LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Major General Richard J. Rowe Jr. for
his outstanding support of Fort Hamilton and the surrounding community
during his tenure as Commander of Joint Force Headquarters National
Capital Region and the United States Army Military District of Washing-
ton

WHEREAS, Individuals who dedicate their lives to military service merit
the commendation and applause of all citizens for their commitment to
the preservation of American freedom; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, it is the sense of this Legislative Body to commend
Major General Richard J. Rowe Jr. for his outstanding support of Fort
Hamilton and the surrounding community during his tenure as Commander of
Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region and the United States
Army Military District of Washington; and
WHEREAS, An Infantry officer, Major General Richard J. Rowe Jr.
assumed command of Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region and
the U.S. Army Military District of Washington on June 5, 2007; and
WHEREAS, Major General Richard J. Rowe Jr. was commissioned in October
1973, after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from
St. Lawrence University, where he was a member of the Army Reserve Offi-
cer Training Corps; and
WHEREAS, Prior to his present assignment, Major General Richard J.
Rowe Jr. served as the Deputy Director and Chief of Staff for the Army
Capabilities Integration Center, part of the United States Army Training
and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe, Virginia; and
WHEREAS, From June 2004 to June 2006, Major General Richard J. Rowe
Jr. was the Director of Operations, J-3, at United States Northern
Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado; earlier command assignments
include: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, the School Brigade,
United States Army Air Defense Artillery School, Fort Bliss, Texas;
Company A, 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry, Fort Stewart, Georgia; 1st
Battalion (Mech), 5th Infantry, 2d Infantry Division, Korea; and 29th
Infantry Regiment, Army Infantry Center and School, Fort Benning, Geor-
gia; and
WHEREAS, After Fort Benning, Major General Richard J. Rowe Jr.
returned for the third time to Korea in 1999, to serve as the Chief of
Staff for the 2d Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army; he became the
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Developments, Training and Doctrine
Command, in 2001, his first general officer billet, and the Assistant
Division Commander (Operations) for the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort
Bragg, North Carolina two years later; and
WHEREAS, Major General Richard J. Rowe Jr. also served as Plans Offi-
cer, G-3, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and in Saudi
Arabia for DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM, the Combined/Joint Plans
Officer for Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea/Eighth
United States Army, Korea, and the J-3 for NORTHCOM; and
WHEREAS, In addition to his Bachelor's degree, Major General Richard
J. Rowe Jr. earned a Master's of Science degree in Business Adminis-
tration from Boston University in 1985, and a Master's of Military Art
and Science from the Army Command and General Staff College in 1987; and
WHEREAS, Major General Richard J. Rowe Jr. later returned to the
Command and General Staff College in 1995 as a Senior Service College
Fellow, Advanced Operational Arts Fellowship, School of Advanced Mili-
tary Studies; the following year, he served as a seminar leader at the
Fort Leavenworth College; and

WHEREAS, The quintessential military leader, Major General Richard J.
Rowe Jr. has been the recipient of a multitude of awards, honors and
certificates of recognition, including the Legion of Merit (with six Oak
Leaf Clusters), the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service
Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (with four Oak Leaf Clusters), the
Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army
Achievement Medal (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), the Expert Infantryman
Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge and the Ranger Tab; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when individ-
uals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
tion, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens of
the great State of New York; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is pleased to have this opportunity to
express its highest admiration for Major General Richard J. Rowe Jr. and
to wish him continued success in all of his future endeavors; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Major General Richard J. Rowe Jr. for his outstanding support of
Fort Hamilton and the surrounding community during his tenure as Comman-
der of Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region and the United
States Army Military District of Washington; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Major General Richard J. Rowe Jr.