Major General Bruce A. Casella

Commanding General, Army and Air Force Exchange Service

Bruce A. Casella

The Commander

The Commander position is filled by a general officer, alternating between the Army and the Air Force.  The Commander directs the organization within the guidelines established by Congress, Department of Defense and Departments of the Army and the Air Force.  The Commander establishes corporate policy and philosophy and is responsible for all the Exchanges activities.  The Commander directs Europe & Pacific Commanding Officers, and the Senior Vice Presidents, who are the principal operating officials.

Major General Casella assumed duties as the Commanding General and CEO of the Army and Air Force Exchange in April 2010. Prior to his current assignment MG Casella commanded the 63rd Regional Support Command based in Moffett Field, California with a BASOPS mission to support 40,000+ Reserve soldiers over seven states in the Southwest from California to Arkansas, while simultaneously commanding the 63rd Regional Readiness Command in Los Alamitos with over 10,000 Reserve soldiers spread across seventeen western states. Additionally MG Casella held the position as a Senior System Engineer and part owner of Agile Communications Incorporated, based out of Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Major General Casella was born in Vallejo, California on 1 February 1953. He is a 1975 graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. MG Casella received a Masters in Systems Management from the University of Southern California in 1980 and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio in 1983.

MG Casella attended Signal Officer Basic School, Fort Gordon, Georgia and Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia before reporting to the Republic of South Korea to serve as a platoon leader in Company B, 304th Signal Battalion. Upon leaving Korea, MG Casella was assigned to Fort Polk, Louisiana where he served as Commander, Company A, 5th Signal Battalion and Communications / Electronics Staff Officer for 7th Engineer Battalion.

MG Casella was then assigned to Germany where he served in the 7th Signal Brigade, Mannheim, Germany as a Tele-digital, Radio Relay and Systems Control Officer with follow-on assignment as Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 44th Signal Battalion. Upon returning from Germany, MG Casella was assigned to Fort Gordon, Georgia where he served as an instructor for the Communications-Electronics Leadership Department, Battalion Executive Officer for 4th Battalion, 2d School Support Brigade, and Battalion Executive Officer for 447th Signal Battalion, 29th Signal Brigade.

MG Casella began his Army Reserve career in September 1988 as a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Director and Officer Advanced Course Instructor for the 6222nd United States Army Reserve Forces School, Pasadena, California. MG Casella then assumed duties as Headquarters Commandant for the 63d Army Reserve Command, Los Alamitos, California with follow-on assignments as Battalion Executive Officer for 155th Corps Support Battalion and Commander, 155th Corps Support Battalion in El Monte, California.

MG Casella followed battalion command with assignments on the 63d Regional Support Command staff in Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Training and Operations positions. From 1998 through 2001, MG Casella commanded the 164th Corps Support Group, Mesa, Arizona followed by duty as the Chief of Staff, 96th Regional Support Command in Salt Lake City, Utah from 2001 to 2002. In October 2002, MG Casella became the Deputy Commanding General, 311th COSCOM and Assistant Chief of Staff, G4 (Wartime), Eighth United States Army, Korea. MG Casella served as the 311th COSCOM Acting Commander in 2004 with subsequent assignment as the Commanding General, 311th COSCOM in 2005. In support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, MG Casella was deployed during 2005-2006 and served as the Commanding General for the 377th Theater Support Command (FWD), under Combined Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC), providing theater logistics support throughout the SWA area of operations.

MG Casella is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff Officer Course and the Army War College. His awards and decorations include:

  • The Legion of Merit
  • Bronze Star
  • Meritorious Service Medal
  • Army Commendation Medal
  • Army Achievement Medal
  • Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal
  • National Defense Service Medal
  • Korean Defense Service Medal
  • Armed Forces Reserve Medal
  • Army Service Ribbon
  • Overseas Service Ribbon
  • Parachutist Badge