BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL T. HARRISON, SR : COMMANDER UNITED STATES ARMY JAPAN AND I CORPS {FORWARD} GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

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                                                                                            MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL T. HARRISON, SR.

COMMANDER, UNITED STATES ARMY JAPAN AND I CORPS (FORWARD)

Michael T. Harrison, Sr., a native of Surry, Virginia, entered the United States Army May 1980. He assumed the duties as Commander, United States Army Japan and I Corps (Forward) on 12 October 2010.
Operational assignments as a General Officer include duty as the Deputy Commanding General (Support) for the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) at Fort Drum, New York and as the Deputy Commanding General (Programs) for the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A). Previous operational assignments include service as a commander and staff officer with Air Assault, Light Infantry, and Training units in CONUS and OCONUS.
He has served in a variety of Joint Staff and Army Staff positions to include two assignments in the Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, a staff officer in the Counter-Narcotics Division, J-3, the Joint Staff, and most recently as the Deputy Director of Requirements, J-8, Joint Staff. Army Staff assignments include duties as Chief of the Force Development Directorate's Dominant Maneuver Division, Executive Officer to the Army G-8, Director of Integration, Force Development Directorate, and Chief, Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8., and as Director Joint and Futures, Headquarters, Department of the Army.
Major General Harrison is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English. He holds a Master of Science Degree in General Administration from Central Michigan University, and a Master of Science in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
His military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Afghan Campaign Medal, the NATO Medal, Ranger Tab, the Expert Infantryman's Badge, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, the Army Staff Badge, and the Air Assault and Airborne wings. He is also a recipient of the Order of Bahrain Award (Class III), the National Guard's Minute Man Award and the National Infantry Association's Order of Saint Maurice (Primicerius) award.