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	Multi-National Force - Iraq - MNF-I Commanding General
		His command of the 101st followed a year deployed on Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia, where he was the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations of the NATO Stabilization Force and the Deputy Commander of the US Joint Interagency Counter-Terrorism Task Force-Bosnia.
		General Petraeus was commissioned in the Infantry upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1974.
		General Petraeus was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Class of 1983.
	www.mnf-iraq.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=16 (442 words)

	General (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The different ranks of general are identified by the number of stars worn: a General of the Army (not used since World War II) wears five stars, a General four stars, a Lieutenant General three stars, a Major General two stars, and a Brigadier General one star.
		While there were some Generals who were promoted to the grade from the Colonel ranks, most held their ranks by initial appointment and then with such appointment at the pleasure of the Congress, to be expired or revoked at the end of a particular campaign.
		Brigadier General (BG): Typically serves as Deputy Commander to the Commanding General of a division and assists in overseeing the planning and coordination of a mission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_(United_States) (1743 words)

	General Officer Commanding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		General Officer Commanding (GOC) is the usual title given in the armies of Commonwealth (and some other) nations to a general officer who holds a command appointment.
		Thus, a general might be the GOC II Corps or GOC 7th Armoured Division.
		A general officer heading a particularly large or important command may be called a General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_Officer_Commanding (119 words)

	General Campbell
		General Charles C. Campbell, became the seventeenth Commanding General of US Army Forces Command on 9 January 2007.
		He was also the Commanding General of the 7th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado and the Commanding General, Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.
		General Campbell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Louisiana State University and a Master of Military Art and Science from the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
	www.forscom.army.mil /cmd_staff/CG_Campbell/CG_Campbell.htm (286 words)

	Commanding Generals
		General Gillem went on to command the II Armored Corps, and the Armored Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
		General Watson next commanded Combat Command A, 3d Armored Division from August 1942 to August 1944.General Watson was relieved shortly after the division landed at Normandy and replaced by General Maurice Rose.
		He graduated from the Command and General Staff School (1928), was promoted to Major on June 20, and was ordered to the Personnel Section (of which he became chief in 1930), Office of Chief of Cavalry, in Washington, D.C. In 1929 he was Captain of the Cavalry Rifle and Pistol Team.
	www.3ad.org /div_cdrs/3adcdr.htm (3999 words)

	Third Army/ARCENT/CFLCC - CGs Bio
		He completed the Command and General Staff School in 1926, and in 1933 he graduated from the Ecole Superieure de Guerre.
		From June to September 1942 he commanded the 9th Armored Division at Fort Riley before going to North Africa to become the Deputy Commanding General of the I Armored Corps.
		He commanded the Seventh Army from 1945 to 1946 and the Third Army from 1946 to 1947.
	www.arcent.army.mil /history/com_bios/cg_gkeyes.asp (260 words)

	BG(CA) Hagan, appointed Commanding General, California State Military Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The outgoing Commander of the SMR, Brigadier General Thomas A. Swidler (Bio), was then beckoned by General Wade to join him front and center to be honored for his outstanding and impressive career, especially his contributions to the State Military Reserve and support of the California National Guard.
		General Swidler’s military service began with the Army Reserve in 1958, and concluded with the SMR, serving as Commanding General since the spring of 2004.
		The change of command formally began and was appropriately symbolized by the passing of the colors from the outgoing commander, BG Swidler, to the incoming commander, BG Hagan, through the hands of the senior commander, Major General Wade.
	www.calguard.ca.gov /casmr/coc1.htm (698 words)

	OTHERS
		General Hieu always treated his soldiers of all levels with deference, be it a foot soldier; he never addressed them with vulgarities; he was always calm and patient; he only needed a stare or a stern look to straighten back into line a subordinate in the brink of malfeasance.
		General Hieu treated his soldiers exactly the way he advised his wife how she should treat their children, which was with a touch of psychology.
		General Minh had weakened the 3rd Corps to the point his units lost one battle after the other, and the enemy was able to cross the border back into Vietnam within a year and directly threaten Saigon in 1972.
	www.generalhieu.com /HieuVthanhan-2.htm (4809 words)

	Roy Stanley Geiger, General, United States Marine Corps
		General Roy Stanley Geiger, who commanded both air and ground units during World War II, and was the first Marine to lead an Army, died 23 January 1947 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, and was buried in Arlington Cemetery.
		General Geiger commanded the III Amphibious Corps in the battle for Okinawa where upon the death in action of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Commanding General of the Tenth Army, General Geiger assumed command and led the Tenth Army to the successful conclusion of World War II's final campaign.
		General Geiger was promoted to four-star rank posthumously by the 80th Congress to be effective from 23 January 1947.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /roystanl.htm (1290 words)

	KWCC Biography - Paik Sun-Yup
		General Paik Sun Yup, Chief of Staff, Republic of Korea Army, receives a bouquet of flowers from the daughter of Major Kim Tae Sun, upon his arrival from the United States at an airstrip in Korea.
		General Paik was promoted to Lieutenant General in January 1952, and informed that he would command the new ROK II Corps.
		General Paik would later command the First Field Army, serve a second appointment as Army Chief of Staff, and finally serve the remainder of his career as Chairman for the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff.
	korea50.army.mil /history/biographies/paik.shtml (963 words)

