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Secretary

United Nations Command

Military Armistice Commission

Colonel Burke Hamilton

Colonel Hamilton was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He earned a commission in Armor from the United States Military Academy in 1991. He has commanded a tank company, a headquarters company, and he has been a tank battalion operations officer in Korea. He earned a master’s degree in Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu. Colonel Hamilton has also served as a foreign area officer for North East Asia.

EDUCATION

1989 Air Assault School 1990 Airborne School
1991 Bachelor of Science degree, West Point, NY 1991 Armor Officer Basic Course
1996 Armor Officer Advanced Course
2003 Master of Asian Studies, Honolulu, HI 2004 Air Command and Staff College
2014 Joint and Combined War Fighting College 2015 US Army War College 

ASSIGNMENTS

1992 Third Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tank Platoon Leader 1993 Third Armored Cavalry Regiment, Support Platoon Leader 1994 Third Armored Cavalry Regiment Tank Company XO
1995 Third Armored Cavalry Regiment, Squadron Maintenance Officer 1996 Second Infantry Division, Tank Company Commander
1998 Second Infantry Division, Headquarters Company Commander 1999 Second Infantry Division, Armor Battalion S-3 Operations Officer
2004 USTRADOC Liaison officer to the South Korean Training and Doctrine Command 2006 ROK-US Combined Forces Command CJ35 Ground/FAO Planner
2008 ROK-US Combined Forces Command Deputy Commander’s XO 2010 USF-I Political Advisor’s Executive Officer
2011 United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission Assistant Secretary 2014 Office of Defense Cooperation Turkey Security Cooperation Director
2016 USF-J, J5 Director for Plans and Policy
2018 United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission Secretary

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, with two oak leaf clusters (3rd Award) Meritorious Service Medal, with oak leaf cluster (2nd Award)

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION

Second Lieutenant June 1, 1991
1st Lieutenant June 1, 1993
Captain June 1, 1995
Major May 1, 2002
Lieutenant Colonel April 1, 2008
Colonel February 1, 2014


 

유엔사군정위 비서장
대령 버크 해밀튼

 
해밀튼 대령은 오하이오 주 신시내티 태생으로, 1991 년 미국 육군사관학교를 졸업 후 기갑 병과로 임관하였음. 전차 중대장, 본부 중대장 및 한국에서 근무 시 전차대대 작전장교직 등을 수행하였으며, 호놀룰루 모아나 소재 하와이 대학교에서 아시아학 석사를 취득하였음. 또한, 동북아시아 지역전문장교직을 수행했음.
 
교육 사항
1989 공중강습학교
1990 공수학교
1991 미 육군사관학교 기계공학 학사(뉴욕)
1991 기갑 초군반
1996 기갑 고군반
2003 하와이 대학교 아시아학 석사(하와이 호놀룰루)
2004 공군지휘참모대학
2014 연합합동 전투대학
2015 미 육군참모대학
 
주요 보직
1992 3 기갑기병연대 전차소대장
1993 3 기갑기병연대 지원소대장
1994 3 기갑기병연대 전차 중대 부관
1995 3 기갑기병연대 대대 정비장교
1996 2 보병사단 전차중대장
1998 2 보병사단 본부중대장
1999 2 보병사단 기갑대대 작전과장
2004 대한민국 육군 교육사령부 연락장교
2006 한미연합사 작참부 계획처 지상계획장교/지역전문장교
2008 한미연합사 부사령관 부관
2010 주 이라크 미군 정치고문 보좌관
2011 유엔군사령부 군사정전위원회 부비서장
2014 미-터키 방위협력실 안보협력과장
2016 주일미군 전략계획 및 프로그램 과장
2018 유엔군사령부 군사정전위원회 비서장
 
상훈
동성훈장
방위공로훈장
근무공로훈장
 
진급 일자
소위  1991.6.1
중위  1993. 6. 1
대위  1995. 6.1
소령  2002. 5. 1
중령  2008. 4. 1
대령  2014. 2. 1