# Jeffery Hammond > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jeffery_Hammond > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jeffery_Hammond.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Hammond > Source revision: 1353427318 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) United States Army officer For those of a similar name, see [Jeffrey Hammond](/source/Jeffrey_Hammond) and [Jeff Hammond (disambiguation)](/source/Jeff_Hammond_(disambiguation)). Jeffery W. Hammond Major General Jeffery W. Hammond Born (1959-01-25) January 25, 1959 (age 67) Anaheim, California, U.S. Allegiance United States Branch United States Army Service years 1978 – 2010 Rank Major General Unit 4th Infantry Division Commands 4th Infantry Division Multi-National Division, Baghdad Division Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division 4th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery A Battery, 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Conflicts Operation Iraqi Freedom Assistance Afghanistan Freedom Awards Legion of Merit Bronze Star (3) Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal (6) Joint Service Commendation Medal Army Commendation Medal (2) **Jeffery W. Hammond** (born January 25, 1959) is a retired [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) [officer](/source/Officer_(armed_forces)) who previously served as the commanding general of the [4th Infantry Division](/source/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) and commander of U.S. forces in [Baghdad, Iraq](/source/Baghdad%2C_Iraq). ## Early life Hammond attended the [University of Southern Mississippi](/source/University_of_Southern_Mississippi) in Hattiesburg, receiving bachelor's and master's degrees in [special education](/source/Special_education). He was a [quarterback](/source/Quarterback) and captain for the USM [football](/source/American_football) team. ## Military career Hammond was commissioned as a [second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant#United_States) of [field artillery](/source/Field_artillery) in 1978. He was assigned to the [3rd Infantry Division](/source/3rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) in [Germany](/source/Germany), where he advanced to command of a [battery](/source/Artillery_battery). He returned to the U.S. to take the Infantry Officer Advanced Course at [Fort Benning, Georgia](/source/Fort_Benning%2C_Georgia). From 1984 to 1987 he returned to the University of Southern Mississippi, where he served as assistant professor of [military science](/source/Military_science). After that, he spent a year in [South Korea](/source/South_Korea). In 1988 he was assigned to the [24th Infantry Division](/source/24th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) at [Fort Stewart, Georgia](/source/Fort_Stewart%2C_Georgia). With the 1st Battalion, [41st Field Artillery](/source/41st_Field_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)) of that division, Hammond was deployed to [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia) as part of [Operation Desert Shield](/source/Gulf_War#Operation_Desert_Shield) in 1990 and participated in [Operation Desert Storm](/source/Operation_Desert_Storm), the recapture of [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait) from Iraq in 1991. In the mid-1990s Hammond took command of the 4th Battalion, [29th Field Artillery](/source/29th_Field_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)), part of the [1st Armored Division](/source/1st_Armored_Division_(United_States)) in [Germany](/source/Germany), leading them during [Operation Joint Endeavor](/source/Operation_Joint_Endeavor) in [Bosnia-Herzegovina](/source/Bosnia-Herzegovina). Staff service in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) and a tour as division artillery commander of the [1st Cavalry Division](/source/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)) followed. Hammond served as G3 for the British-led Allied Rapid Reaction Corps followed by duty as assistant division commander (support) of the 1st Cavalry Division during [Operation Iraqi Freedom](/source/Iraq_War) in 2003 in Iraq. He later served as the Army's Director of Operations, Readiness and Mobilization before taking command of the 4th Infantry Division on 19 January 2007. ## Return to Southern Miss Hammond currently serves as the Director, Military and Veterans Student Affairs at The University of Southern Mississippi. he is also co-chair of the MS Community Veterans Engagement Board. ## Decorations - [Legion of Merit](/source/Legion_of_Merit) - [Bronze Star](/source/Bronze_Star_Medal) with two oak leaf clusters - [Defense Meritorious Service Medal](/source/Defense_Meritorious_Service_Medal) - [Meritorious Service Medal](/source/Meritorious_Service_Medal_(United_States)) with one silver oak leaf cluster - [Joint Service Commendation Medal](/source/Joint_Service_Commendation_Medal) - [Army Commendation Medal](/source/Army_Commendation_Medal) with oak leaf cluster ## Notes ## References ["Major General Jeffery W. Hammond, Commanding General, 4ID"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080715131000/http://pao.hood.army.mil/4ID/leadership/commanders/cg.html). Army Public Affairs Office, Fort Hood, TX. Archived from [the original](http://pao.hood.army.mil/4ID/leadership/commanders/cg.html) on July 15, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008. Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Jeffery W. Hammond](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jeffery_W._Hammond). v t e Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles athletic directors Ronald J. Slay (1912–1921) O. V. Austin (1921–1924) William Herschel Bobo (1924–1928) William B. Saunders (1928–1949) Reed Green (1949–1973) Roland Dale (1974–1986) Bill McLellan (1986–1999) Richard Giannini (1999–2012) Jeffery Hammond (2012–2013) Bill McGillis (2013–2017) Jon Gilbert (2017–2018) Jeff Mitchell # (2018–2019) Jeremy McClain (2019– ) # denotes interim athletic director --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jeffery Hammond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Hammond) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Hammond?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.