MG Paul E. Vallely was born in DuBois, PA, and served a distinguished career of 31 years in the US Army before he retired as Deputy Commanding General, US Army Pacific, in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1992. General Vallely graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point and earned his commission in the Army in 1961.
General Vallely is a graduate of the Infantry School, Ranger and Airborne Schools, Jumpmaster School, the Command and General Staff School, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and the Army War College. His combat service in Vietnam included positions as an infantry company commander, intelligence officer, operations officer, military advisor, and aide-de-camp. He has over fifteen (15) years of experience in Special Operations, Psychological Operations, and Civil-Military Operations.…
After serving in two combat tours in Vietnam, he also served in several other overseas theaters in Europe and Pacific Rim countries. He vallely served on US security assistance missions and civilian military relations tours in Europe, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, Israel, Indonesia, and Central America. He has consulted the Commanding General of the Special Operations Command and the DOD Anti-Drug and Counter-Terrorism Task Forces. He also designed and developed the Host Nation Support Program in the Pacific for the DOD and the State Department.
MG Vallely has been on radio and television for many years, most notably serving as the senior military analyst for the Fox News Channel from 2001-2008. He is a guest lecturer on multiple issues, including national security, international politics, economics, strategic planning, US foreign policy, and the Global War against Radical Islam and other threats to America. MG Vallely conducts an average of 4-6 national radio/TV show interviews per week and is well known for his published articles and talks on National Security and domestic issues.
Vallely is the Founder of Nemo Arms Inc. of Caldwell, Idaho, and is the Chairman of Stand Up America US Foundation. He also chairs the Legacy National Security Advisory Group and is a founding Citizens’ Commission on National Security member (CCNS). He led fact-finding missions into Syria in 2012 with his team, traveling deep inside the Syrian war zone to Aleppo. During that period, he co-chaired two separate delegations to Cairo, Egypt, to meet with President El-Sisi and his senior staff. His most recent books are “The Reality Prism,” “America’s Endgame for the 21st Century”, “The Mindless War” and “Invisible Treason in America.”
Paul and his wife, Marian, reside in Montana. Both are deeply involved in numerous humanitarian efforts and actively participate in many community events and activities.