Major General (ret) Daniel R. Ammerman retired in September 2019 with 39 years of service. His final assignment was as the Commander, Joint Transportation Reserve Unit, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, and Director, Joint Reserve Component Directorate, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. He advised the combatant commander regarding reserve component policy, guidance and developments that affect 88,000 reservists in support of the USTRANSCOM global mission.

Previously, he commanded US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne). The command had 13,000 Soldiers and civilians for the worldwide mission of supporting Combatant Commanders with theater oriented strategic through tactical level civil affairs, psychological operations, and information operations.

He also commanded the 353rd Civil Affairs Command with the mission of supporting strategic through tactical level civil affairs requirements in support of US European Command (EUCOM) and US Africa Command (AFRICOM) along with their Army Component Commands.

He was also Deputy Commanding General of the 99th Regional Support Command and was responsible for supporting the Commanding General in providing administrative, logistics and facilities support to Army Reserve Soldiers the Northeastern quadrant of the US.

MG Ammerman has 39 years of military service which includes service in the National Guard, Regular Army, and Army Reserve. The first 14 years of his military service was as an infantry officer which included service with the 32nd Infantry Brigade, 59th Ordnance Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, 10th Mountain Division, and 84th Training Division. As a civil affairs officer with 432d Civil Affairs Battalion, he deployed to Bosnia in 1996, where the unit earned the Superior Unit Award, and Kosovo in 2001. He commanded the 432d Civil Affairs Battalion in Iraq in 2003 supporting the 1st Marine Division in South-Central Iraq, and later the 82nd Airborne Division in Western Iraq, with the unit earning the Navy Presidential Unit Citation and Meritorious Unit Citation. He commanded the 304th Civil Affairs Brigade from 2006 to 2010. He led a jointly manned 304th Civil Affairs Brigade in Iraq during 2008-2009 conducting civil military operations throughout Iraq in support of Multi-National Corps-Iraq; with the brigade earning the Meritorious Unit Citation.

MG Ammerman is a graduate of the Army War College, earning a Master of Science degree in Strategic Studies. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge, and Ranger tab.

In his civilian life, MG Ammerman retired and formerly worked as a senior financial manager for Schneider Inc., a large international logistics company. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Master of Science in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. He is married to Marilyn (Decker) Ammerman and has two children who are also US Army Veterans. He has leadership roles in several non-profits and Veterans organizations including Veterans 1st of NEW, Military Officers Club of Northeastern Wisconsin, Team One Mile, VFW, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Civil Affairs Association.