Walter H. Yates Jr.

Last updated
Yates as a brigadier general in September 1989 Brig. Gen. Walter H. Yates, USA.jpg
Yates as a brigadier general in September 1989

Major General Walter Harvey Yates Jr. (born November 6, 1941) is a retired United States Army officer who served as Deputy Commanding General of the Fifth United States Army. He is a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and 1963 graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. [1] [2] He also holds a Master of Science degree in Foreign Affairs from George Washington University. In addition, General Yates attended the DOD Joint Warfighting course and the Harvard program for National and International Securities Studies.

During his career, Yates held a variety of important command and staff positions, including Deputy Commanding General V (US) Corps, United States Army Europe from September 26, 1994 to September 24, 1996; [2] Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver), 3rd Armored Division; Commander of the Giessen Military Community, United States Army Europe; Commander U.S. Army Berlin and the Berlin Brigade, United States Army Europe; [3] and Deputy Director National Military Command Center J-3 and Chief of Conventional Plans Division J-7, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. A graduate of the Army Aviation School, he also served as commanding officer of the 503rd Aviation Battalion (Combat), the Apache Training Brigade and the 6th Cavalry Brigade. Yates retired from active duty on January 31, 1998. [2]

His military decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, twenty-three Air Medals and the Army Commendation Medal.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Prominent Alumni". Southern Miss 2006-07 Women's Basketball (PDF). Southern Miss Golden Eagles. November 6, 2006. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-07-07.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 Kirkpatrick, Charles Edward (2006). "Appendix B: Deputy Commanding Generals of V Corps, 1990-2001". "Ruck it Up!": The Post-Cold War Transformation of V Corps, 1990-2001. U.S. Department of the Army. pp. 566–567. ISBN   9780160723650 . Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  3. ↑ Grathwol et al. 1999, p. 192.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John R. Vines</span> United States Army general

Lieutenant General John Randolph Vines is the former commander of the U.S. Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and Multi-National Corps – Iraq.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alfred Valenzuela</span> United States Army general

MG Alfred A. Valenzuela is a retired United States Army major general who commanded United States Army South (USARSO) at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico and San Antonio, Texas. Served as Deputy Commanding General DCINC ) US Southern Command, Panama/Miami.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe N. Ballard</span> United States Army general

Lieutenant General Joe Nathan Ballard is a former U.S. Army officer who fought in the Vietnam War, and who served as Chief of Engineers, the first African-American to serve in this role.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William J. Lennox Jr.</span> United States Army general

Lieutenant General William James Lennox Jr. of Houston, Texas, was the 56th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York from 2001 to 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert T. Clark</span> United States Army general

Lieutenant General Robert T. Clark is a retired United States Army officer. His last assignment was as the Commanding General, Fifth United States Army which he commanded from December 5, 2003 to December 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William E. Ward</span> US Army general

William E. "Kip" Ward is a retired United States Army three-star general who served as the inaugural Commander of United States Africa Command from October 1, 2007 to March 8, 2011. During his long career in public service, he has taught international affairs and relations at West Point, US Military Academy; served as Commander of Stabilization Force, Operation Joint Forge, Sarajevo, Bosnia; was appointed the Secretary of State's Security Coordinator to the Israel - Palestinian Authority; Deputy Commander, Headquarters US European Command, Stuttgart, Germany; and many other progressively responsible assignments. He later retired and served as President and chief operating officer of the logistics, IT, and engineering business, Vectrus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William H. Brandenburg</span> United States general (died 2024)

William H. Brandenburg Jr. was a major general in the United States Army. He last served as deputy commanding general, U.S. Army, Pacific, August 8, 2003. Prior to his last assignment, he was deputy commanding general for training and readiness, I Corps and Fort Lewis. From November 29, 2004, until December 1, 2005, he deployed to Iraq as deputy commanding general and commanding general, Task Force 134.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">R. Steven Whitcomb</span> United States Army general

R. Steven Whitcomb is a retired United States Army lieutenant general. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation from the University of Virginia in 1970. In his final assignment he served as Inspector General of the United States Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin T. Campbell</span> United States Army general

Lieutenant General Kevin T. Campbell was the commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command from December 2006 to December 2010, replacing Lieutenant General Larry J. Dodgen. In October 2011 Campbell began working for Northrop Grumman Corporation as vice president and corporate lead executive (CLE) for company business after retiring from the Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Larry J. Dodgen</span> United States Army general

Lieutenant General Larry James Dodgen was Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rodney L. Johnson</span> United States Army general

Brigadier General Rodney L. Johnson was a senior officer of the United States Army as the 9th Commanding General of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command and the 12th Provost Marshal General of the Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Donald M. Campbell Jr.</span> United States Army General

Lieutenant General Donald M. Campbell Jr. is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the commanding general of United States Army Europe. He commanded the United States Army Europe from December 1, 2012, to November 6, 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John D. Gardner</span> United States general

John Donovan "Jack" Gardner is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He is the former deputy commander of the United States European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. During his career he served in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Bosnia, Iraq and numerous locations throughout the United States. He currently serves as the director of the 21st Century Jobskills Project, a nonprofit organization focused on assisting public school students in transitioning to living wage jobs. Gardner is a native of Columbus, Ohio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul J. Kern</span> United States Army general

Paul John Kern is a retired United States Army general and businessman. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army Materiel Command from October 2001 to November 2004. He became President and Chief Operating Officer of AM General LLC on August 1, 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James C. Yarbrough</span> United States Army general

James C. Yarbrough is a retired brigadier general in the United States Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Peake</span> Surgeon General of the US Army

James Benjamin Peake was the sixth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving from 2007 to 2009. In 2004, he retired from a 38-year United States Army career. He also served as the 40th Surgeon General of the United States Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James J. Lovelace</span> United States Army general

James Judson Lovelace Jr. was a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard G. Graves</span> United States Army general

Richard Gordon Graves is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He was Commander of III Corps and Fort Hood. He is a 1958 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vincent E. Boles</span> United States Army general

Vincent E. Boles is a retired major general in the United States Army and served as the 33rd Chief of Ordnance and Commandant of the U.S. Army Ordnance School at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeffrey L. Bannister</span> U.S. Army major general

Jeffrey L. Bannister was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of Operation Joint Guardian (1998), Operation Essential Harvest (2000–2001), Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Freedom Sentinel, he attained the rank of major general and was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal (2), Defense Superior Service Medal (4), Legion of Merit (2), and Bronze Star Medal (3). Bannister was most notable for his service as commander of the 10th Mountain Division from 2015 to 2017.

References


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.