	Biographies : LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOSEPH H. ATKINSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		General Atkinson was appointed deputy commanding general, Alaskan Air Command, Jan. 20, 1946 and Oct. 1, 1946 was appointed commanding general.
		In February 1949, General Atkinson was assigned as commanding general of the 311th Air Division in Topeka, Kan. He remained with this organization until Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 he was assigned as commanding general, Second Air Force, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.
		In November 1952 he was appointed vice commander, and later commander-in-chief of the Alaskan Command (with the additional duty of commander, Alaskan Air Command, from Feb. 24 to Sept. 17, 1956) at Elmendorf Air Force Base.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=4562 (629 words)

	President Thieu
		General Hieu's life was cupped in Thieu's hands when Thieu was chosen by President Johnson of the United States to become President of Vietnam in 1968.
		General Hieu was sent to Danang to the figurative position of Deputy Commander of the 1st Corps.
		General Hieu conferred with Vice-President Huong and the two of them decided to publicize the results of the investigation on television the night before the official dossier was to be submitted to the President, causing Thieu to be caught by surprise.
	www.generalhieu.com /thieu-2.htm (2718 words)

	Lieutenant General George H. Brett
		General Barnes was his Chief of Staff and General Lewis Hyde Brereton was in command of all Air Forces.
		In the United States, officers of Lieutenant General or higher are appointed to positions of "importance and responsibility" which means every time they are assigned to a position, they are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate in the grade and in the position.
		Brett was appointed a lieutenant general in the position of Commanding General, US Army Forces in Australia and reappointed the next November as a lieutenant general in the position of Commanding General, Caribbean Defense Command.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/usaaf/generalbrett.htm (967 words)

	1st Infantry Division Leaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		General Ham commanded the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry in Vilseck, Germany including a six month tour with the United Nations Protection Forces in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
		General Ham was assigned as the Deputy Commanding General for Training and Readiness, I Corps at Fort Lewis, Washington in August 2003.
		General Ham assumed command of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas August 1, 2006.
	www.1id.army.mil /1ID/Leaders/CG.htm (359 words)

	Special Powers
		Major General John B. Medaris was made Commanding General designee of the to-be-formed Army Ballistic Missile Agency on 22 November 1955.
		The ABMA Commanding General could deviate from established Army procurement procedures and regulations, use other Ordnance installations and activities on a priority basis, and issue instructions directly to other Army agencies to accomplish his assigned mission.
		Army procurement procedures discouraged the use of such means first, and was the basis of the restrictive policy on the ABMA Commanding General on the use of letter contracts.
	www.redstone.army.mil /history/abmaspec/part2.html (1239 words)

	Biographies : GENERAL JOHN K. CANNON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		General John Kenneth Cannon was a World War II Mediterranean combat commander and former chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe for whom Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, N.M. is named: He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1892, and died in Arcadia, Calif., Jan. 12, 1955.
		General Cannon graduated from Utah Agricultural College in 1914 and was appointed a second lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve on Nov. 27, 1917.
		He was promoted to major general in June and by December became commanding general of the 12th Air force and the Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force, being responsible for all air operations for the invasion of southern Europe In August 1944.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=4913 (613 words)

	Major General Edward P.King, Jr., Commanding General of all Fil-American Forces on Bataan, in April 1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		On March 11, 1942: General MacArthur left for Australia, General Wainwright was appointed to succeed General MacArthur as General of the Armies of the Philippines, and General King became the Commanding General of the Philippine-American forces on Bataan.
		In a meeting with his troops prior to being sent to a POW Camp in Manchuria, he assured his men, in a tearful farewell, that he alone was responsible for the surrender.
		General King spent three and half years as a captive of the Japanese.
	home.pacbell.net /fbaldie/Gen._Edward_King.html (370 words)

	Lieutenant General George Churchill Kenney - Commanding General of the 5th Air Force
		He was then appointed as Commanding General of the Allied Air Forces in the South West Pacific Area replacing Lt-General George H. Brett on 4 August 1942 and then appointed as the Commanding General of the 5th Air Force on 3 September 1942.
		General Douglas MacArthur left his Headquarters in Brisbane in early November 1942 for a visit to New Guinea.
		General Douglas MacArthur personally decorating General George C. Kenney after his stunning victory against the Lae Resupply Convoy during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/ozatwar/kenney.htm (745 words)

	New Commanding General for the New Mexico State Defense Force
		The command of the New Mexico State Defense Force changed hands August 2, 2003 at a ceremony held at the New Mexico Army National Guard Armory on Wyoming in Albuquerque.
		General Morrell enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War and rose by meritorious promotions to the rank of Sergeant in twenty-two months.
		General Morrell entered the New Mexico State Defense Force in March 1990 as a Captain serving as G-1 for the First Brigade headquartered at the NM Army National Guard Armory in Albuquerque.
	www.sgaus.org /NMmorrell.htm (419 words)

