John F. Campbell

John Campbell (2014)

John Francis Campbell (born April 11, 1957 , Loring Air Force Base , Maine ) is a former general in the United States Army (USA). From August 26, 2014 to March 2, 2016, he was in command of the Resolute Support mission of NATO ( International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) until the end of 2014 ) and the US Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A).

Campbell previously served from March 8, 2013 to August 14, 2014 as Vice Chairman of the General Staff of his armed forces ( English Vice Chief of Staff of the Army , VCSA).

Education and career

Campbell grew up as the son of an officer in the US Air Force on various military bases and attended the military academy in West Point , New York , which he graduated in 1979 and was then stationed as a platoon leader in the 28th Infantry Regiment in Wiesbaden , Hesse . Further assignments led Campbell in various functions including the 5th Special Forces Group of the Special Forces Command and the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg , North Carolina . He was Professor of Military Science at the University of California, Davis .

Campbell's further education includes a Master of Public Administration from Golden Gate University , San Francisco , as well as advanced training at Command and General Staff College , Fort Leavenworth .

He is married and has two children.

Service in the rank of general

Campbell (center) as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army during a news conference at the Pentagon, June 2013

Promoted to brigadier general, Campbell initially served as deputy commander of the 1st Cavalry Division in Fort Hood , Texas from 2005 - in this role he was responsible for planning the maneuvers of the large unit and prepared it, among other things, for his deployment in the Second Iraq War . subsequently in the rank of major general as deputy director for regional operations (J33) with the United General Staff at the Pentagon , Arlington . In 2009 Campbell took command of the 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell , Kentucky , and was also stationed in Afghanistan from June 2010 to May 2011 during that command .

From August 2011 he served as Deputy Chief of Staff (G-3/5/7) in the General Staff of the US Army and was promoted to lieutenant general in this capacity .

In early 2013, US President Barack Obama nominated Campbell to succeed General Lloyd J. Austin III. , who in turn was intended to be in command of the US Central Command , as Vice Chairman of the General Staff of the US Army. Confirmed by the Senate, Campbell finally took command on March 8, 2013, his promotion to general took place as part of the transfer of command.

On August 26, 2014, Campbell took command of ISAF and USFOR-A in Kabul . He succeeded Joseph Dunford ( USMC ), who had recently been nominated as Commandant of the Marine Corps .

As commander of USFOR-A, Campbell is also responsible for the bombing of the MSF clinic in Kunduz in 2015.

On March 2, 2016, Campbell handed over command of Mission Resolute Support (formerly ISAF) and USFOR-A to General John W. Nicholson Jr. and retired.

Promotions

rank	year
Second lieutenant	June 6, 1979
First lieutenant	January 21, 1981
Captain	June 1, 1983
major	October 1, 1990
Lieutenant Colonel	April 1, 1995
Colonel	June 1, 2000
Brigadier General	October 1, 2005
Major General	November 7, 2008
Lieutenant General	September 6, 2011
general	March 8, 2013

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :

• Army Distinguished Service Medal
• Defense Superior Service Medal
• Legion of Merit (3 x)
• Bronze Star (3 x)
• Defense Meritorious Service Medal (x2)
• Meritorious Service Medal
• Air Medal
• Joint Service Commendation Medal
• Army Commendation Medal (x2)
• Army Achievement Medal
• Afghanistan Campaign Medal
• Iraq Campaign Medal
• NATO Meritorious Service Medal
• NATO medal for use in Yugoslavia
• NATO medal from the International Security Assistance Force
• Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
• Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
• Humanitarian Service Medal

See also

• United States Armed Forces
• Ranks of the United States Armed Forces
• List of active generals and admirals in the United States Armed Forces

Web links

Commons : John F. Campbell  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Website of Mission Resolute Support (formerly ISAF; English)
• Web presence of the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army on the website of the US Army (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Biography of Campbell with the US Army (last accessed October 7, 2013).
2. ↑ Campbell's biography ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at ISAF (last accessed on March 5, 2016).  
3. ↑ Press release of the Ministry of Defense of June 14, 2011 (last accessed on October 7, 2013).
4. ^ Report on the change of command in the US Army (last accessed October 7, 2013).
5. ↑ Report on the handover of command ( memento of the original from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from ISAF (last accessed on August 27, 2014).  
6. ↑ Kunduz bombing: US attacked MSF clinic 'in error' - BBC, November 25, 2015