Glen David VanHerck (born October 20, 1962) is a retired

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who last served as the commander of

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and

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from 2020 to 2024. He previously served as

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from 2019 to 2020. VanHerck was born in Murray, Kentucky, and raised in

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. He graduated from the

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, where he was commissioned through the

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in 1987.

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