Gerry Gene Thames

Brigadier General Gerry Gene Thames was commissioned an Ordnance Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class E-23, 19 July 1967. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Leader, Company A, 801st Maintenance Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company D, 801st Maintenance Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Vietnam; Technical Supply Officer, Company A, 801st Maintenance Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Vietnam; Platoon Leader, 801st Adjutant General Replacement Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Team Leader, 801st Adjutant General Replacement Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Mechanical Maintenance Officer, 421st Maintenance Management Detachment, Miami, Oklahoma; Commander, 421st Maintenance Management Detachment, Miami, Oklahoma; S-4 172nd Support Group, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Commander, 486th Civil Affairs Company, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Commander, 323rd Maintenance Battalion, Miami, Oklahoma; Commandant, 4156th U.S. Army Reserve Forces School, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Commander, 172d Support Group, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, 95th Division, Midwest City, Oklahoma; Deputy Commander, 90th Regional Support Command, North Little Rock, Arkansas. | His military education and training includes: Airborne School, United States Army Ordnance School and Center- Advanced Course, United States Army Command and General Staff College, National Security Management Course, Logistics Management Course and the United States Army War College