John W . Bergman Jack W . Bergman is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who served as commanding general of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North . He also served as a naval aviator , flying rotary - winged aircraft such as the CH - 46 , T - 28 , and UH - 1 , as well as fixed wing aircraft such as the KC - 130 . Early life and education . Bergman received his undergraduate degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1969 . He earned an M . B . A . degree from the University of West Florida . His formal military education includes Naval Aviation Flight Training , Amphibious Warfare , Command & Staff , Landing Force Staff Planning ( MEB & ACE ) , Reserve Component National Security , Naval War College Strategy & Policy , Syracuse University National Security Seminar , Combined Forces Air Component Command , LOGTECH , and CAPSTONE . Career . Bergman was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1969 under the Platoon Leader School program after his college gradation . He flew CH - 46 helicopters with HMM - 261 at Marine Corps Air Station , New River , North Carolina and with HMM - 164 in Okinawa , Japan and the Republic of Vietnam . Assigned as a flight instructor , he flew the T - 28 with VT - 6 , NAS Whiting Field , Florida . He left active duty in 1975 and flew UH - 1 helicopters with the Rhode Island National Guard , Quonset Point , Rhode Island . Following a 1978 civilian employment transfer to Chicago , Illinois , he served in several 4th Marine Aircraft Wing units at NAS Glenview , Illinois . ( HML - 776 , flying the UH - 1 ; VMGR - 234 , flying the KC - 130 ; and Mobilization Training Unit IL - 1 ) . He was selected to stand up the second KC - 130 squadron in 4th MAW and , in 1988 , became the first Commanding Officer , VMGR - 452 , Stewart ANGB , Newburgh , New York . From 1992 - 1994 he commanded Mobilization Station , Chicago — the largest of the 47 Marine Corps Mobilization Stations . During 1995 , he served as a Special Staff Officer at Marine Corps Reserve Support Command , Overland Park , Kansas . In 1996 , he became Chief of Staff / Deputy Commander , I Marine Expeditionary Force Augmentation Command Element , Camp Pendleton , California . In late 1997 , he transferred to 4th Marine Aircraft Wing Headquarters , New Orleans , Louisiana to serve as Assistant Chief of Staff / G - 1 . Promoted to Brigadier General , he became Deputy Commander , 4th Marine Aircraft Wing . Transferred in June 1998 to Headquarters , Marine Forces Europe , Stuttgart , Germany , he served as Deputy Commander . Recalled to active duty from April to July 1999 , he was dual - hatted as EUCOM , Deputy J - 3A . He then commanded II Marine Expeditionary Force Augmentation Command Element , Camp Lejeune , North Carolina until assuming command of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing , New Orleans , Louisiana in August 2000 . In September 2002 , he assumed command of the 4th Force Service Support Group , New Orleans , Louisiana . He , also , served as Chairman of the Secretary of the Navy ’ s Marine Corps Reserve Policy Board from 2001 to 2003 . Returning to active duty in October 2003 , he served as Director , Reserve Affairs , Quantico , Virginia . He began his final assignment , command of Marine Forces Reserve / Marine Forces North , on 10 June 2005 . He relinquished that command in October 2009 , and retired from active duty in December of that year . Awards and decorations . Bergman ' s military awards include :