Desmond Mueller

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Desmond Maurice Mueller
July 25, 1943 (1943-07-25) (age 64)
Nickname	Des
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1964-2002
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Logistics Command (Army) Support Command (Australia)
Awards	Officer Of The Order Of Australia

Lieutenant General Desmond (Des) Maurice Mueller AO (b. July 25, 1943) was an Australian Army officer from 1961 to 2002. He served as Vice Chief of the Australian Defence Force from June 2000 until his retirement in July 2002.

Mueller was born in Adelaide and enrolled in the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1961, graduating in 1964. He served with the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade in Malaysia from 1965 to 1967. Following a gunnery staff course at the School of Artillery in the United Kingdom, he held various appointments as Instructor-in-Gunnery, Adjutant, Battery Commander and Commanding Officer of the School of Artillery.

In 1989 Mueller was promoted to Brigadier and became Director General of Army Development. In 1990 he became the Director General Force Development (Land), responsibility for the development of land forces capability. In 1994, he was promoted to Major General and appointed General Officer Commanding Logistic Command. Following the merger of logistics management for all three services Navy, Army and Air Force, Mueller was appointed the first Commander Support Australia. In 2000, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and became the Vice Chief of the Australian Defence Force.

Mueller was awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1993 and was elevated to Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1998.

Following retirement from the Army, Mueller continued a career in consulting, management and academia, serving as an adjunct professor at Monash and Latrobe universities.