Brigadier General Adam D. Smith

The Adjutant General of the U.S. Army 

Commanding General, Physical Disability Agency 

Executive Director of the Military Postal Service Agency 

Brigadier General Adam D. Smith graduated from Oregon State university as a distinguished graduate and commissioned in 2000 as a Adjutant General’s Corp Officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science.  

His military education includes the Armor Officer Basic Course, Adjutant General Captains Career Course, Command and General Staff College, The National Defense University, and the U.S. Army Airborne School  

Brigadier General Smith’s first assignment was the 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany, where he commanded 1st Platoon, Bravo Company; served as the executive officer for the United States National Intelligence Cell, Sarajevo, Bosnia; and as the Battalion S-1. He was later assigned as the Brigade S-1 for 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Vilseck, Germany; and while deployed to Baqubah, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom II.  

After graduating from the Adjutant General Captains Career Course, Brigadier General Smith was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, where he served as a Strength Manager for the United State Army Transition Teams. He then commanded the 1st Replacement Company, and Headquarters and Headquarters Company, United State Army Garrison-Fort Riley, Kansas, before being assigned as the Brigade S-1 for the 1st Sustainment Brigade where he deployed to Taji, Iraq, During Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-09.  

After graduating from the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he was assigned to Headquarters United States European Command (EUCOM) in Stuttgart, Germany, where he served as the NATO strength manager and later executive officer to the EUCOM J-1.  

Brigadier General Smith was then reassigned to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 Headquarters Department of the Army, where he served as a plans and operations officer in the Readiness Branch, Enlisted Career Systems Division, Directorate for Military Personnel Management. He later served as the military assistant to the Army G-1. From 2016-2018 he served as the division G-1 for the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Liberty (Formerly Fort Bragg), North Caroline, and was then selected as the chief, General Officer Management Office, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army. His last assignment, he served as the Deputy Commanding Officer for the U.S. Army Recruiting Comment at Fort Know, Kentucky.  

His awards and decoration include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal (one oak leaf cluster), the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, The Meritorious Service Medal (two oak leaf clusters), the Joint Commendation Service Medal, The Army Commendation Medal (one oak leaf cluster), the Joint Service Achievement Medal, The Army Achievement Medal, and the Parachutist Badge.  

Major General Julie A. Bentz

Military Vice Director of the Join Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency

Major General William L. Bond

Director of Force Developement in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff

Major General Bond was born in Roseburg, Oregon. He graduated from Oregon State University in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and was commissioned a distinguished military graduate through the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Following that, he reported for duty in Germany with 6/62 ADA Battalion (HAWK). He performed as a platoon leader and battery Executive Officer. 

In February 1974, he was transferred to Fort Bliss, Texas, to attend the Safeguard Staff Officers Course and then to Contrete, North Dakota, and the Safeguards Perimeter Acquisition Radar site, where he served as Systems Capability Officer. In December 1975, he was again transferred to Fort Bliss, Texas, and the Air Defense Artillery Advance Course. he was then assigned to Key West, Florida, and 1/65 AHA (HAWK), where he performed as Assistant S-3 and Battery Commander. In November 1978, he was assigned to advanced civil schooling and earned a Master's. He transferred to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to attend the Program Managers Course at the Defense Systems Management College. In July of that same year, he served as a Contracting Officer and later as a Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Army Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. 

In April 1987, he returned to Korea and the Second Infantry Division as the Commander of its Air Defense Battalion, 2/61 DAD. In December 1988, Major General Bond was assigned to the U.S. Army Missile Command as Deputy Director of the Procurement Directorate. From August 1989 until July 1991, he served as the Product Manager of the Multiple Rocket Launcher system, Family of Munitions, Command and Control. In August 1991, he was assigned to the National Defense Unviersity Industrial College of the Armyed Forces, graduation in June 1992. He assumed the position of Commander of the Defense Plan representative Office, Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, Texas, on 28 August 1992. On 29 June 2995, he was assigned to the Program Executive Office for Field Artillery Systems as Deputy Program Executive Officer at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. Major General Bond was assigned as Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (acquisition reform) on 3 January 1996. He served as the Special Projects Officer to the Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development, and Acquisition, 22 March - 20 July 1997. Major General Bond served as director and Army Digitization Officer at OCSA from 21 July 1997 until he assumed command of the Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command in Orlando, Florida, on 15 September 1998. Since 12 October 2000, until his retirement, Major General Bond served as Director, Force Development, in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8. 

His awards include the Sitinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, The Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, The Joint Meritorious Service Medal, The Army Meritorious Service Meda with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Parachutist Badge, and the Ranger Tab. 

Major General Bond is Married to the Former Kathy LaMordden of North Plains, Oregon. They have two grown children, Wendy and Karen. 

Major General Hitchcock

104th Division Commander

Major General Hitchcock began his military career as a Cadet in the Army ROTC program at Oregon State University. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant upon graduation in June of 1960, with a Bachelor of Science degree.

