MAJOR GENERAL LESTER D. EISNER

Assistant Adjutant General - Army, South Carolina National Guard

Major General Lester D. Eisner is the Assistant Adjutant General - Army, South Carolina National Guard, South Carolina Joint Force Headquarters. He also serves as the Deputy Adjutant General, South Carolina National Guard.

General Eisner was commissioned in 1976 through the Reserve Officer Training Corp program at Mercer University.

EDUCATION:

1976 Mercer University, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Macon, Georgia
2000 United States Army War College, by correspondence
2000 United States Army War College, Master of Science, Strategic Studies, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. June 1976 - December 1976, Student, Infantry Officer Basic Course, Fort Benning, Georgia
2. January 1977 - April 1978, Platoon Leader, Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
3. May 1978 - January 1979, Student, Initial Entry Rotary Wing Course, Fort Rucker, Alabama
4. February 1979 - May 1980, Aeroscout Section Leader, 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
5. May 1980 - December 1980, Assistant S-4, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
6. December 1980 - February 1981, Section Leader, Company A, 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
7. February 1981 - March 1982, Platoon Leader, Company A, 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
8. April 1982 - October 1982, Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Fort Benning, Georgia
9. October 1982 - September 1985, Combat Aviation/Army Advisor, 3d Army, Fort Meade, Maryland with duty at Troop D, 1st Squadron, 101st Calvary, Eastover, South Carolina
10. September 1985 - December 1985, Flight Operations Officer, Troop D, 1st Squadron, 101st Calvary, Eastover, South Carolina
11. December 1985 - February 1987, Commander, Troop D, 1st Squadron, 101st Calvary, Eastover, South Carolina
12. March 1987 - November 1987, S-4, 51st Aviation Battalion (Attack Helicopter), Eastover, South Carolina
13. December 1987 - January 1989, S-2, 1st Battalion, 151st Advanced Attack Helicopter Battalion, Eastover, South Carolina
14. February 1989 - August 1990, S-3, 1st Battalion, 151st Advanced Attack Helicopter Battalion, Eastover, South Carolina
15. August 1990 - October 1991, Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 151st Advanced Attack Helicopter Battalion, Eastover, South Carolina
16. October 1991 - December 1994, Commander, 1st Battalion, 151st Advanced Attack Helicopter Battalion, Eastover, South Carolina
17. December 1994 - September 1995, S-3, 51st Aviation Group, Columbia, South Carolina
18. September 1995 - August 1999, Deputy Director, Aviation & Safety, Headquarters
(-Detachment) State Area Regional Command, Columbia, South Carolina
19. September 1999 - February 2004, Commander, 51st Aviation Group, Eastover, South Carolina
20. March 2004 - November 2004, Director, Aviation and Safety, Headquarters
(-Detachment 1) State Area Regional Command, Columbia, South Carolina
21. November 2004 - February 2007, Deputy Chief of Staff Aviation, South Carolina Army National Guard, South Carolina Joint Force Headquarters, Columbia, South Carolina
22. February 2007 - August 2007, Deputy Commander, South Carolina Army National Guard, Columbia, South Carolina
22. August 2007 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, South Carolina National Guard, South Carolina Joint Force Headquarters, Columbia, South Carolina

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Rating: Pilot
Flight hours: More than 5,000
Aircraft flown: TH-55, OH-58, UH-1H, V, M, UH-60, AH-64, C-12, C-26
Pilot wings from: Fort Rucker, Alabama

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with 1 Silver Hourglass Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Master Army Aviator Badge
Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge
South Carolina Recruiting and Retention Achievement Medal
South Carolina Active State Service Medal
South Carolina Governor's Unit Citation

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:

Association of the United States Army
National Guard Association of the United States
National Guard Association of South Carolina
Army Aviation Association of America
Order of the St Michael Award (Silver Award)
Penn State Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence Advisory Board Member
University of South Carolina School of Engineering and Computing Advisory Board Member

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 6 June 1976
First Lieutenant 2 June 1978
Captain 8 September 1985
Major 31 July 1987
Lieutenant Colonel 1 April 1993
Colonel 16 November 1999
Brigadier General (Line) 27 September 2006
Major General (Line) 5 August 2010

(Current as of August 2011)