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June 12, 2004 -- He's been Nancy Reagan's ramrod-straight escort during the weeklong farewell to her husband. As onetime director of operations for the U.S. Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Galen Jackman fought narco-terrorists in South America and oversaw U.S. Army training camps for Colombian counter-narcotics brigades. Until last year, he was in charge of overseeing joint operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, and supervised military support to Colombian troops as well as military ops at Guantanamo Naval Base and Haiti, a spokesman for the U.S. Southern Command told The Post. As current commander of the U.S. Military District of...

Commanding General Maj. Gen. Galen B. Jackman's Biography Major General Galen B. Jackman was commissioned from the University of Nebraska ROTC Program in 1973. His first duty assignment was with the 1st battalion (ABN) 508th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, where he served as a rifle platoon leader, anti-tank platoon leader, company executive officer, and battalion adjutant. He next served with the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, as a battalion S4, rifle company commander, and battalion S3. Following assignment as a Procurement Officer with the United States Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, he served as Procurement Officer, Squadron Executive...

Fayetteville native escorts first lady By Greg BarnesStaff writer Cathy Jackman Somehow, somewhere in the hustle and bustle of preparing for a funeral, Cathy Jackman found the time to call her mother in Fayetteville on Thursday. Within a few hours, Jackman was expecting to again be on national television, wearing a black suit and Army wives' scarf while walking arm-in-arm with first lady Laura Bush. Jackman, a 1970 Terry Sanford High School graduate, has escorted President Bush and his wife at all of President Reagan's funeral proceedings. Jackman's husband has had an even bigger job. Maj. Gen. Galen B. Jackman,...