Gary E. Luck

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Gary Edward Luck (born August 5, 1937) is a retired United States Army general.

He served as a senior advisor to the United States Joint Forces Command before his demobilization.

He is currently a Senior Fellow at the National Defense University in favor of the Pinnacle, Capstone, and Keystone programs.

Education

Luck earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Kansas State University in 1959 as well as a doctorate in business administration (Operations Research and Systems Analysis, a/k/a ORSA) from George Washington University. In addition, Luck has attended numerous military colleges and courses, including Armor Basic and Advanced Officer courses, Army Aviator certification, the Armed Forces Staff College, and the United States Army War College.

Post-military life

Luck has been serving in a variety of senior advisory positions in support of the US Department of Defense, including monitoring exercise execution during Exercise Millennium Challenge 2002, and as an advisor to then-Commander of United States Central Command General Tommy Franks, prior to the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003. In early 2005, he was sent back to Iraq to look at various aspects of operation, identifying any risks, and notifying Pentagon commanders with a classified report on what could be done to restore democracy in Iraq and setting a deadline for American and coalition forces withdrawal. Luck was also the 2005 recipient of the National Infantry Association's Doughboy Award.

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Military career

Luck is a combat veteran of both the Vietnam War and the Gulf War, as well as serving in a variety of leadership and staff positions throughout his army career, including the Chief of Staff, Operations and Planning; and Commanding General, Office of the US Army Special Operations Command (1990–1993).

Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command, Seoul (Korea)/United States Forces Korea was his last military service before retiring from active service. During this period, North Korea's production of weapons-grade plutonium at the Yongbyon nuclear plant and the threat of withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty were practically at war. President Bill Clinton warned that a revival of the Korean conflict would cost "A million, a hundred billion, and a trillion," referring to 1 million American civilians, $100 billion in economic losses to the US, and $1 trillion in industrial damage to South Korea. The crisis was ultimately defused by the success of the USA-DPRK Agreed Framework, but North Korea eventually obtained nuclear weapons.

General Luck, then a major general, served as officer in charge of Operation Pocket Planner in November 1987, when members of the United States Army Special Operations Command responded to the Atlanta jail riots.

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