COLONEL BRIGHAM S. SHULER
Colonel Brigham S. Shuler was born 17 December 1941, in Bristol, Florida. He is married to the former Charlotte Hutto and they have two children, Mark and Beth.In January 1959, Shuler enlisted in the Regular Army. He completed officer candidate school in Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1962 and was assigned to the Fourth Armored Division, Europe, where he served as platoon leader, company commander, and on the brigade staff. From Europe, he went to Viet Nam with the First Infantry Division where he served as executive officer and company commander. He was wounded and medically evacuated to the U.S. From December 1965–June 1966 he was a patient at Dewitt Army Hospital at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. When he was released, Shuler was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, where he served as chief instructor for the Small Missile Team, Weapons Department, at the Infantry School until December 1967.
After Infantry School, he returned to Viet Nam with the First Brigade, Fifth Infantry Division, and served from September 1968–October 1969 as assistant brigade operations officer and company commander. In November 1969 he returned to Fort Benning, Georgia, and became operations and executive officer to the First Battalion, Fifty-eighth Infantry. He moved to the Twenty-ninth Infantry and remained there for six months before being sent to Brigham Young University, where he received a BA in political science in 1972. He later earned a master's degree in business management from Central Michigan University.
From 1972–1977 he was assigned to the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command in Washington, DC, as chief of public affairs. From August 1977–January 1978 he attended the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia. He then served as public information officer at the Office of the Secretary of Defense in Washington, DC, until November 1979, when he became commander of the Fort Knox District, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In August 1983 he left Fort Knox to assume command as professor of military science at BYU and served in that position until May 1987. From BYU he went back to Fort Knox, where he was promoted to colonel and later retired to his home state of Florida.
Among the awards and honors Shuler has received are the Silver Star, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Vietnam Honor Medal (Second Class), Vietnam Civic Action Honor Medal, four Vietnam Crosses of Gallantry with Gold Star and Palm, numerous service medals, Combat Infantry Badge, and Secretary of Defense Staff Badge.
Civilian awards include Master M-Man (achievement award), being nominated by BYU as "Outstanding Young Man of America" in 1978, and being listed in "Who's Who in the West" 1986–1987.
Shuler has also been editor of a quarterly technical journal, was published in professional military journals, written as a freelance author, served as a member of mass communication committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, served as personal representative of the Secretary of Defense, and directed all public affairs of the airlifting of human remains from Jonestown, Guyana.
Shuler's church service has included serving as a bishop's counselor, branch president, ward clerk, stake clerk, stake executive secretary, serviceman's group leader, gospel doctrine teacher, and stake counselor.
