Under the provisions of Department of Defense 1348.33-M, the Secretary of Defense has awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Defense Superior Service Medal to Major General Julian Hall Burns, Jr., United States Army, for exceptionally superior service to the Department of Defense as J-5, Plans and Policy Directorate, Armed Forces South (Sarajevo), from 1995 to 1997. The distinctive accomplishments of Major General Burns reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Army, and the Department of Defense.