Major General Marcia M. Anderson has commanded at the Company level through General Officer. She has also served in a variety of staff positions at Battalion, Brigade, and Division level to include S-1, S-3, S-4, and G-1, as well as an Assistant Division G-3.
In July 2005, she assumed Command of the 6th Brigade, 95th Division
(Institutional Training), where she was responsible for the 95th
Division (Institutional Training) Drill Sergeant School located at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, as well as the conduct of Intermediate Level Education
(ILE) and Combined Arms Exercise courses for officer professional
development over an eight state area. In June 2006, General Anderson
was appointed acting Assistant Division Commander-Operations for the
95th Division (Institutional Training) in Oklahoma City, Okla. In April
2007, she was confirmed for promotion to Brigadier General and in
October 2007, assumed command of the 85th Support Command (Regional
Support Group West), Arlington Heights, Ill., which supports the
collective training efforts of First Army. General Anderson was later
named Deputy Commanding General-Support of First Army West. She assumed
responsibility as Deputy Commander of the U.S. Army Human Resources
Command 1 October 2010. Effective 1 October 2011, Major General
Anderson was assigned as the Deputy Chief, Army Reserve with duty at the
Pentagon.
Her military education includes the Adjutant General Basic and
Advance courses, Basic and Intermediate Government Auditing, Command and
General Staff College Course, Advanced Joint Professional Military
Education, Capstone, and the United States Army War College, where she
was awarded a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies. General Anderson has a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Creighton University
and a Juris Doctorate degree from Rutgers University School of Law. Her
military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious
Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army
Achievement Medal, Parachutist Badge, and Physical Fitness Badge.
As a citizen-Soldier, General Anderson is employed by the United
States Courts, where she serves as the Clerk of Bankruptcy Court,
Western District of Wisconsin, located in Madison, WI. She is married
to Amos Anderson.
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