Lieutenant General Charles H. Jacoby Jr.                                                      

Lieutenant General Charles H. Jacoby Jr., comes to I Corps and Fort Lewis from his previous assignment as the Commander of U.S. Army Alaska, headquartered at Fort Richardson, Alaska.

         He was commissioned a second lieutenant upon graduation from the United States Military

Academy in 1978.  His military education includes the Infantry Basic and Advanced courses, the Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the National War College.  He holds a master’s degree in History from the University of Michigan.    

 His command experience includes Commander, A Company, 2d Battalion (Airborne), 325th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada; Commander, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, Joint Task Force-Bravo, United States Southern Command, Honduras;  and Commander, United States Army Alaska.  Additional assignments include Rifle Platoon Leader, C Company, and later Scout Platoon Leader, then S-3 (Air), 1st Battalion (Airborne) 325th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Instructor, later Assistant Professor, Department of History, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York; Chief, G-3 (Operations), 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; S-3 (Operations), 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Chief, G-3 (External Evaluation Branch), 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Staff Action Officer, Congressional Activities Division, Management Directorate, Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Chief of Staff, later Executive Officer to the Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command, Miami, Florida; Deputy Director for Global/Multilateral Issues/International-American Affairs, J-5, The Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.; and Assistant Division Commander (Operations), later Assistant Division Commander (Support), 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to include duty as Deputy Commanding General (Support), Combined Joint Task Force-76 and Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan.    

Lieutenant General Jacoby’s awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with Five Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal (with Four Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Combat Infantryman Badge (with Star), Expert Infantryman Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Ranger Tab, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge.

        Lieutenant General Jacoby was born in Detroit, Michigan.  He and his wife, Grace, have three sons,

Charles, Victor and Michael.