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Major
General Harry W. Jenkins Jr., retired from the US Marine Corps after
33 years of accomplished service while serving as the Director,
Expeditionary Warfare Division (N85), on the staff of the Chief of
Naval Operations,
Washington
,
D.C.
His
many assignments as a junior officer ranged from a rifle platoon
commander with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division on
Okinawa
,
Japan
to a senior instructor in Mountain
Operations at the
Survival
School
. He also served in the
Republic
of
Vietnam
and taught as an ROTC instructor at the
University
of
Wisconsin
.
While
assigned duty as the Legislative Assistant to the Commandant of the
Marine Corps he was promoted to brigadier general on
Oct. 1, 1987
. In
1989, he was assigned as Commanding General, 4th Marine
Expeditionary Brigade/Commanding General, Landing Force Training
Command, Atlantic/Deputy Commander, Marine Strike Force Atlantic,
NAB, Little Creek, VA. General
Jenkins was promoted to Major General on
Aug. 1, 1990
.
Major
General Jenkins graduated from San Jose State College with a B.A.
degree in June 1960. He also holds an M.S. degree from the
University
of
Wisconsin
. He
is a 1975 graduate of the Marine Corps Command and
Staff
College
and a 1980 graduate of the
Naval
War
College
.
A few of Major General
Jenkins' decorations include: The Distinguised Service Medal; Legion
of Merit; Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" and three gold
stars; the Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Navy Commendation
Medal with Combat "V"; Combat Action Ribbon; Presidential
Unit Citation with two bronze stars; Navy Unit Commendation;
Meritorious Unit Commendation.
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