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Maj. Gen. Greg Porter, Adjutant General of Wyoming MAJOR GENERAL GREGORY C. PORTER The Adjutant General Major General Greg Porter is the Adjutant General for Wyoming. As such, he directs the Wyoming Military Department, located in Cheyenne. He is responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting the close to 3,000 Army and Air National Guard members in Wyoming. He is also responsible for the Wyoming Veterans’ Affairs Commission and the Oregon Trail State Veterans’ Cemetery. Before his appointment he served as the Director of the Joint Staff at the Wyoming National Guard Joint Force Headquarters. He was responsible to oversee the planning, training and execution of all National Guard Military Support to Civilian Authorities within Wyoming and to direct the various multi-service agencies of the Wyoming National Guard. General Porter was commissioned in 1987 as a Second Lieutenant in the Army National Guard through the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. After his initial assignment as a field artillery officer in the 115th Field Artillery Brigade, Cheyenne, Wyoming, he joined the Active Guard Reserve program with an initial assignment in 1993 as an administrative officer with the 1st Battalion, 49th Field Artillery, in Sheridan, Wyoming. He was brevetted to the rank of major general in March 2019. General Porter completed the Dual Status Commander’s Course in November 2013 and recently completed a 180-day tour to NGB serving as the project officer for the functional unification of NGB (Project Chrysalis). Prior to his selection as the director of the joint staff he served as the Army chief of staff, the director of information management, and the joint operations officer. Education: 1985 Basic Training, Fort. Leonardwood, Missouri 1988 Field Artillery Basic Course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma 1989 University of Wyoming, Bachelor of Science, Political Science, Laramie, Wyoming 1992 Field Artillery Advanced Course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma 1995 Adjutant General’s Branch Qualification Course, RC 1996 Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Fitzsimmons AMH, Colorado 2002 Command and General Staff College, Fort Hunter Liggett, California 2011 United States Army War College, Carlyle Barracks, Pennsylvania Assignments: 1. December 1987 – June 1989, Aerial Observer, 115th Field Artillery Brigade, Cheyenne, Wyoming 2. July 1989 - October 1989, Fire Direction Officer, Detachment 2, HHB, 3-49th Field Artillery, Laramie, Wyoming 3. November 1989 - December 1989, Fire Direction Officer, A Battery, 1-49th Field Artillery, Lander, Wyoming 4. January 1990 - June 1992, Personnel Officer, 1-49th Field Artillery, Sheridan, Wyoming 5. July 1992 - May 1993, Executive Officer, A Battery, 1-49th Field Artillery, Newcastle, Wyoming 6. June 1993 - June 1994, Battalion Fire Direction Officer, HHB, 1-49th Field Artillery, Sheridan, Wyoming 7. July 1994 - May 1996, Commander, C Battery, 1-49th Field Artillery, Thermopolis, Wyoming 8. June 1996 - September 1996, Operations Officer, HHB, 2-300th Field Artillery, Sheridan, Wyoming 9. October 1996 - June 1997, Commander, HHB, 2-300th Field Artillery, Sheridan, Wyoming 10. July 1997 - October 1999, Operations Officer, HHB, 2-300th Field Artillery, Sheridan, Wyoming 11. November 1999 - December 1999, Administrative Officer, HHB, 2-300th Field Artillery, Sheridan, Wyoming 12. January 2000 - December 2001, Operations Officer, Headquarters, 115th Field Artillery Brigade, Cheyenne, Wyoming 13. January 2002 - December 2003, S-3, Headquarters, 115th Field Artillery Brigade, Cheyenne, Wyoming 14. January 2004 - February 2006, Troop Commander, 94th Troop Command, Laramie, Wyoming 15. March 2006 - September 2006, Director of Information Management, Joint Force Headquarters, Cheyenne, Wyoming 16. October 2006 - June 2007, Director of Information Management, Joint Force Headquarters, Cheyenne, Wyoming 17. July 2007 - October 2013, Chief of Staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Cheyenne, Wyoming 18. November 2013 - January 2014, Director, Joint Staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Cheyenne, Wyoming 19. February 2014 - October 2014, Land Component Commander, Joint Force Headquarters, Cheyenne, Wyoming 20. November 2014 – March 2019, Director of Joint Staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Cheyenne, Wyoming 21. March 2019 – Present, The Adjutant General, Wyoming National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyoming AWARDS & DECORATIONS: Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 silver Oak Leaf Cluster) Army Commendation Medal (with 3 bronze Oak Leaf Clusters) Army Achievement Medal (with 2 bronze Oak Leaf Clusters) Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal National Defense Medal Armed Forces Reserve Medal Reserve Overseas Service Ribbon (with Numeral 3 Device) Global War on Terrorism Wyoming Army Guard Service Ribbon Wyoming State Active Duty Ribbon Wyoming Basic Training Ribbon EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION: Second Lieutenant 20 December 1987 First Lieutenant 7 October 1991 Captain 15 June 1993 Major 1 October 1998 Lieutenant Colonel 10 February 2003 Colonel, 2 August 2006 Brigadier General, 20 January 2015 Major General (brevetted), 28 March 2019 (current as of Mar 2019) .
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