John F. Campbell (general)
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Campbell in 2015, as the commander of the Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces – Afghanistan
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April 11, 1957 Loring Air Force Base, Maine U.S. |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1979–2016 (37 years) |
| Rank | General |
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John Francis Campbell (born April 11, 1957) is a retired United States Army general who was the commander of the Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces—Afghanistan, a post he assumed on August 26, 2014. He was the last commander of the International Security Assistance Force. Prior to this, he served as the 34th Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
The son of a U.S. Air Force senior master sergeant, Campbell was born at Loring Air Force Base in Maine in 1957 and grew up on military bases around the world. In 1971 he became an Eagle Scout in Fairfield, California's Boy Scout Troop 270. In 1975 he graduated from Fairfield High School, where he was a participant in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1979 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry. His first assignments were as a rifle platoon leader, company executive officer, and anti-tank platoon leader with the 3rd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment in Wiesbaden, Germany.
After attending the Infantry Officer Advanced Course and the Special Forces Qualification Course, Campbell served as a Battalion Adjutant and Operational Detachment Alpha Commander in 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina followed by assignments in the 82nd Airborne Division as commander of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and as the Division Assistant Operations and Training Officer (G-3 Air).
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