Lieutenant General (Ret.) Frank Helmick, U.S. Army, joined SOSi in 2012 after a distinguished 36-year military career. As Senior Vice President for SOSi’s Mission Operations, Frank leads global teams to provide the U.S. government and its allies with solutions that are globally responsive, operationally focused, and cost-effective for mission sustainment. Frequently focused on challenges in some of the most uncertain global environments, Frank directs the delivery of solutions including logistics, engineering, procurement, construction, training, and other vital operational support.
While in the military, Frank was the Commanding General of America’s only Airborne Corps (the XVIII Airborne Corps) and the nation’s largest military installation, Fort Bragg. He also served as the Deputy Commanding General for Operations with United States Forces–Iraq and commanded the Multi-National Security Transition Command–Iraq and the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) Training Mission–Iraq.
Additionally, Frank was Assistant Division Commander, Operations, for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) when troops under his command successfully ended the hunt for Uday and Qusay Hussein. He also served as Senior Military Assistant to two Deputy Secretaries of Defense.
In 2020, Frank was named to Washington Executive’s “Top 25 DOD Executives to Watch” list. He was also a 2019 finalist for the Distinguished Service Awards Veteran Employee of the Year Award by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Frank earned a bachelor’s degree in general engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a master’s degree in management and organizational behavior studies from the Naval Postgraduate School. He currently serves on the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s National Security Advisory Council and the International Stability Operations Association’s Advisory Council.
