Lieutenant General Wallace C. Gregson, Jr., most recently served as the Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Pacific; Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific; and Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Bases, Pacific, headquartered at Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii; prior to his retirement from the Marine Corps.
General Gregson is a 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.
After The Basic School, he served with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division in the Republic of Vietnam from February 1969 to August 1970. Operational assignments included Infantry Battalion Executive Officer, Division Staff Duty, Headquarters Battalion Executive Officer, Operations Officer (G-3) of I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Assistant Operations Officer (J-3A) of Unified Task Force Somalia during Operation Restore Hope. He has commanded an infantry company; Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division; 1st Battalion, 5th Marines; 7th Marine Regiment; and 3d Marine Division; he most recently served as the Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and Commander, Marine Corps Bases, Japan and Commander, Marine Forces, Japan.
Supporting establishment duties included S-4 of a Recruit Training Battalion, Aide-de-Camp, Recruit Training Company Commander, Recruiting Station Executive Officer, Company Commander of a Combined Platoon Leader's Class, and Operations Officer for a Recruiting District. Marine Corps Headquarters duties included Program Development Officer, Coordinator for roles and missions, and Assistant Deputy Commandant for Plans. External duties include military observer with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Egypt, Deputy for Marine Corps Matters in the Secretary of the Navy's Office of Program Appraisal, and Executive/Military Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence. In his last Washington assignment, he served as Director, Asia and Pacific Affairs, in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy.
Professional military education assignments after The Basic School included the U.S. Army Infantry Officers Advanced Course, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, the Naval War College, and a tour as a Military Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a distinguished graduate of the Infantry Officers Advanced Course and the Naval War College.
Civilian education includes a Bachelors Degree from the U.S. Naval Academy, Masters Degrees in Strategic Planning from the Naval War College and International Relations from Salve Regina College.
His awards include the Legion of Merit (3d award), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V", the Purple Heart, and the "Order of the rising sun - gold and silver star" issued by the Emperor of Japan.
He is a member of the Marine Corps Association, the U.S. Naval Institute, and the Council on Foreign Relations.