{"id":573102,"date":"2025-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=573102"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:31:45","slug":"its-the-character-of-the-leader-behind-that-star-wildcat-division-bids-farewell-to-deputy-commanding-general-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=573102","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s the Character of the Leader Behind that Star;\u201d Wildcat Division bids Farewell to Deputy Commanding General Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ql-editor\">\n<div class=\"editor-image single\">\n<figure class=\"photo cur-photo\">\n          <span class=\"centered-image\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"img-container\"><br \/>\n              <a class=\"rich-text-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2025\/08\/05\/2c1df61a\/original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cIt\u2019s the Character of the Leader Behind that Star;\u201d Wildcat Division bids Farewell to Deputy Commanding General Officer\" src=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2025\/08\/05\/2c1df61a\/size0-full.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/span><figcaption>\n                        <span class=\"image-caption\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"caption-text\"><br \/>\n                Retired Brig. Gen. Jed J. Schaertl and his wife, Galina, case his General Officer flag during his retirement ceremony Saturday, August 2, 2025 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Schaertl retired after more than 34 years of service in the U.S.  Army.  Commissioned at West Point in 1991, he served most of his Active Duty and Reserve career in Engineer units, ending as Deputy Commanding General for Operations at the 81st Readiness Division.<br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-author\"> (Photo Credit: Lt. Col. Thomas Cieslak)<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2025\/08\/05\/2c1df61a\/original.jpg\" title=\"View original\" target=\"_blank\">VIEW ORIGINAL<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Soldiers and civilians serving in the 81st Readiness Division celebrated the distinguished career of Brig. Gen. Jed Schaertl on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina as he retired after more than 34 years of service in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo rise to the rank of Brigadier General requires exceptional leadership, unwavering dedication, strategic vision, moral courage and a lifetime of sacrifice,\u201d said Retired Maj. Gen. Miles Davis, the ceremony\u2019s keynote speaker.  \u201cWhat sets Jed apart isn\u2019t just the star on his shoulder, it\u2019s the character of the leader behind that star.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schaertl graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1991 and served most of his Army career in Active Duty and Reserve Engineer units with numerous deployments.  He assumed duties as Deputy Commanding General for Operations at the 81st Readiness Division on September 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople would ask me, \u2018how to be successful?  I tell them, take the tough jobs\u2026know the task, conditions and standards and train to the task, conditions and standards\u2026the people that work for you, give them guidance and let them run.\u201d said Schaertl during his farewell comments.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Brig. Gen. Jed J. Schaertl and his wife, Galina, case his General Officer flag during his retirement ceremony Saturday, August 2, 2025 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Schaertl retired after more than 34 years of service in the U.S. Army. Commissioned at West Point in 1991, he served most of his Active Duty and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=573102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573103,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573102\/revisions\/573103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=573102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=573102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=573102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}