Brigadier General Gary M. Profit was assigned as the Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in Spring 2003.

Brigadier General Profit was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1974 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

In over 29 years of U.S. Army Reserve service, including more than 20 years on active duty, Brigadier General Profit has held assignments as Battery Executive Officer and Battery Commander, Battery C, 4th Battalion, 20th Field Artillery, Pontiac, Michigan; Fire Direction Officer and S3, 4th Battalion, 20th Field Artillery, Lansing, Michigan; Field Artillery Personnel Management Officer, 2nd and 3rd Continental U.S. Army Support Officer, and Headquarters Company Commander, U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center; Personnel Staff Officer, Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, Plans Officer, Command and Control Coordination Office, and Staff Support Officer, Office of Programs and Liaison, in the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve; Project VANGUARD in the Office of the Chief of Staff, Army; Congressional Staff Officer, Office of the Chief, Legislative Liaison, in the Office of the Secretary of the Army; Reserve Component Advisor, Special Operations Command South, in the Republic of Panama; Commander, 9602nd (Command and Control) Headquarters Brigade, and Commander, 651st Area Support Group, Denver, Colorado; and the Director, Public Affairs and Liaison Directorate, and Director, Chief Army Reserve Staff Group, in the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve. Brigadier General Profit is currently the Deputy Chief, Army Reserve. BG Profit is a Life Member of the Reserve Officers' Association and a member of the Association of the U.S. Army and Senior Army Reserve Commanders' Association.

A Michigan native, Brigadier General Profit graduated from Ypsilanti High School, Ypsilanti, Michigan; received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan; and earned a Master of Business Administration from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategic Studies from the College of Naval Warfare, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. He is a graduate of the Field Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff Officer Course (Reserve Component), and the College of Naval Warfare, Naval War College. Brigadier General Profit was promoted to his current rank on May 1, 2003.

Brigadier General Profit's military awards and decorations include: the Legion of Merit; the Defense Meritorious Service Medal; the Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters; the Joint Service Commendation Medal; the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters; the Joint Service Achievement Medal; the Army Achievement Medal; the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal; the National Defense Service Medal; the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Hourglass; the Army Service Ribbon; the Overseas Ribbon; the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon; the Army Staff Identification Badge; and the Parachutist Badge.

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