Major General Wesley E. Craig Jr. (2024)

MAJOR GENERAL WESLEY E. CRAIG JR.

The Adjutant General, Pennsylvania

Major General Wesley E. Craig is The Adjutant General, Pennsylvania. He assumed the duties as the 51st Adjutant General of Pennsylvania and Commander, Pennsylvania National Guard on February 14, 2011, and was confirmed on May 3, 2011. In this state cabinet-level position headquartered at Fort Indiantown Gap, General Craig is responsible for command, control and supervision of National Guard units - Army and Air - allocated to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, six state-owned veterans' homes and programs for Pennsylvania's one million veterans.

General Craig graduated from Temple University Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program as a Distinguished Military Graduate in June 1968. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Transportation Corps and spent the next two years on active duty stationed in Virginia and Georgia. He joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in 1971 and branch transferred to Armor and served for twenty of the next twenty two years in the 1st Squadron, 104th Armored Cavalry, ending his last four years with that unit as the Squadron Commander. General Craig transferred to the Headquarters of the 56th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, where he served for four years as Executive Officer and four years as Commanding Officer. The 56th Brigade received the Pennsylvania Governor's Meritorious Unit Citation during his time in command. The 56th Brigade was rated as the best in the entire Army National Guard and was selected as the only Stryker Brigade Combat Team in the entire National Guard. General Craig was transferred to the Headquarters of the 28th Infantry Division, (Mechanized). He served three years as Assistant Division Commander followed by three years as Commander. During his time as Commander, 28th Division mobilized and deployed over 8,000 Soldiers to the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo and to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Division Headquarters deployed to a multi-national training mission in Egypt known as "Bright Star" where General Craig commanded 14,000 troops from eight nations in this highly visible exercise. He also conducted command visitations to forces forward deployed in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan in 2003-2005.

General Craig retired in 2006, and continued to support the military services as a civilian. He served as Pennsylvania's State Chairman for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve for three years, Chairman for the Liberty USO of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey for four years, and a member of the United States Army War College Foundation Board of Directors for six years. General Craig was recalled to active service as the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania in February 2011.

EDUCATION:

1968 Temple University, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1993 United States Army War College, by Correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. August 1968 - August 1970, Legal Officer, Executive Officer, Assistant Adjutant, Transportation Corps, Fort Stewart, Georgia
2. August 1970 - January 1971, United States Army Reserve Control Group, Saint Louis, Missouri
3. January 1971 - January 1975, Motor Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 223rd Cavalry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4. January 1975 - September 1975, Motor Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5. September 1975 - September 1976, Logistics Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6. September 1976 - February 1981, Motor Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7. February 1981 - February 1982, Intelligence Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8. February 1982 - May 1984, Operations/Training Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9. May 1984 - September 1986, Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10. September 1986 - February 1988, Director of Personnel and Administration, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 213th Area Support Group, Allentown, Pennsylvania
11. February 1988 - January 1992, Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12. January 1992 - January 1996, Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
13. January 1996 - September 1999, Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
14. September 1999 - November 2000, Headquarters, Pennsylvania State Area Command, Attached to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
15. December 2000 - October 2003, Assistant Division Commander-Mechanized, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
16. October 2003 - October 2006, Commander, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
17. February 2011 - May 2011, The Acting Adjutant General, Pennsylvania, Annville, Pennsylvania
18. May 2011 - Present, The Adjutant General, Pennsylvania, Annville, Pennsylvania

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Army Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Service Stars)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold Hourglass)
Army Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 5)
Pennsylvania Distinguished Service Medal
Pennsylvania Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Silver Star)
Pennsylvania Service Ribbon (with Numeral 7)
Pennsylvania Twenty Year Service Ribbon (with 3 Silver Stars)
Major General Thomas R. White Jr. Medal
General Thomas J. Stewart Medal
Governor's Unit Citation
Adjutant General's Staff Identification Badge

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:

Chairman, United Service Organization of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey
Chairman, Pennsylvania Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
Member, Army War College Foundation Board of Directors
Chairman, National Guard Association of the United States Combat Vehicle Task Force
Mission Readiness spokesman
American Legion, Post 405
Association of the United States Army
Military Officer's Association of America

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTIONS:

Second Lieutenant 13 June 1968
First Lieutenant 8 August 1969
Captain 20 October 1972
Major 24 March 1982
Lieutenant Colonel 3 December 1986
Colonel 14 February 1996
Brigadier General 1 December 2000
Major General 12 October 2003

(Current as August 2013)