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William E. Ingram Jr. (born January 21, 1948) is a retired

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officer who served as the Director of the

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. 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. 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

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and National Guard Bureau Chief

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. He retired in a ceremony presided over by

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on January 14, 2014.

Military career

William Emmett Ingram Jr. was born in

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on January 21, 1948. He enlisted as an

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in the

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in 1970 and received his commission in 1972 as a Distinguished Graduate of the North Carolina Military Academy's

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. 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. In 1997 Ingram deployed to the Balkans as Commander of Task Force Pershing, based at Camp Sava North, Slavonski Brod,

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. He then commanded the 60th Troop Command in

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, before returning to the Balkans in 1999 to serve as Chief of Staff, United Nations Preventative Deployment (UNPREDEP),

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and Commander, Task Force Sabre, Camp Able Sentry,

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General officer

In July 2001, Ingram was appointed Adjutant General of North Carolina, where he oversaw the largest mobilization of the

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since

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. While serving as the Adjutant General he also served as a member and subsequently as chairman of the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee. In October 2010, he was called to

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to serve as special assistant to the Army's Vice Chief of Staff. He served in this assignment until his November, 2011 appointment to succeed

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as Director of the Army National Guard. He retired in January, 2014, and was followed by

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Judd H. Lyons, the Deputy Director, who was appointed Acting Director pending the selection of a permanent successor. Ingram received a second award of the

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at his retirement ceremony.

Civilian career

In civilian life, from 1975 to 1988 Ingram was General Manager, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer of N.C. Green Oil Company, a petroleum marketing firm in Williamston. He is a past director of the North Carolina Petroleum Marketers Association and the Williamston

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as well as a past director of the Martin County

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and the Martin County Bureau of Travel and Tourism. General Ingram was also a director of Martin County's Committee of 100, an organization involved in local economic development efforts.

Family

Ingram is a native of coastal North Carolina. His wife Lil and he have three adult children and two granddaughters. General Ingram's father, Major General William E. Ingram Sr., served as Adjutant General of North Carolina from 1977 To 1983.

Education

* 1970

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, Textile Chemistry,

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* 1972 Infantry Officer Basic Course,

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* 1978 Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Fort Benning, Georgia * 1982 Command and General Staff Officer Course,

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, by correspondence * 1983

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Joint Firepower Control Course, United States Air Force Ground Operations School, Hurlburt Field, Florida * 1988 Terrorism in Low Intensity Conflict Course, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School,

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* 1993 Reserve Components National Security Course,

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Naval Air Station Pensacola Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (formerly NAS/KNAS until changed circa 1970 to allow Nassau International Airport, now Lynden Pindling International Airport, to have IATA code NAS), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United State ...

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* 1997

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, by correspondence * 2002

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Security Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government,

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* 2007 Executive Course on National and International Security,

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, Washington, D.C. * 2010

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, Army Strategic Leadership Development Program-Intermediate,

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Assignments

# June 1972 – June 1973, Platoon Leader, Company A, 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry,

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# June 1973 – August 1975, Platoon Leader (Mortar), Detachment 2, Company B (-), 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry,

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# August 1975 – December 1976, Platoon Leader (Rifle), Detachment 2, Company B (-), 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry, Woodland, North Carolina # December 1976 – February 1979, Executive Officer, Company B (-), 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry, Williamston, North Carolina # February 1979 – November 1982, Commander, Company B (-), 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry, Williamston, North Carolina # December 1982 – July 1984, S-3 Air, 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry, Ahoskie, North Carolina # August 1984 – December 1985, S-4, 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry, Ahoskie, North Carolina # January 1986 – March 1988, S-3, 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry, Ahoskie, North Carolina # March 1988 – July 1991, Assistant S-3, 30th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) (Separate),

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# August 1991 – February 1995, Commander, 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry, Ahoskie, North Carolina # February 1995 – April 1997, Rear Operations Officer, 139th Support Detachment,

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# May 1997 – August 1997, Commander, 139th Support Detachment, Morrisville, North Carolina # August 1997 – February 1998, Commander, Task Force Pershing, Camp Sava North, Slavonski Brod, Croatia # February 1998 – July 1998, Commander, 139th Support Detachment,

# August 1998 – February 1999, Commander, 60th Troop Command, Rocky Mount, North Carolina # February 1999 – May 1999, Chief of Staff, United Nations Preventative Deployment (UNPREDEP), Skopje, Macedonia # May 1999 – August 1999, Commander, Task Force Sabre, Camp Able Sentry, Petrovec, Macedonia # August 1999 – October 1999, Commander, 60th Troop Command, Rocky Mount, North Carolina # October 1999 – July 2001, State Training Officer, Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Raleigh, North Carolina # July 2001 – September 2010, The Adjutant General, North Carolina, Joint Force Headquarters, Raleigh, North Carolina # October 2010 – November 2011, Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff, Army, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia # November 2011 – January, 2014, Director, Army National Guard, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia

Awards and decorations

Additional accomplishments

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National Infantry Association The National Infantry Association (NIA) was established in April 1982 at Fort Benning, Georgia as the Infantry Association, operating as a titular organization for the subscribers of “Infantry” magazine. In 1994, it was incorporated as the ...

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Technical Sergeant Brian Christiansen
N.C. National Guard Honors Lt. Gen. Ingram, Former N.C. Adjutant General
North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs, May 31, 2012

Effective dates of promotions

References

External links

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Role of Army National Guard
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