management officer. While assigned to 1st Marine Regiment, he deployed in support of operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. In 1992, he was assigned to the Program Executive Office for Cruise Missiles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. He also served as the Marine Corps integrated logistics support manager and deputy director, Joint Logistics Program, Joint Logistics Directorate. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Southern University, Baton Rouge; a Master of Arts degree in Procurement and Acquisitions Management from Webster University, and another master's degree in national resource strategy from National Defense University.
LIEUTENANT GENERAL WALTER E. GASKIN, SR. Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee
Brussels, Belgium
Lieutenant Gen- eral Walter Gaskin is the deputy chairman of the North Atlanta Treaty Organiza- tion Military Com- mittee at Brussels, Belgium. Lt. Gen. Gaskin served
as the commanding general of the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, NC from June 2006 until July 2008. In addi- tion to this role, he simultaneously served as the commanding General of II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). Dur- ing this tour, Gaskin led II MEF (FWD) during its year-long deployment to Al Anbar Province, Iraq as the commanding general of Multinational Forces-West. His previous assignments as a general officer include service as the vice direc- tor of The Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. from July 2008 until May 2009 and as the commanding general of Marine Corps Recruiting Command beginning in Sep- tember 2002. Additionally, he served as chief of staff, Naval Striking and Support Forces-Southern Europe and deputy com- manding general, Fleet Marine Forces-Eu- rope in Naples, Italy from 2002 to 2004. Gaskin’s first assignment as a general officer was as the commanding general, Training and Education Command in Quantico in March 2000. He is a 1974 graduate from Savannah State Univer- sity’s NROTC Program with a Bachelor of
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Science, and also earned a master’s degree in public administration from the Univer- sity of Oklahoma in 1992. He completed the Senior Executive Seminar from the JFK School of Government, Harvard University in 2002. His professional military education includes The Basic School and Amphibious Warfare School (1982–83), the Army Command and Staff College, (1986–1987); Army War Col- lege, (1993–1994); and the Combined/ Joint Force Land Component Command Course, Carlisle Barracks, (2009).
MAJOR GENERAL ANTHONY L. JACKSON Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West
Major Gen-
eral Anthony L. Jackson earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in History from San Jose State in 1971 and 1973, respectively. In 1975, Jackson
enlisted in the Marines to attend Officer Candidate School and began a steady rise up the ranks, completing assign- ments throughout the United States. He is a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College and the U.S. Army War College. His many assignments have included Assistant Chief of Staff , First Marine Force, deployed in support of Iraqi Free- dom II; Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Marine Forces, Central Command; and Director of Operations and Logistics, U.S. Africa Command, based in Stuttgart, Germany. Major General Jackson has served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 35 years and is among the highest rank- ing African Americans in this branch of the armed forces. In his current post as Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West, he oversees western bases where Marines train for advanced combat operations. Jackson completed both the Amphibious Warfare School and the Marine Corps Command and Staff College by correspondence.
BRIGADIER GENERAL VINCENT R. STEWART USMC Director of Intelligence
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Brigadier
General Vincent Stewart received his baccalaureate degree from West- ern Illinois Uni- versity where he majored in history in 1981. After his commission, some
of his principal command tours included: tank platoon leader with Company A, 1st Tank; executive officer, 1st Tank Battalion, and company commander with Company E, Marine Support Battalion, Japan. He also served as commanding of- ficer, 1st Intelligence Battalion and com- manding officer, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division. Staff assignments include: project officer, assistant signals intelligence officer, intelligence officer, and chief, Command, Control, Com- munications and Intelligence, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force; as well as senior intelligence planner, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and as assistant chief of staff, Intelligence, Marine Corps Forces Command, and more recently assistant chief of staff, Intelligence, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, (2008-2009). He earned master’s degrees in national secu- rity and strategic studies from the Naval War College and in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University.
BRIGADIER GENERAL CRAIG Q. TIMBERLAKE Deputy Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force; and Commanding General, 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade
Brigadier
General Craig Q. Timberlake enlisted in the Marine Corps in May 1977 and was meritori- ously promoted to staff sergeant in January 1982. Two years later, he was commissioned through the Enlisted Commission- ing Program in August 1984. He was nominated for appointment to the rank of brigadier general January 2011. and is currently serving as deputy commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. Brigadier General Tim-
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