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LTG Jared
L. Bates (Ret)
United States Army
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LTG Bates is a native of Trumansburg, New York.
He graduated from Cornell University in 1964 and was commissioned
as an Infantry Officer in the Regular Army.
LTG Bates served as the 58th Inspector General
from August ’95 to October ’97. His earlier General
Officer assignments included: Vice J3, The Joint Staff; Commanding
General, 5th Division (Mechanized), Ft Polk and Commanding General,
2d Armored Division, Ft Hood; J3, Forces Command, Ft McPherson,
Georgia; and ADC, 7th Infantry Division, Ft Ord, California.
Earlier assignments reflect a broad range of experience
including command of the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry in the 3d
Infantry Division, an airborne brigade in the 82d Airborne Division
and 5 years in Army Ranger units. He served two tours in combat
in the Republic of Viet Nam, the first as an advisor to a Vietnamese
Ranger Battalion and the second as a company commander in the 173d
Airborne Brigade. His staff experience included personnel management
at the Army’s Military Personnel Center; Director of Personnel
and Community Affairs in Heidelberg, Germany; G3, 3d Infantry Division
and Chief of Staff, 82d Airborne Division. He retired in the grade
of Lieutenant General in December, 1997.
Following his retirement, LTG Bates joined MPRI,
Inc, (a division of L3 Communication) and spent six years as a Senior
Vice President responsible for all contract activity in the continental
US. He was recalled to federal service in January 2003 to help stand
up and deploy the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance
as a part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served as Chief of Staff
for that organization in Iraq until June 2003 when it became the
Office of the Coalition Provisional Authority. In April 2004, LTG
Bates joined SYColeman, Inc (also a division of L3 Communications)
as VP for Business Development and in July 2004 was promoted to
President of the company.
LTG Bates, who has a Masters Degree in Public Administration
from the University of Kansas, is married to the former Patricia
Greene who is also a graduate of Cornell University. They have three
children: Carolyn (Mrs. Larry Talbert), Matthew and Lieutenant Commander
Justin Bates, US Navy.
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