Kwang-Hyung Chang

Major General (Ret.) Kwang-Hyun Chang graduated from the Korean Military Academy in 1983. He accomplished a great deal of major command and staff positions in various units and policy departments throughout his 35-year military service. In particular, he served as Chief of Staff of the Army Chiefs of Staff in 2010 after being promoted to General in 2009, and in 2011 as Chief of Operations 1 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. From 2012 to 2013, he served as commander of the 51^st Infantry Division. In 2014, he served as Chief of Staff of the FROKA(1^st ROK Army). In a highlight, in 2015, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff of the UNC MAC following his assignment as the CFC’s Deputy Chief of Operations. In 2016, he retired on December 31^st after last serving as commander of the Army Aviation Operations Command. And also Major General (Ret.) served as COO & CFO at the Military Mutual Aid Association from May 1, 2017 to May 31, 2020. He is now working as a professor of “Innovation Strategy Leadership” and “Defense Convergence Leadership” at Mid-West University (U.S. Missouri).   

Major General (Ret.) is a person who was exceptionally busy in his military life but did not neglect studying for his own development, earning a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Yeungnam University Graduate School of Business in 1987. In 2019, he completed the MBA course at Yonsei University Graduate School of Business.He also earned a Doctorate in Engineering from Ajou University Graduate School in 2019. His doctoral dissertation was “A Study on the Revitalization of the United Nations Command based on the Transfer of Wartime Operational Control.” He is currently writing a book about the United Nations Command (UNC), and his book is scheduled to be published in Korea in the summer of 2020.

Major General (Ret.) is well known as the right soldier who values laws and principles during all military life, and was also a soldier who devoted himself to strengthening the ROK-US alliance. This led to him receiving many medals and commendations. In 2002, he received a citation from the President of the Republic of Korea. And in 2002 and 2008, he received a Citation from the Secretary of the United States Army. In 2011, he received the National Security Medal, the “Cheonsu Medal” from the Korean Government. In 2016, he received the highest honorable LOM (Legend Of Merit), awarded to foreign military officers from the US Government, and also received the ‘Michael Knight Award’ from the US Army Aviation Association.

• 육군사관학교 졸업 (1983) : 이학사
• 영남대학교 경영대학원 졸업 (1987) : 경영학석사
• 세종연구소 객원연구원 (2009)
• 아주대학교 대학원 졸업 (2019. 8) : 공학박사 (NCW정책 전공)
• 연세대학교 경영전문대학원 최고경영자과정 수료 (2019. 3 ~ 11)

• 육군 소위 임관 (1983, 육사 39기)
• 합동참모본부 지상작전/군사대비총괄/연합합동작전담당 (2001 ~ 2004)
• 육군대학 북한군전술학처장 / 교무처장 (2005 ~ 2006
• 제17보병사단 102연대장 (2007 ~ 2008)
• 육군참모총장 비서실장 (2009 ~ 2010)
• 제3야전군사령부 관리처장 (2010)
• 합동참모본부 작전1처장 (2011)
• 제51보병사단 사단장 (2012 ~ 2013)
• 제1야전군사령부 참모장 / 한미연합사 작전참모차장 (2014)
• 한미연합사 부참모장 겸 유엔사 군사정전위 수석대표 (2014 ~ 2015)
• 육군항공작전사령부 사령관 (2016)
• 現 군인공제회 관리부문 부이사장 (2017. 5 ~ 2020.5)

• 대통령 표창 (2002)
• 보국훈장 천수장 (2011)
• 美國 육군성장관이 수여하는 공로훈장 2회 수상 (2002, 2008)
• 美國 정부 공로훈장, “LOM : Legend of Merit” 수상 (2016)
• 美國 육군항공협회, 미카엘 대천사장 수상 (2016)