He served on active duty from October 1960 to October 1962 as a Platoon Leader, Training Officer, and Logistics Officer. He has completed over 32 years of commissioned service with the U.S. Army and Army Reserve.

Major General Hitchcock joined the 104th Division in November of 1962 as a Platoon Leader. He went on to serve in numerous key command and staff positions throughout his career. Some of these positions include: Battalion Commander, 3rd Battalion, 414th Regiment, and 2nd Battalion, 414th Regiment; Logistics Staff Officer, 1st Brigade; Labor Relations Officer and Assistant. Chief of Staff Plans and Operations, 364th Civil Affairs Brigade; Commander, 104th Training Command, 104th Division; Assistant Division Commander (Operations) 104th Division. MG Hitchcock commanded the 104th Division from July 1987 through July 1991.

Major General Hitchcock is a graduate of the Infantry School's Basic and Advanced Officer Course.

Courses and the Infantry School's Ranger and Airborne Courses at Fort Benning, Georgia. He has also completed the Command and General Staff College, Civil Affairs Advanced Course, and the U.S. Army War College, Senior Reserve Component Officer Course. General Hitchcock was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in 1991 for his leadership of the 104th" Division's support of Operation Desert Storm.

Major General Hitchcock lives in West Linn, Oregon, with his wife, Pat, and works at PacifiCorp as the Human Resources Director of Learning and Organization Development.

Major General Loop

Army Reserve Ambassador to the State of Oregon

Major General Loop began his military service on June 6th, 1966. He was a Distinguished Military Graduate of the ROTC program at Oregon State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. He holds a Master of Science in Systems Management degree from the University of Southern California. 

Major General Loop is a graduate of the Infantry Officer advanced course (Honor Graduate), the Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College.

Major General Lopp has served in numerous command and staff positions in the United States Army. On active duty, his assignments include Platoon Leader, Platoon Commander, Operations Officer, and Executive Officer in Infantry and Aviation units in Vietnam. He has served as a inas company Commander in an Army Training Center, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the 9th Infantry Division. In the US Army Training Center, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the 9th Infantry Division. In the US Army Reserve, his assignments with the 104th Division include serving as Commander, 3rd Battalion, 415th Regiment; Division Chief of Staff; Commander of the 104th Division Training Group; Assistant Division Commander for both Support and Operations; and Division Commander from 1995 to 1999. 

Major General Loop was appointed by Secretary of the Army, Togo West, to be a principal member of the congressionally chartered Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee (ARFPC) in April 1996. In the Pentagon, he served on the committee until the end of 1999, the last 2 years as Chairman of the training Subcommittee. 

In July 1999, he was assigned as Deputy Commander for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs for the US Army Pacific. Major General Loop served throughout the Pacific, supporting all US Army Forces and allied Armies of numerous countries. He retired from the Army in July 2003 after 37 years of service. 

In March 2007, LTG Jack Stultz, Chief of Army Reserve, appointed Major General Loop as an Army Reserve Ambassador to the State of Oregon. 

Major General Loop has received numerous decorations throughout his career. Some of the most distinguished are: the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Air Medal with Numeral 40. He has been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the US Army Aviator Badge, the US Army Ranger Tab, the US Airborne Badge, and the Department of the Army Staff Identification Badge. 

Major General Loop is the recipient of the 2011 Association of the United States Army’s Major General James Earl Rudder Medal. 

In 2016, Major General Loop was inducted into the inaugural class of the US Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) National Hall of Fame. 

Major General Loop and his wife, Carol, live in Tigard, Oregon. 

Major General Jan P. Wepster was born on 3 June 1940 in McMinnville,Oregon. He graduated from Oregon State University in June 1963 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry. After serving two years in the active Army, he joined the Oregon Army National Guard and was assigned to the 41st Infantry Brigade in Portland, Oregon. In his career, General Wepster has held every command position from company through brigade commander, assuming the latter position in November 1985. He also held a variety of other Brigade positions, including battalion S3 officer, battalion executive officer, brigade GS officer, and deputy brigade commander.

From September 1983 to October 1989, General Wepster served as Assistant Adjutant General for the Oregon Army National Guard. In August 1991, he was appointed Deputy Commander for Reserve Components of the Sixth United States Army and the Presidio of San Francisco, a position he held until July 1994.

Major General Wepster was appointed Deputy Commander, Army National Guard Affairs for United States Pacific Area Command, Honolulu, Hawaii, on 11 July 1994 and served in this capacity until his retirement on 30 January 1996.

Major General Wepster has received numerous decorations and awards, including the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, the Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon, the Ranger Tab, and the Parachutist Badge.

Major General Wepster civic and military affiliations include the National Guard; Association of the United States and Oregon; the Association of the U.S. Army; Oregon State University Jackson Foundation Fellow; the Rotary Club, past chair of the Yamhill County Fair Board; part-time chair and member of the Sheridan School Board; past member of the Yamhill County Planning Advisory Committee; and past chair and member of the City Planning Commission.

Major General Wepster is the owner and operator of Wepster Orchard and Nursery in Sherian, Oregon. He resides in Sheridan with his wife, Linda.