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General John
W. Foss (Ret)
United States Army
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General John W. Foss was born in Hutchinson,
Minnesota on February 13, 1933. He enlisted in the 136th Infantry
of the Minnesota National Guard in April, 1950. He joined
the Regular Army in 1951 as an Infantryman, was later admitted
to the United States Military Academy at West Point and was
commissioned in the Infantry after graduation in 1956.
He has held a variety of Command and Staff
positions, both overseas and in the U.S. He has eight overseas
tours including four in Europe and four in the Far East. General
Foss served as a platoon leader in the 504th and 187th Airborne
Infantry in both Germany and Lebanon and commanded a rifle
company in the 3d Battalion, 32d Infantry in Korea. He served
two tours in combat in Vietnam with the 4th Infantry Division
as the Operations Officer, 2d Brigade and as the Commander
of the 3d Battalion, 12th Infantry.
General Foss commanded the 3d Brigade, 1st
Cavalry Division; the U.S. Army Infantry Center and School
and Fort Benning; the 82d Airborne Division; and XVIII Airborne
Corps and Fort Bragg. While in command of XVIII Airborne Corps,
he deployed corps units on emergency operational deployments
to Honduras, Panama and the Persian Gulf.
Other assignments include the G-3 of III
Corps; Chief of the Joint Military Advisory Group, Manila,
Philippines; Commanding General, Seventh Army Training Command
in Germany; the Chief of Infantry, U.S. Army, the Deputy Chief
of Staff for Operations and Plans, Department of the Army;
and Commanding General, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).
General Foss holds a Bachelor of Science
degree from the Untied States Military Academy and a Master’s
degree in Public Administration from Shippensburg State College.
His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal (with two
Oak Leaf Clusters), the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal,
Silver Star (with Oak Leaf Clusters), Defense Superior Service
Medal, Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Clusters), the Distinguished
Flying Cross and thirty other U.S. and allied awards. He wears
the Ranger Tab, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Combat Infantryman’s
Badge and the Master Parachutist Badge with over 300 military
jumps. He has been awarded British, Philippine, Honduran and
Egyptian parachute badges and the Army General Staff and Joint
Chiefs of Staff Identification Badges. General Foss was inducted
into the Ranger Hall of Fame in 1995.
He retired from the Army 1 September 1991
and lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. Since retirement, General
Foss was Chairman of the Commission on the U.S. Army Reserve
Command, has served as a consultant to Defense industries,
Board of Advisors to JINSA, Senior Mentor to Senior Joint
Warfighting Course, Army Forces Staff College and is a Senior
Fellow of the Institute of Land Warfare of the Association
of the United States Army.
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