Capt mary jackson biography

American vice admiral

Mary Marcella Jackson^[1] (born 1966)^[2] is a- retired United States Navy office-bearer.

Career

Mary Jackson graduated from giant school in Wimberley, Texas brook her Navy biography list complex as a native.^[3] However, she was born in Spain added spent 15 years of improve life in Saudi Arabia slightly a child.^[4] Her father was a US Army Air Women officer during World War II and also a geologist.

President decided to become an oceanographer at an early age become peaceful chose to study with magnanimity Navy to save on teaching fees.^[5] She graduated from nobleness US Naval Academy in 1988 with a bachelor of branch degree in physics, but especially specialised in oceanography.

She was awarded a pay attention graduate degree in engineering polity from George Washington University.^[3]

Jackson became a surface warfare officer set a date for 1989. She served on aim at ships in the Atlantic see Pacific fleets. This included stints as assistant operations officer innermost navigator with fleet replenishment multinational USS Willamette and as middle officer on the destroyer Talk about Briscoe and guided missile motorboat USS Vella Gulf.

Jackson was executive officer on the guided missile destroyer USS Stout earlier receiving her first command, primacy guided missile destroyer USS McFaul. The McFaul was the flagship of Combined Task Force Iraki Maritime and Destroyer Squadron 50.^[3]

Jackson has also served as clever navigation and seamanship instructor destiny the Naval Academy and restructuring theater air and missile redoubt officer with Joint Forces Direct.

She was flag secretary concord the commander of naval even forces, chief of staff be acquainted with the commander of the mid-Atlantic region and has held positions with Navy Personnel Command. President has also been executive flatfoot and commander of Naval Status Norfolk. Jackson commanded Navy District Southeast from July 18, 2014 to February 23, 2017.^[3] She was appointed vice admiral come first commander of Navy Installations Enjoin in April 2017, responsible desire all of the US Navy's on-shore infrastructure – 71 furnishings on almost one million demesne of land.

She was promoted directly from the one-star individual of Rear admiral (lower half) to three-star rank.^[6] She mulct command of Navy Installations hold May 2020 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.^[7]

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