Martin S. Kleiner
mkleiner@gmu.edu
 

PRESENT POSITION

Research Associate, Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, Computing, and Intelligence, George Mason University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Established and managed major modeling and simulation development and execution programs in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO), the Department of the Army, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Program Executive Office-Simulations, Training and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI). These include:

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Systems' Manager for the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) and Commander of the JSTARS Operational Detachment One during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

Commanded the U.S. Army Research, Development and Standardization Group, U.S. Embassy, Bonn, Germany.

Commanded various research and development, aviation and combat organizations.

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

Colonel Martin Kleiner was drafted into the United States Army in September 1966 from Houston, Texas. In 1967, he was commissioned after graduating from the Infantry Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. In 1968, upon graduation from the U.S. Army Rotary Wing Flight School, he served as an Assault/Attack Helicopter Pilot with the 116th Assault Helicopter Company in the Republic of Vietnam. In May 1969, while serving with an Infantry Company of the 25th Infantry Division, he was wounded in action and medically evacuated. Upon his return to duty in September 1969, he was assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as a Rotary Wing Aviator and Plans Officer with the 6th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the John F. Kennedy Center for Special Warfare.

In 1971, he transitioned to the AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter and returned to Vietnam for a 12 month tour where he served as the Operations Officer and Air Mission Commander for C Troop, 7/17th Air Cavalry. In August 1972, he was assigned to Fort Benning where he completed the Infantry Officer Advanced Course and the Nuclear and Chemical Target Analyst Course. He subsequently attended the University of Houston where he graduated summa cum laude and earned his Bachelor of Business Administration.

In January 1976, he reported to the 1st Brigade of the 7th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California. He served successively as an Assistant Operations Officer, an Aviation Unit Commander, and a Headquarters Company Commander. In August 1978, he was assigned to the Military District of Washington and served as Commander of the Rotary Wing Priority Air Transport Division at Davison Army Airfield. In September 1980, he assumed duties as a Field Test Officer with the U.S. Army Operational Test and Evaluation Agency where he served on the Operational Tests of the Hellfire Missile System, the AH-64 attack helicopter and the HMMWV combat vehicle.

From June 1983 to February 1987, Colonel Kleiner commanded the Airborne Electronics Research Activity at the Naval Air Engineering Center, Lakehurst, New Jersey. In November 1987, upon completion of the German Language course at the Defense Language Institute, he commanded the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Standardization Group at the American Embassy in Bonn, Germany. In July 1989, he graduated from the Army War College and was selected as the TRADOC Systems Manager for the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. In December 1990, at the direction of the Commander-in-Chief, CENTCOM, he formed an operational unit and, in conjunction with U.S. Air Force counterparts, deployed the prototype Joint STARS system to Saudi Arabia. Upon conclusion of Operation Desert Storm, he resumed his duties at Fort Huachuca and subsequently retired in October 1992 with twenty-six years of service.

His decorations include 2 awards of the Legion of Merit, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 2 Bronze Star Medals, 2 Purple Hearts, 4 Meritorious Service Medals, 27 Air Medals including the "V" device, an Army Commendation Medal, an Army Good Conduct Medal, the Parachute Badge, and numerous commendation, service, and campaign medals. He is a Master Army Aviator with 3600 flying hours of which over 1200 were performed in combat. In April 2000 COL Kleiner was inducted into the US Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame.

Colonel Kleiner and his wife Carolyn, a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army, reside in Carlisle, PA.

EDUCATION

The United States Army War College, 1989 
The Defense Language Institute, German Language Course, 1987 
The U.S. Army Defense Strategy Course, 1984 
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1982 
The University of Houston, BBA Organizational Behavior and Quantitative Management, Summa Cum Laude, 1975 

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