Mr. Daniel J. Rubery was designated as Deputy to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), on August 24, 1998. Prior to this designation, Mr. Rubery served as the Deputy to the Commander for Business Management and Strategic Planning. Since his appointment to the Senior Executive Service in September 1989, he has served as the Deputy to the Commander and Executive Director, Integrated Materiel Management Center, U.S. Army Aviation and Troop Command. He has also served in numerous logistics assignments with the Army Materiel Command over the last thirteen years and was designated a member of the Acquisition Corps in 1995. Mr. Rubery was selected as the Army Aviation Association of American (AAAA) Civilian of the Year in 1990, received the SES Executive Achievement Award in 1991, Department of the Army Civilian Exceptional Service Award in 1992, the Superior Civilian Service Award in 1993 and 1997, and a Presidential Rank Award in 1994.

Mr. Rubery spent twenty-six years on active duty in the U.S. Army with the preponderance being in the Aviation Materiel Management function. During those years, key assignments included tours as Commander of the Aviation Maintenance Units, Staff Aviation Logistics Planner, Chief of the Aviation Depot Maintenance, Director of the Aviation National Maintenance Point, and a tour as Acting Logistics Director, U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command. Mr. Rubery was a rated Senior Army Aviator in rotary wing aircraft. Awards during his military service years include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star (with two Oak Leaf Clusters (OLCs)), Meritorious Service Medal (with four OLCs), Air Medal (with five OLCs), and the Army Commendation Medal (with two OLCs). Overseas tours included Germany, Panama, Vietnam and Korea.

He belongs to the AAAA, and The Retired Officer's Association (TROA). Mr. Rubery received a Bachelor of Social Science degree from John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma.

He retired on 30 June 2000.