General Officer Biography

BRIGADIER GENERAL JERRY G. BECK

 

Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Pennsylvania National Guard

Brigadier General Jerry G. Beck assumed duties as Assistant Adjutant General - Army , Pennsylvania National Guard in June 2009. As Assistant Adjutant General, on behalf of the Adjutant General, he is responsible for overseeing the readiness of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and for advising and assisting Pennsylvania's Adjutant General in the operation of Pennsylvania Army National Guard forces. These activities include the manning, training, and logistical support required to accomplish the federal and state missions of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. General Beck also serves as the Deputy Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania National Guard, where he advises and assists The Adjutant General in supervision and management of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. He assumed his duties as Deputy Adjutant General in June 2009.

General Beck began his military career in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in 1977 as a private. He was commissioned through Officer Candidate School in 1979. While assigned to the 1-111th Infantry, he held several positions including Rifle Platoon Leader, Weapons Platoon Leader, Company Commander, Assistant Operations Officer and Logistics Officer. While assigned to the 56th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, General Beck held primary staff positions including Personnel Officer, Intelligence Officer, Operations Officer and Logistics Officer. After serving as the G3 for the 28th Infantry Division, he returned to the 1-111th Infantry as its commanding officer.

General Beck served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Pennsylvania Army National Guard before being assigned as the Chief of Staff. He was then deployed with Task Force Eagle to Bosnia-Herzegovina for Stabilization Force 12 where he served as the Deputy Commander for the Multi-National Brigade coordinating all operations for a 12 nation multi-component North Atlantic Treaty Organization mission. Upon completion of that tour in 2003, General Beck was selected to perform a follow-on tour as the Commander of Multi-National Brigade (East) Kosovo. During that tour he provided command and control to approximately 3,500 multinational soldiers in the United States, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Armenia and Greece. Prior to his present assignment, General Beck served as Commander, 28th Infantry Division.


EDUCATION:

1975 Millersville State College, Bachelor of Science, German, Millersville, Pennsylvania
1977 West Chester State College, Teaching Certification, Spanish, West Chester, Pennsylvania
1995 Pennsylvania State University, Master of Science, Instructional Systems Design, State College, Pennsylvania
1998 United States Army War College, by Correspondence
2005 Air University, Senior Information Warfare Applications Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. May 1979 - December 1980, Platoon Leader, Headquarters Detachment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2. December 1980 - May 1982, Rifle Platoon Leader, Company B, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3. May 1982 - September 1982, Weapons Platoon Leader, Company B, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
4. September 1982 - May 1984, Commander, Company A, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5. June 1984 - August 1984, S3 Air, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, Norristown, Pennsylvania
6. August 1984 - August 1985, S4, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, Norristown, Pennsylvania
7. August 1985 - April 1988, Assistant S4, Headquarters Company, 56th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8. May 1988 - May 1992, S3, Headquarters Company, 56th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9. May 1992 - March 1993, S1, Headquarters Company, 56th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10. March 1993 - February 1994, S2, Headquarters Company, 56th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11. February 1994 - September 1995, Assistant Chief of Staff, G3, Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
12. September 1995 - October 1998, Commander, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, Norristown, Pennsylvania
13. November 1998 - November 2000, Director of Operations, Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Annville, Pennsylvania
14. November 2000 - July 2002, Chief of Staff, Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Annville, Pennsylvania
15. July 2002 - February 2003, Deputy Commander, Operation Joint Forge, Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, Bosnia and Herzegovina
16. February 2003 - March 2003, Deputy Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
17. March 2003 - April 2004, Commander, Task Force Falcon, Kosovo 5A, Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 28th Infantry Division, Artillery, Kosovo
18. April 2004 - October 2006, Deputy Commander, Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19. October 2006 - June 2009, Commander, Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
20. June 2009 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Pennsylvania National Guard, Pennsylvania Joint Force Headquarters, Annville, Pennsylvania

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Kosovo Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold Hourglass and M Device with Numeral 2)
Army Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 2)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal (with 1 Bronze Star)
Pennsylvania Commendation Medal
Pennsylvania Service Ribbon (with Numeral 3)
Pennsylvania Twenty Year Service Medal (with 2 Silver Stars)
Major General Thomas R. White Jr. Medal
General Thomas J. Stewart Medal
Army Meritorious Unit Commendation
Governor's Unit Citation
The Adjutant General's Staff Identification Badge

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:

Board of Directors, Salvation Army
Veteran's of Foreign Wars
National Guard Association of the United States
Military Officers Association
United States Army War College Alumni Association
American Legion
Association of the United States Army
Academy of Management

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

Board of Trustees, Scotland School for Veteran's Children

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTIONS:

Second Lieutenant 27 May 1979
First Lieutenant 26 May 1982
Captain 11 October 1983
Major 16 October 1988
Lieutenant Colonel 23 March 1994
Colonel 5 March 1999
Brigadier General 1 March 2003

 

 

(Current as of June 2010)

 

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