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LTG Michael
F. Spigelmire (Ret)
United States Army
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Lieutenant General Michael F. Spigelmire was born
in Frederick, Maryland, on 12 November 1938. Upon completion of
the Reserve Officers Training Corps curriculum and educational course
of study at Loyola College, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant
and awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. He
also holds a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from
Georgetown University. His military education includes completion
of the Infantry School, United States Army Command and General Staff
College, and United States Army War College.
General Spigelmire's initial tour was in Germany where he served
in company and division level positions with the 24th Infantry Division
and as an A -Team detachment executive officer and commander with
the 10th Special Forces Group. He was next assigned to Vietnam where
he commanded a company and later served as a battalion adjutant
with the 1st Cavalry Division. A stateside tour as an instructor
with the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, came next, followed
by another combat tour as a district senior advisor in Vietnam.
In 1972, General Spigelmire was assigned to the Pentagon where he
served as an Operation Staff Officer in the Office of the Deputy
Chief of Staff for Military Operations and later, as an Assistant
Secretary to the General Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, Army.
Returning to duty with troops, he next served as a brigade executive
officer and later, in command of a battalion in the 1st Cavalry
Division. He returned to Fort Benning in 1978 where he served as
Deputy Director for Combat Developments, United States Army Infantry
School and later, as Commander, 197th Infantry Brigade. This was
followed by another tour in Europe as Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations),
G-3, VII Corps. In January, 1984, he assumed duties at Fort McPherson
as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (Plans, Operations,
and Mobilization), United States Forces Command.
In August 1985, he was assigned as the Assistant Division Commander,
24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia, and
subsequently, as the Division Commander from July 1987 to September
1988. Returning again to Fort Benning, General Spigelmire took command
of the United States Army Infantry Center and served simultaneously
as the Commandant, United States Army Infantry School. In June 1990,
he assumed command of the United States Army Special Operations
Command at Fort Bragg, N. C., where he served until August, 1991.
In September of 1991, he assumed command of VII Corps in Stuttgart,
Germany with the mission to inactivate the Corps, withdraw 80,000
troops from Germany and return the VII Corps colors to the United
States. With this mission successfully accomplished, General Spigelmire
retired from the Army in July 1992. In August 1992, he assumed the
position of Deputy Director, Operations for The Atlanta Committee
for the Olympic Games. In 1994 he became the Director of Outlying
Site and Department of Defense Relations, working with municipal,
state and federal officials in preparation for the 1996 Olympic
Games. He currently is an independent consultant in Leadership,
Management and Defense issues, with offices in Destin, Florida.
Additionally, he is the Senior Mentor for the Air Force Special
Operations School Terrorist Response Senior Seminar and a member
of the National Research Council Committee on Army Science and Technology
for Homeland Defense.A member of The Association of the U.S.Army,The
Air Force Association and a Life Member of The National Infantry
Association,The Army War College Foundation and The Special Operations
Forces Association.A member of the Board of Trustees of the National
Infantry Foundation.
His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal,
Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device
(with three Oak Leaf Clusters), the Purple Heart, the Meritorious
Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Air Medals, the Army Commendation
Medal with "V" Device (with Oak Leaf Cluster), the Combat
Infantryman Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge, and Ranger Tab,
the Special Forces Tab, and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
He is married to the former Diane Cast of Columbus, Georgia. They
have one son, Christopher, an Air Force Major F-15 pilot assigned
to the British Joint Service College as a student..
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