Jack Ray Garris

Colonel Jack Ray Garris was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 14 December 1963. His first duty assignment was as a Training Officer, Company E, 2nd Training Brigade, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander, D Company, 2nd Training Brigade, U.S. Army Training Center Infantry, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Battalion Advisor, 3rd Battalion, 46th Regiment and Assistant G3 Advisor, 25th Army Republic of Vietnam Division, Duc Hoa, Republic of Vietnam; Instructor Commander and Staff Department and Chief, Special Operations Branch, Command and Staff Department, U.S. Army Armor School, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Company Commander, Company B and Battalion Assistant S3, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne), An Khe, Republic of Vietnam; Battalion S3, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Operations Training Staff Office, Headquarters First Reserve Officer Training Corps Region, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Battalion S3 and Battalion Executive Officer 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Operations Staff Office, Headquarters U.S. Army Europe, 7th Army Officer Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Hiedelberg, Germany; Plans Officer, Headquarters Rapid Deployment, Joint Task Force, Macdill Air Force Base, Flordia; Commander, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Air Assault Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Deputy Chief of Staff, 101st Air Assault Division, Fort Campbell Kentucky; Corps G3, I Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington; Brigade Commander, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Diovision, Camp Howze, Korea; Chief, Joint Doctrine Division, J7 Office Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Pentagon.