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BRIGADIER GENERAL RICHARD V. GERACI
UNITED STATES ARMY, RETIRED
COMMANDANT OF CADETS

Brigadier General Richard V. Geraci assumed duties as the 23rd Commandant of Cadets, New Mexico Military Institute in January, 2005, upon retiring from the U.S. Army. He is a 1975 graduate, and a Distinguished Military Student of NMMI’s Junior college division and received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant through the Institute’s Army Senior ROTC program.

General Geraci has a long history of association with education and youth programs to include coaching, Junior Achievement, and Boy Scouts. He was a substitute teacher in the El Paso Independent School District, instructing special education, math, history, physical education and health classes. His teaching and coaching skills were honed as a young Captain commanding an Army basic training unit at Ft Bliss, Texas where he was responsible for transforming recent high school graduates into soldiers. He is an Executive Board member of the Boy Scouts Conquistador Council and a member of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

General Geraci has a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Park University, a Master of Arts degree in Management from Webster University, a Master of Science degree in Systems Management from Florida Institute of Technology, and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U. S. Naval War College. His military education includes; the Air Defense Artillery Officer basic and advance courses, U.S. Army Combined Arms and Staff Services School, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and U. S. Naval War College. He completed the Senior Executives in National and International Security program at Harvard University, and the National Security Leaders Course at Syracuse University.

General Geraci’s key military assignments include: Director, National Security Space Architect, Commanding General for Operations, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Chief, Space and Information Operations Element, U. S. Space Command in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; and Deputy Director for Joint Warfighting Experimentation, U. S. Joint Forces Command. He has commanded Army Air Defense units at platoon, battery, battalion and brigade level with over 10 years of command experience. He served four tours with Air Defense units in Germany during and after the Cold War and deployed three times to Southwest Asia in support of Operations Desert Storm, Desert Focus and Desert Falcon.

General Geraci has been recognized by his Alma Mater with his induction into the Institute’s Hall of Fame. His Military awards and decorations include the Army Distinguished Service Medal (one oak leaf cluster), Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (1 silver, 2 oak leaf clusters), Air Assault Badge, and the Air Force Space and Missile Badge (Master).

General Geraci and his wife Kathy (an elementary school teacher) have four children and three grandchildren. One son and a niece are graduates of NMMI; his youngest son and nephew are currently attending NMMI.