FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Major General (Ret.) Charles H. Swannack, Jr.- Former Commander of the 82nd Airborne, Ft. Bragg - joins the North Carolina Heroes Fund’s Board of Directors
Raleigh, NC—April 20, 2010- The North Carolina Heroes Fund announces the addition of Major General Charles H. Swannack, Jr. (U.S. Army, Retired) to its board of directors. Major General Swannack was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry from the United States Military Academy on 9 June 1971. He has proudly served his Nation for more than thirty years in command and staff positions at every level from platoon to Department of the Army.
Prior to retiring, Major General Swannack served for six months as the Deputy Commander, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, where he helped prepare Corps units for deployment to Iraq. Before assuming these duties, Major General Swannack commanded the 82nd Airborne Division from 8 October 2002-May 2004. During this time, he provided forces to Combined Joint Task Force-180 for combat operations in Afghanistan, and he personally led the Division during combat operations from Kuwait to Baghdad and later civil-military operations in western Iraq.
