Jeffrey J. Schloesser

Jeffrey J. Schloesser is a retired major general and the former President of Aviation Worldwide Services (AAR CORP). He currently is Executive Vice President for Bell.[1]

Jeffrey J. Schloesser
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1976–2010
RankMajor General
Commands held101st Airborne Division
Battles/warsKosovo
Iraq War
Afghanistan War

Schloesser retired from the Army in August 2010 as the Director of Army Aviation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G3/5/7. He was a former commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Schloesser led the 101st/Combined Joint Task Force-101 in Afghanistan from April 2008 to June 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This command was the fifth time Schloesser had served at Fort Campbell during his Army career.

Military career

Schloesser enlisted in the US Army in 1976 and was commissioned an officer into the Army after attending Officer Candidate School in 1977. He first served as a platoon leader of B Company of the 293rd Combat Engineer Battalion (Heavy) in Baumholder, Germany. He continued to serve as an Engineer, Army Aviator, Middle East Foreign area officer, Special Operations Aviator, and Army Strategist. He commanded Bravo Company, 2 Battalion, 501st AVN in Camp Humphries, South Korea. Next He commanded the 1st and 2nd Special Operations Aviation Battalions (both of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment) and 12th Aviation Brigade (V Corps). Schloesser served in Germany, South Korea, Jordan, and Kuwait, as well as commanding deployed task forces in Haiti, Albania, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He also served as a Political Military Officer at the U.S. Department of State.

In August 2000 he was assigned as Chief, Office of Military Cooperation, Kuwait, United States Central Command. In October 2001 he started and became the first Chief, War on Terrorism Strategic Planning Cell, J-5, the Joint Staff. During Operation Iraqi Freedom (June 2003-June 2004), he served as Assistant Division Commander (Support), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). From July 2004 until July 2005 Schloesser was Director, Army Aviation Task Force, Headquarters, Department of the Army. Schloesser most recently served as Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning, National Counterterrorism Center, from July 2005 to November 2006, when he took command of the 101st Airborne Division. He retired in 2010.

Education and training

Schloesser received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, philosophy and geography from the University of Kansas and an MSFS degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He was a Senior Service College Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Schloesser graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1977. Schloesser is also a student of Arabic, German, and French.

Awards and decorations
  Senior Army Aviator Badge
  Basic Parachutist Badge
  Air Assault Badge
  Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
  Army Staff Identification Badge
  Unidentified Distinctive Unit Insignia
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with service star
Kosovo Campaign Medal with two service stars
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korea Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Army Overseas Service Ribbon with bronze award numeral ?
NATO Medal for service with ISAF

Personal life
Schloesser (left) with his father, Major General Jeffrey Schloesser (center; then a Brigadier General), and his grandfather, retired Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Schloesser (right), at his Officer Candidate School graduation in 2004

Schloesser is the son of a retired U.S. Army Armor Lt. Colonel, Kenneth Schloesser. Jeffrey Schloesser and his wife, Patty (née Drysdale), also a Kansas graduate, have one son, Ryan—in the U.S. Army—and one daughter, Kelly, a former Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Army and current consultant.

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References
  • Chantal Escoto (November 10, 2006). "101st command changes hands: Maj. Gen. Schloesser takes the helm as Maj. Gen. Turner leaves". www.theleafchronicle.com.
  • "NCTC Deputy/SOP Selected to Command 101st Airborne". National Counterterrorism Center. June 2, 2006. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
  • "Major General Jeffrey J. Schloesser Official Biography". www.campbell.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
  • Melissa House (April 27, 2004). "Graduate Follows Generations of Service". www.defendamerica.mil. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006.
  • "JEFFREY SCHLOESSER JOINS AAR AS PRESIDENT OF AVIATION WORLDWIDE SERVICES". www.aarcorp.com.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "http://www.nctc.gov/press_room/press_releases/02_june_2006.html".

  1. http://www.bellflight.com/company/leadership/jeffrey-schloesser
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