Jon A. Jensen

Brigadier General Jon A. Jensen was commissioned as a Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 5-89, 11 August 1989. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company B, 1-168th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division, Glenwood, Iowa. | His subsequent duty assignments were: Scout Platoon Leader, Combat Support Company, 1-168th Infantry, 34th ID, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Commander, Company B, 1-168th Infantry, 34th ID, Glenwood, Iowa; Commander, Company D, 1-168th Infantry, 34th ID, Council Bluffs, Iowa; S1, S3 Air, and S3, 1-168th Infantry, 34th ID, Council Bluff, Iowa; Security Force Commander, Detachment 2, Company C, 1-168th Infantry, Operation Desert Spring, Camp Doha, Kuwait; Chief of Plans, Headquarters, 34th ID, Rosemount, Minnesota and Operation JOINT FORGE, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Commander, 2-135th Infantry, 34th ID, Mankato, Minnesota; Commander, HHC Forward, 1st Brigade, 34th ID, Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Tallil, Iraq; Executive Officer, Joint Staff JFHeadquarters-Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota; Assistant Chief of Staff-G3, Headquarters, 34th ID, Rosemount, Minnesota and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Multi-National Division-South and U.S. Division-South, Basra, Iraq; Chief of Staff, Headquarters, 34th Infantry Division, Rosemount, Minnesota; Joint Chief of Staff, JF Headquarters-Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota; Commander, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th ID, Bloomington, Minnesota; Director of the Joint Staff, JF Headquarters-Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota; Assistant Adjutant General, Joint Force Headquarters-Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota. | Brigadier General Jensen's military education includes: Infantry Officer Basic and Advance Courses, Combined Arms Service Staff School, Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies, Battalion and Brigade Pre-Command Courses, U.S. Army War College and the Dual Status Commander Course.