	SHAPE Biographies: SACEUR General James L. Jones
		General James L. Jones attended the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and was commissioned into the Marine Corps in January 1967, served in Vietnam as a platoon and company commander and was promoted to First Lieutenant.
		In June 1985 he graduated from the National War College, and commanded the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Marine Division, until July 1987 and then as Senior Aide to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, was promoted to Colonel and became the Military Secretary to the Commandant.
		As Lieutenant General, he was assigned as the Military Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense and as General became the 32nd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps in July 1999.
	www.nato.int /shape/bios/saceur/jones.htm (339 words)

	USATCFE Headquarters
		The Command Group consists of the Commanding General, the Chief of Staff, and the Center Command Sergeant Major and the Regimental Warrant Officer.
		He assists the Commanding General in all areas as necessary, but is specifically concerned with all issues and priorities for programs and activities with the reserve components of the Transportation Corps.
		The Regimental Warrant Officer is the principal advisor to the Commanding General on all matters pertaining to the Transportation Corps Warrant Officers.
	www.eustis.army.mil /HQ/portal.asp (795 words)

	CJS - Bio Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno
		General Odierno’s initial tours took him to United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany where he served as Platoon leader and Survey Officer of the 1 st Battalion, 41 st Field Artillery, 56 th Field Artillery Brigade as well as Aide-de-Camp to the Brigade’s Commanding General.
		Following completion of the Artillery Officer Advance Course, General Odierno was assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery at Fort Bragg, North Carolina where he commanded Service Battery, Alpha Battery, and served as Battalion S3 in the 1 st Battalion, 73 rd Field Artillery.
		General Odierno went on to command 2 nd Battalion, 8 th Field Artillery, 7 th Infantry Division followed by command of the Division Artillery, 1 st Cavalry Division.
	www.jcs.mil /bios/bio_odierno.html (292 words)

	General Richard Cody - Vice Chief of Staff Army
		General Richard A. Cody became the 31st Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army, on June 24, 2004.
		General Cody was born in Montpelier, Vermont, on 2 August 1950.
		General Cody has served several tours with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as Commander, 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment (Attack) during Operation Desert Storm; Aviation Brigade Executive Officer, 101st Aviation Brigade; Battalion Executive Officer and Company Commander in the 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion, and Battalion S-3 in the 55th Attack Helicopter Battalion.
	www.army.mil /leaders/leaders/vcsa/biography.html (332 words)

	Amazon.com: One Woman's Army: The Commanding General of Abu Ghraib Tells Her Story: Books: Janis Karpinski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		General Karpinski was not permitted by her boss to even enter the area of the prison where the torture took place.
		The general is very credible and her story does shed new light on elements of this story that never made any sense to me. Now it is all clear.
		Any commander in her position would have a difficult time and she describes in detail the walls and curtains put before her while she maintained her unit the best she could.
	www.amazon.com /One-Womans-Army-Commanding-General/dp/1401352472 (2338 words)

	France: Commanding officer's pennants (part 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		They are alloted to General Officers, and are borne behind them by an escorting non-commissioned officer.
		Anyway, since the end of the Great War [1914-1918], in order to limit investigation or spying by the enemy, it is avoided as far as possible to show the distinctive pennants of command units [this probably refers to the excessive visibility of the French infantry during the War, especially the famous blue and madder-coloured uniforms.
		During the Bastille Day parade in Paris, the Military Governor of Paris was accompanied by an orderly bearing behind him a flag very similar to the pennant of a General commander-in-chief of an army, a 0.65 x 0.5 m Tricolor flag with a Tricolor cravate.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fr^penn.html (578 words)

	BRIGADIER GENERAL (CA) EMORY J. HAGAN III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		EMORY J. Brigadier General (CA) Jack Hagan was appointed the Commanding General of the California State Military Reserve January 7, 2006.
		From 1973 to 1976, BG Hagan was a Series Commander and Headquarters Company Commander in the Recruit Training Regiment, the Operations and Training Officer and Headquarters Company Commander in Woman Recruit Training Command, and Aide de Camp to the Commanding General at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC.
		He was reassigned to 1st Marine Brigade as the Commanding Officer, Headquarters Company, 3rd Marines (Rein), and later as the Commanding Officer, Company L, Battalion Landing Team 3/3 in the North Arabian Sea during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
	www.calguard.ca.gov /casmr/bioHaganE.htm (520 words)

	Demanding new job keeps commanding general challenged
		His position as commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick keeps him on the road much of the time, touting the people and services of the command and Fort Detrick.
		The newest commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick regularly, and only somewhat jokingly, introduces himself at staff gatherings because he is so seldom on post since taking command July 7.
		But he is the first to point out that a commander's job is to be out among the Soldiers and civilians that make up his command, not just hunkered behind his computer or taking the many briefings he receives from his accomplished staff.
	www.dcmilitary.com /dcmilitary_archives/stories/010506/38940-1.shtml (854 words)

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