| 词条 | Jack B. Farris |
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|name = Jack B. Farris |image = Jack B. Farris.jpg |caption = LtGen Jack B. Farris U.S. Army |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|12|5}} |birth_place = Charlotte, North Carolina |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = United States Army |serviceyears = 1958–1991 |rank = Lieutenant General |commands = 2d Infantry Division U.S. Army Infantry Training Center 1st Battalion, 173d Airborne Brigade |battles = Vietnam War United States invasion of Grenada |awards = Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart Legion of Merit }}Jack Brodie Farris (born December 5, 1935) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General who commanded the military ground forces during Operation Urgent Fury, the United States invasion of Grenada in 1983; at the time of his retirement in 1991 he was Deputy Commander of the United States Pacific Command in Hawaii.[1] A native of Charlotte, North Carolina he received a Bachelors Degree in political science from The Citadel in 1958 and was commissioned as an infantry officer through the schools Army ROTC unit. His early career included assignments as a company commander in the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and combat service in the Vietnam War as a Battalion Commander and the Executive Officer of the 173d Airborne Brigade. He was Senior Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General of Allied Land Forces Southeastern Europe at Izmir, Turkey and an Instructor and Department Director at the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He served in the office of the Army Chief of Staff at the Pentagon and was Commander of the Infantry Training Center at Fort Benning, Georgia where he helped stand up the Armys first Advanced Individual Training Brigade. As a Colonel he was Chief of Staff for the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado and after promotion to Brigadier General in 1980 moved up to Assistant Division Commander; he next served as Deputy Director of the Joint Deployment Agency at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Upon advancement to Major General in 1982 he became Deputy Commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, in this capacity he was the senior ground commander of the U.S. military forces who invaded the Caribbean nation of Grenada in October, 1983 in response to a worsening political situation, the presence of Cuban troops and fears over the safety of numerous American citizens which included students at the St. George’s University School of Medicine.[2][3] In 1985, he transferred to South Korea as Deputy Commander for Operations of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command, then took over as Commanding General of the 2d Infantry Division. After a tour as Chief of Staff for the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe, Virginia he was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant General and served his final assignment as Deputy Commander of the United States Pacific Command at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii; he retired in 1991 after 33 years of service. General Farris earned a Masters Degree in International Affairs from Florida State University in 1972 and was a graduate of the United States Army War College, the United States Army Ranger School and the U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School; he also attended the John F. Kennedy program on International Security at Harvard University. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and Master Parachutist Badge, his military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, 3 awards of the Legion of Merit and Purple Heart.[4] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://secure.citadelalumni.org/dcal/detail.php?id=77|title=The Citadel Alumni Association|website=secure.citadelalumni.org|accessdate=31 January 2019}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Farris, Jack}}2. ^https://history.army.mil/html/books/grenada/urgent_fury.pdf 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/16/world/last-americans-in-combat-role-leave-grenada.html|title=Last Americans in Combat Role Leave Grenada|first1=Seth|last1=Mydans|first2=Special To the New York|last2=Times|date=16 December 1983|publisher=|accessdate=31 January 2019|via=NYTimes.com}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/armyexecutivebio00wash|title=Army executive biographies|first1=DC :Headquarters|last1=Washington|first2=|last2=United States. Department of the Army|date=31 January 1985|publisher=Washington, DC : Headquarters, Dept. of the Army|accessdate=31 January 2019|via=Internet Archive}} 6 : 1935 births|Living people|The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina alumni|Military personnel from North Carolina|People from Charlotte, North Carolina|United States Army generals |
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