Lt. Gen. Mary LegereCareer Summary

Lt. Gen. Mary Legere is

only the fourth woman in

the 240-year history of

the United States Army

to reach the rank of

Three Star General.

Her promotion to Lieutenant General in April of 2012

remains the high point in a long military career that

began at the University of New Hampshire in 1982,

where she majored in mass communications and

political science. She received a commission to the UNH

ROTC as a Second Lieutenant in Military Intelligence in

May of 1982, and was assigned to Fort Bragg in North

Carolina, one of the largest Army installations in the

world.

From there she went to Fort Huachuca in

Arizona for MI Officer Basic Course, where she

stayed until May of 1983.

By then she had married the man she still calls

her college ROTC sweetheart, himself a future

career Army officer. The couple was wed in

December of 1982.

Lt. Gen. Mary Legere had her first assignment

following MI Officer Basic in Germany, where

she served as a Platoon Leader, Plans Officer

and Battalion Logistics Officer in the 207th

Military Intelligence Group from 1983 to 1986 in

Augsburg and Ludwigsburg, in the Federal

Republic of Germany.”

A skilled athlete who has always been interested in sports,

she was active during this time in various competitions.

“In addition to completing over 100 non-competitive

volksmarches in Germany, traveled all over Europe, and

competed as a Triathlete for US Army units in Europe,

winning the 7th Corps Triathlon and then placing Second in

the USAREUR Championships.” Along with her husband,

she also completed the Munich Marathon, the first of

many more to come.

She was transferred back to the United States for the

Military Intelligence Officers Advanced Course , after which

she was assigned to the Republic of Korea, for the first of

three tours there. “I served as a Staff officer, and the Signal

Intelligence/Electronic Warfare/Readiness Officer for the

532d Military Intelligence Battalion, 501st Military

Intelligence Brigade, and in November 1987, became the

Commander, A Company, 532d Military Intelligence

Battalion.”

Assignments to Colorado, Washington DC and

the Army’s Command and General Staff College

at Fort Leavenworth followed, with Legere

completing assignments as a Division and

Brigade all source intelligence officer,

professional developments and assignments

officer and student.

Returning to the Republic of Korea for her

second tour, she served as both a Battalion and

Brigade Operations Officer, responsible for

overseeing the training, readiness and

modernization of a 400, then 1600 Soldier

organization conducting intelligence operations

contributing to the security of the Republic of

Korea.

After a tour in the Pentagon, Legere was posted

to Fort Hood Texas, where she served as a xxxx.

She proceeded from there to Fort entered the

U.S. Army War College in 2001, and in June of

2002 earned her second Masters degree.

She was promoted to Colonel and assigned as

Commander of the 501st Military Intelligence

Brigade in Korea, and stayed there two years.

“In 2006, I was selected for promotion to

Brigadier General and then assigned in my first

General officer position as the Assistant Chief of

Staff, J-2, U.S. Forces Korea, Deputy C-2,

Combined Forces Command.”

She was assigned as Assistant Deputy Chief of

Staff for Intelligence, C-2, Multi-National Force-

Iraq, and in September 2008 became the Deputy

Chief of Staff, Intelligence for Operation Iraqi

Freedom.

“I served as the Senior Military Intelligence

Officer supporting the over 110, 000 service

members deployed for combat operations in the

theater.”

Now, after a career spanning more than thirty

years, Lt. Gen. Mary Legere is about to retire

from the Army and is presently considering her

options in the Intelligence Community, and with

the private sector within the National

Security/Intelligence sectors.