William B. Garrett III
Birth nameWilliam Burke Garrett III
Born (1953-02-27) February 27, 1953
Jersey City, New Jersey
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1981–present
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldUnited States Army Africa
1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsWar in Afghanistan
Iraq War
Syrian civil war
AwardsDefense Distinguished Service Medal
Army Distinguished Service Medal (2)
Defense Superior Service Medal (2)
Legion of Merit (4)
Bronze Star Medal (2)

William Burke Garrett III[1] is a lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as the deputy commander of United States European Command, before his current service as the deputy commanding general of United States Army Forces Command.

Military career

Garrett was commissioned in the United States Army as an infantry officer after graduating from North Georgia College in Dahlonega, Georgia in 1981. He is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the National War College. He holds a Master of Arts degree in management from Webster University, a Master of Arts degree in Military Art and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and a Master of Science degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from National Defense University.

Garrett became the Deputy Commander of the United States European Command on June 10, 2010. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Commanding General and Chief of Staff for United States Army Forces Command on December 31, 2012, in Fort Bragg. He was responsible for manning, equipping, and training 265,000 active component soldiers, and training and readiness oversight of 560,000 soldiers of the Army National Guard and the United States Army Reserve. Garrett also served as Chief of Staff, United States Forces Iraq, and as Commanding General, United States Army Africa and United States Army Southern European Task Force, Vicenza, Italy.

Other assignments include tours of duty with: the 6th Infantry Division; 10th Mountain Division; 25th Infantry Division; 82nd Airborne Division; XVIII Airborne Corps; United States Army Combined Arms Center; the United States Special Operations Command; the Army Staff; and the Joint Staff. He has served operational tours in Grenada, Egypt, Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He served on the board of advisors of the Military Cyber Professionals Association.[2]

Awards and decorations

LTG Garrett has received the following awards:[3]

Personal decorations
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Army Distinguished Service Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster)
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Defense Superior Service Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster)
Legion of Merit (with 3 oak leaf clusters)
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star (with 1 oak leaf cluster)
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster)
Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 oak leaf clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 oak leaf clusters)
Width-44 ribbon with two width-9 ultramarine blue stripes surrounded by two pairs of two width-4 green stripes; all these stripes are separated by width-2 white borders Army Achievement Medal
Unit Awards
Joint Meritorious Unit Award (with 4 oak leaf clusters)
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Campaign and service medals
Bronze star
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Service star)
Bronze star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (with 1 Campaign star)
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Service and training awards
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon (with award numeral 3)
Foreign awards
Multinational Force and Observers Medal
Other accoutrements
Combat Infantryman Badge with star (denoting second award)
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Pathfinder Badge
Italian Military Parachutist Badge
Ranger Tab
10th Mountain Division Combat Service Identification Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
27th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia

References

  1. "Rotary Meeting 7.13.2020 Speaker Lieutenant General William Burke Garrett, III" (PDF). Rotary Club of Durham. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  2. "Advisors - About". public.milcyber.org. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13.
  3. "SETAF: Commanding General". www.usaraf.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2009-04-29.
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