Georgia Military Veterans’ Hall of Fame Spotlight
Jack Cox Wheeler
2019 Georgia Military Veterans’ Hall of Fame Inductee (Service)
United States Army Major
General (Retired) Jack
Cox Wheeler, from
Fayetteville, Georgia was inducted
into the Georgia Military Veterans’
Hall of Fame Class of 2019 for
his 32-years of active duty, and
26-years of retired service to
others.
Graduating in 1961 from North
Georgia College, he received his
commission shortly thereafter. His
early Army years encompassed
assignments in Korea, Vietnam,
Germany, and the Pentagon.
In 1971, his career took a
guide the next two decades of his
selected as one of the primary
policies to form the All-Volunteer
Army. Moving from a draft to a
volunteer force was a major shift
in training, assigning, moving, and
promoting a force of 700,000, a
task for which Wheeler was a key
player.
As Commanding General of the
United States Army Recruiting
Command from 1989 to 1993,
draft, he nonetheless met the
challenge of the All-Volunteer
Army when tasked to recruit
Operations Desert Shield and
Desert Storm. Regardless of the
constant recruiting quota challenge,
he steadfastly focused on and
succeeded in the implementation
of ever-increasing standards in
order to ensure the high quality of
America’s Army.
In retirement, Wheeler has
continued to serve in vital roles
as an educational, leadership, and
military consultant to state and
national agencies. Our nation has
been well served by a lifetime
service of Major General Jack Cox
Wheeler.
Attention All Georgia Military Veterans!
| January 2020 | Real Hero Report