Gen. Gustave “Gus” Perna assumed duties as the 19th commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command in September 2016. Before that, he was Army deputy chief of staff for logistics, G-4. Previous assignments include deputy chief of staff for operations and logistics, G-3/4, Materiel Command; commander, Joint Munitions Command and Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command; commander, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Defense Logistics Agency; and commander, 4th Sustainment Brigade. Key staff assignments include director of logistics, J4, U.S. Forces-Iraq, and Division Support Command executive officer and G-4, 1st Cavalry Division. He is a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy, Pennsylvania, the University of Maryland and the Florida Institute of Technology. Gen. Gustave “Gus” Perna assumed duties as the 19th commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command in September 2016. Before that, he was Army deputy chief of staff for logistics, G-4. Previous assignments include deputy chief of staff for operations and logistics, G-3/4, Materiel Command; commander, Joint Munitions Command and Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command; commander, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Defense Logistics Agency; and commander, 4th Sustainment Brigade. Key staff assignments include director of logistics, J4, U.S. Forces-Iraq, and Division Support Command executive officer and G-4, 1st Cavalry Division. He is a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy, Pennsylvania, the University of Maryland and the Florida Institute of Technology.