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Lieutenant General (Retired) William E. Ingram, Jr. (born January 21, 1948) was the Director of the Army National Guard. He was the 20th individual and the third three-star general to lead the Army National Guard since 1948, when the office was established as Chief, Army Division, National Guard Bureau. In this assignment Ingram guided the formulation, development and implementation of all programs and policies affecting the Army National Guard, a force of more than 350,000 Citizen Soldiers in the 50 States, three Territories and the District of Columbia.〔National Guard Bureau General Officer Management Office, (Official Biography, William E. Ingram, Jr. ), accessed September 19, 2012〕 Ingram assumed the position and was promoted to Lieutenant General on November 28, 2011 in a ceremony held at the Pentagon, which was presided over by Army Chief of Staff Raymond T. Odierno and National Guard Bureau Chief Craig R. McKinley.〔Sergeant Darron Salzer, National Guard Bureau, (Ingram promoted, sworn in as Army National Guard director ), U.S. Army News Page, November 28, 2011〕 He retired in a ceremony presided over by NGB Chief Frank J. Grass at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall on January 14, 2014.〔Michelle Tan, Army Times, (Director of Army National Guard Retires ), January 14, 2014〕 ==Early Military Career== William Emmett Ingram, Jr. was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on January 21, 1948.〔North Carolina Birth and Death Indexes, 1800–2000, entry for William Emmett Ingram, Jr., retrieved September 19, 2012〕〔G. K. Butterfield, (Remarks Recognizing Lieutenant General William E. Ingram, Jr. ), Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 182, November 30, 2011〕 He enlisted as an Infantryman in the North Carolina Army National Guard in 1970 and received his commission in 1972 as a Distinguished Graduate of the North Carolina Military Academy's Officer Candidate School.〔Staff report, (Maj. Gen. William Ingram approved for Army National Guard's top job ), Fayette Observer, November 20, 2011〕 During his career, Ingram advanced through staff and command positions of increasing rank and responsibility, including Commander of 1st Battalion 119th Infantry and Commander of the 139th Support Detachment.〔Staff report, (Easley names Ingram new adjutant general of the N.C. National Guard ), The Daily Reflector, July 22, 2001〕〔Freedom Speaks, Official Profile: North Carolina (NC) Governor's Cabinet, State Adjutant General William E. Ingram, Jr., 2006〕 In 1997 Ingram deployed to the Balkans as Commander of Task Force Pershing, based at Camp Sava North, Slavonski Brod, Croatia. He then commanded the 60th Troop Command in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, before returning to the Balkans in 1999 to serve as Chief of Staff, United Nations Preventative Deployment (UNPREDEP), Skopje, Macedonia and Commander, Task Force Sabre, Camp Able Sentry, Petrovec, Macedonia.〔Association of the United States Army, (Author's Biography, William E. Ingram, Jr. ), AUSA Magazine, August, 2012, page 26〕〔Kathy Ford, (Former N.C. TAG Nominated to Lead Army Guard ), North Carolina National Guard Association, October 18, 2011〕〔William J. Clinton, (Remarks to Kosovo International Security Force Troops in Skopje ), The American Presidency Project, June 22, 1999〕〔North Carolina Senate, ((01-29-2003).pdf Senate Journal ), 2003, page 207〕〔Henry Cunningham, (N.C. native leaves command in Kosovo ), Fayetteville Observer, August 12, 1999〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William E. Ingram, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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