Indiana National Guard announces brigadier general promotion
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A member of the Indiana National Guard was honored earlier this month during a ceremony celebrating his promotion to brigadier general.
Brig. Gen. Larry Muennich of Louisville, Kentucky, received his one-star rank from his wife and children during a March 15 ceremony at Indiana National Guard headquarters near downtown Indianapolis.
“Larry is not only an outstanding soldier, but also one of our finest aviators,” Maj. Gen. Dale Lyles, Indiana’s adjutant general, said during the ceremony. “He leads by example, and he will make a fine addition to our command team as we focus on our people and our readiness.”
Muennich will join the adjutant general’s team as an assistant adjutant general.
A former Fishers resident, Muennich joined the Indiana National Guard in 1993. He was promoted from colonel to brigadier general in December, according to the Military Times.
“The success of a professional organization depends on its people and its leaders’ ability to develop the people in their charge,” Muennich said in a speech during the ceremony. “As a leader, I live by the philosophy of mission first, people always. That is my way of saying that we are here to do a job—to fight and win our nation’s wars—but above all else, the only way we achieve our mission is by putting our people first.”
Muennich served in Operation Desert Spring in Kuwait in 2001, Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo in 2004 and Operation New Dawn in Iraq in 2011, according to a news release. He has earned the Bronze Star, two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, four Meritorious Service Medals, and the Honorable Order of Saint Michael.