Jay Montgomery Garner (born April 15, 1938) is a retired United States Army general who was appointed in 2003 as Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq but was soon replaced by L. Paul Bremer. Jay Garner in DoD photo. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The seal of the CPA in Iraq Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) was the organization established by the United States Government that acted as a caretaker administration in Iraq until civilian rule resumed on June 28, 2004. ... Combatants Coalition Forces (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Poland) Iraq Commanders Tommy Franks Saddam Hussein Strength 263,000 375,000 The 2003 invasion of Iraq, termed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the US administration, began on March 20. ... Bremer signs over limited sovereignty to Iraqs interim government, June 28, 2004 Lewis Paul Bremer III, known as Paul Bremer and Jerry among his friends (born September 30, 1941), was named Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq following the Iraq War of 2003, replacing Jay...

Born in Arcadia, Florida, Garner served a hitch with the Marines before attending Florida State University, where he received a degree in history in 1962. He also holds a Master's in public administration from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Arcadia is a city located in DeSoto County, Florida. ... United States Marine Corps seal The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... Florida State University, also commonly referred to as FSU or Florida State, is a comprehensive, graduate-national research university founded in 1851 and located in Tallahassee, Florida. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, commonly known to as Ship or SU, is a public university located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. ...

Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962, Garner served two tours in Vietnam, and later led two air defense units in Germany. He also served as deputy commander at Fort Bliss, Texas. Garner helped to develop the Patriot missile system and commanded missile batteries during the Gulf War. After the war he was put in charge of securing Kurdish areas in Iraq. He was later named commander of the U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (working primarily on President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative missile shield program), and concluded his Army career as Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, retiring in 1997 at the rank of Lieutenant General. Fort Bliss is a census-designated place and US Army post located in El Paso County, Texas. ... Four Patriot missiles like the one shown here can be fired from this mobile launcher between loadings. ... Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders George H. W. Bush Norman Schwarzkopf Colin Powell Saddam Hussein Ali Hassan al-Majid Hussein Kamel Strength 660,000 545,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 - 100,000 dead, 100,000 - 300,000 wounded The 1991 Gulf War (also called... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... For the computer game, see S.D.I. (video game) The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), commonly called Star Wars after the popular science fiction movies, was a system proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983[1] to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect...

After leaving the Army, Garner became president of SYColeman, a defense contractor which designs missile communications and targeting systems used in the Patriot and Arrow missile systems. (He has been on unpaid leave from the company since January 2003.) Garner served on a presidential panel, chaired by Donald Rumsfeld, which specializes in space and missile threats. He has also worked closely with the Israel Defence Forces. Arrow anti-ballistic missile launch The Arrow Interceptor (טיל ×—×¥, Hebrew: Khetz) is a theater missile defense (TMD) system; it is the first missile that was specifically designed and built to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles on a national level. ... Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is currently serving as the 21st United States Secretary of Defense, since January 20, 2001, under President George W. Bush. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces (army, air force and navy). ...

In 2003 it was announced that Garner had been selected to lead the post-war reconstruction efforts in Iraq. He was regarded as a natural choice by the Bush administration given his earlier similar role in the north. Garner began reconstruction efforts in March 2003 with plans aiming for Iraqis to hold elections within 90 days and for the U.S. to quickly pull troops out of the cities to a desert base. He was replaced in his role by Paul Bremer, the Managing Director of Kissinger and Associates, on May 11th, 2003. The Civilian Administrator of Iraq was appointed by the President of the United States as a provisional governing officer in the occupied territory of Iraq, as head of the Coalition Provisional Authority. ... This article deals with the post-invasion period in Iraq and its occupation. ... Bremer signs over limited sovereignty to Iraqs interim government, June 28, 2004 Lewis Paul Bremer III, known as Paul Bremer and Jerry among his friends (born September 30, 1941), was named Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq following the Iraq War of 2003, replacing Jay... Kissinger and Associates is a worldwide consulting firm headed by Henry Kissinger. ...

External links

• US arms trader to run Iraq The Observer, March 30 2003.
• General reverses his role San Francisco Chronicle, February 26, 2003.
• SYColeman company page