding General for both Operations and Sustainment, and then the Commanding General, Train, Advise, Assist Command South (TAAC-S) in southern Afghanistan. He also commanded the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade in the 1st Cavalry Division, at Ft Hood TX, with a year in Taji, Iraq. As an AH64 Apache Battalion Commander in the 101st Airborne Division, he deployed the Battalion twice to combat in Iraq.

 

In key strategic staff jobs, he served as the Missile Defense Agency Test Director responsible for managing our Nations Ballistic Missile test program. He served as the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) G3/5/7. This job was responsible to develop, integrate, and manage training requirements across a global footprint in support of the total Army.