Dennis K. Jackson
American Army general
Major General Dennis K. Jackson (born November 16, 1946) is a retired general officer in the United States Army and served as the director for logistics, J-4, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Prior to this assignment, he served as the 30th Chief of Ordnance and Commandant of the U.S. Army Ordnance School at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland.
Military education
Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1946, Jackson graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1968 with a Regular Army commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the Florida Institute of Technology. His military education includes the Armor Officer Basic Course, the Ordnance Officer Advanced Course, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Military career
Detailed to the Armor Branch, he served in the 1st Armored Division in Germany from 1969 to 1971, including a short assignment as company commander of 'C' Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment. Taking up logistics duties, he next served in South Vietnam as supply officer then detachment support officer for the 571st Military Intelligence Detachment, 525th Military Intelligence Group.
Returning to the United States in 1973, Jackson served as executive officer then commander of Headquarters Company, Staff and Faculty Battalion, School Brigade, at the Ordnance Center and School at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland. Following completion of the Ordnance Officer Advanced course, his next assignment, from 1975 to 1978, was with the 4th Support Center, 13th Corps Support Command at Fort Hood, Texas. From 1978 to 1980, he served as a Maintenance Research Analyst at the United States Army Logistics Center, Fort Lee, Virginia.
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