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MICHAEL GILBERT; The News Tribune
Just like past Fort Lewis commanders, Lt. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr. is responsible for training the post’s troops and taking care of their families.
He has 11,000-plus Fort Lewis soldiers now serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, more troops deployed than at any time since the Vietnam War.
He also has the job of maintaining relations with the military leaders of U.S. allies across the Pacific, and ensuring that the Army is a good neighbor to communities around Fort Lewis.
And as the post’s first boss in many years to have school-age kids, Jacoby and his wife, Grace Dorta, will be busy with their three boys.
But there’s one extra piece of work that previous Fort Lewis and I Corps commanders did not have – one that will likely become his top priority as he gets deeper into his tenure.
If things go according to plan, by early 2009 Jacoby will be in Baghdad working as the day-to-day tactical commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.
Between now and then, he will transform a corps headquarters that for years has focused on training troops at home and planning for “what if?” contingencies into one that must be ready to run the war.
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