MAJOR GENERAL WALTER E. MAJOR GENERAL WILLIE J.
transportation to the Coalition Provi-
GASKIN, SR. WILLIAMS sional Authority in Baghdad. He oversaw
Vice Director, Joint Staf f Com manding G eneral, Marine Corps Logistics restoration of Iraq’s major transportation
BS
Com mand
systems, including two major ports.
M A - public B A - business administration
ad ministration M A - business administration
M S - strategic resources managem ent
On July 27,
TERRI A. DICKERSON, SENIOR
2008, Major General
Major General Williams assumed
EXECUTIVE SERVICE
Gaskin assumed his
his current position June 2005. He was
Director of Civil Rights, US Coast Guard
role after serving as
commissioned in May 1974 and began BS
M A
commander 2nd Marine Division from
his career with the 11th Marine Artillery
2006-2008. In 2007, Gaskin headed
Regiment in May 1975, serving fi rst as
Terri Dickerson, a member of the
the more than 35,000-member Multi-
supply offi cer for the 3rd Battalion, and
government’s senior executive service
National Force West, which patrolled Al
later as the regimental supply offi cer/as-
since 2000, joined the Coast Guard in
Anbar, the largest province in Iraq. He
sistant S4 offi cer. After a one-year tour in
2006 as director, Offi ce of Civil Rights.
deployed as the II Marine Expeditionary
Iwakuni, he returned to the US for duty
From 2000 to 2006, she was second
Force (Forward) commander in sup-
at Marine Barracks based in California.
in charge at the US Commission on
port of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While
Civil Rights. She has advised the FCC,
in command, Gaskin used its forces to
MAJOR GENERAL CORNELL A.
National Telecommunications Indus-
help train and develop Iraqi police and
WILSON, JR.
try Agency, and Congress on adopting
military. Gaskin returned to the States
Director, Reserve
policies that enhanced participation of
with II MEF (FWD) from Iraq in Febru-
A f fairs Division women and minorities in communica-
Manpower & Reserve
ary 2008.
A f fairs, Headquarters,
tions. She was consulted and contributed
US Marine Corps
to President W. J. Clinton’s landmark
BS - chemistry
“Mend It, Don’t End It” speech on
BRIGADIER GENERAL ANTHONY L.
Major General affi rmative action. The US Supreme
JACKSON
Wilson assumed Court cited a study she directed, Beyond
M A - history
his current duties Percentage Plans: The Challenge of Equal
On December 19, 2007, Brigadier in July 2005. His fi rst assignment as a Opportunity in Higher Education, in its
General Jackson was nominated for ap- general offi cer was deputy commander 2005 decision on affi rmative action in
pointment to the rank of major general. for Marine Forces Central Command. college admissions. Another study she
Jackson is currently serving as the direc- Following this tour, he was assigned as co-wrote earned an award from the Na-
tor of operations and logistics, US Africa the commanding general, 4th Marine tional Congress of American Indians and
Command, Germany. Logistics Group. In August 2002, he led to legislation being introduced in the
assumed command of the Augmentation US Congress.
MAJOR GENERAL JAMES L.
Command Element of the Second Ma-
WILLIAMS
rine Expeditionary Force. He also com-
CURTIS B. ODOM, SENIOR
Com manding G eneral, 4th Marine Division
manded the combined joint task force
EXECUTIVE SERVICE
BS consequence management headquartered
Deputy Director of
M A - governm ent and national security af fairs
M S - hospital managem ent/public health
in Camp Doha, Kuwait, and supported
Personnel Managem ent,
M A - international security studies Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
US Coast Guard
M S - computer engineering and computer
BS - governm ent
science
M A - business
ad ministration
Major General Williams was as-
M A - national security
signed as the commanding general,
COAST GUARD and strategic studies
4th Marine Division in April 2007.
Senior Executive
This April, the nation’s oldest, largest,
REAR ADMIRAL MANSON K. Service member Curt Odom was ap-
and most selective all-discipline honor
BROWN, PE pointed to the SES on April 1, 2007. He
society, Phi Kappa Phi, inducted MG
Com mander, Fourteenth Coast Guard District retired from active duty with the Coast
BS - civil engineering
Williams at its annual ceremony. Phi
Guard at the rank of captain. He had
M S - civil engineering
Kappa Phi members gain a lifelong pass-
M S - national resources
various assignments including executive
port to a global network of academic and Rear Admiral Brown assumed
offi cer, Coast Guard Training Center,
professional opportunities. Williams, command of the 14th Coast Guard
Cape May, New Jersey, and executive
offi cer, Coast Guard support center,
who previously led troops in Ar-Ramadi District in May 2008. Previous tours
New Orleans, Louisiana. While serving
and Fallujah, Iraq, encouraged students of duty include assistant engineering
at the Support Center, he was selected
to develop critical thinking skills, which offi cer in USCGC GLACIER — the
as the outstanding military offi cer of
are required to solve problems in what he fi rst icebreaker to make its way through
the year by the New Orleans Chapter of
called a “very gray and uncertain world.” the frozen Bellinghausen Sea; project the Federal Executive Board. His Coast
Phi Kappa Phi requires a 3.7 grade point engineer, deputy group commander Guard Headquarters assignments include
average on a 4.0 scale. at Coast Guard Group Mayport, and chief, offi ce of leadership and diversity,
assistant chief, civil engineering division reserve and training directorate and
at Maintenance & Logistics Command ethnic policy advisor to the commandant
Pacifi c. From April to July 2004, he was of the Coast Guard as a member of the
temporarily assigned as senior advisor for
diversity management staff.
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